Enrollment
280
Elementary
DISTRICT 388 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530111000200
Progress Elementary School
710 N Progress Rd, Spokane Valley, WA 99037 · (509) 558-4500 · Spokane County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL280 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
216 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 51%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 36 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (51).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 68% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
35.2%
WA avg 58.4% . -14.8pp since 2014
Math
33.9%
WA avg 51.2% . -15.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 15 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 16 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.2% | 33.9% |
| 2023-24 | 30.8% | 32.6% |
| 2022-23 | 22.8% | 26.3% |
| 2021-22 | 26.1% | 20.0% |
| 2018-19 | 43.0% | 36.2% |
| 2017-18 | 44.7% | 40.8% |
| 2016-17 | 49.3% | 48.8% |
| 2015-16 | 52.7% | 57.6% |
| 2014-15 | 50.0% | 49.5% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Washington's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Progress Elementary School
Progress Elementary School's state test result (34.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Progress Elementary School this school | 280 | 77.1% | 34.0% |
| Ness Elementary SPOKANE | 243 | 75.3% | 56.0% |
| Kendall Elementary MAPLE FALLS | 317 | 73.2% | 31.2% |
| Richland School District Early Learning Center Richland | 301 | 78.1% | N/A |
| Garfield Elementary Spokane | 314 | 78.7% | 32.3% |
| Barnes Elementary Kelso | 343 | 78.4% | N/A |
Matched among Washington elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Progress Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Spokane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #736 of 936 | #67 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.9% | #803 of 1,103 ▲ 5 | #65 of 83 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #856 of 1,102 ▲ 66 | #70 of 83 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.5pp | #60 of 928 | #13 of 81 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 280 | #1,008 of 1,268 | #77 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #740 of 1,085 | #69 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.7% | #596 of 1,088 | #22 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.1% | #151 of 1,169 | #17 of 86 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.6% | #330 of 778 | #34 of 67 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
280
+59 (+27%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 434
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 12.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 280 | 16.8 | 16.7:1 | 77% (216) |
| 2023-24 | 281 | 16.2 | 17.3:1 | 79% (221) |
| 2022-23 | 231 | 19 | 12.2:1 | 65% (151) |
| 2020-21 | 221 | 18 | 12.3:1 | 53% (118) |
| 2017-18 | 344 | 26 | 13.2:1 | 56% (191) |
| 2015-16 | 391 | 24 | 16.3:1 | 52% (205) |
| 2010-11 | 368 | 20 | 18.4:1 | 61% (225) |
| 2000-01 | 331 | 21 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 434 | 19 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Progress Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (344 to 280); teachers down 35% (26 to 16.8).
About Progress Elementary School
Progress Elementary School is a small elementary school found in Spokane Valley, Washington. It has an enrollment of 280 students in pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in Washington enroll around 380, and this school is 26% below that mark.
Progress Elementary School is among 33 schools run by Central Valley School District, which serves 15,087 students.
White students are 61% of those enrolled at Progress Elementary School. The rest of enrollment is 21% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Pacific Islander, and 2% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Spokane County's population at about 83%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 57, compared with 70 nationally.
Progress Elementary School has 16.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 16.7:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Washington is similar, at 17.3:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 77% at Progress Elementary School. Public schools in Spokane County average 52%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 28.4% for Progress Elementary School. The school posts 34.0%, 5.6 points above the prediction.
The county, Spokane County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $78,582, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 187, with about 76,588 students.
Central Valley Early Learning Center is the nearest public school to Progress Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles of Progress Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 5 schools in the immediate area with test results, Progress Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school grew from 221 students in 2020-21 to 280 in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.7:1) than in 2020-21 (12.3:1).
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Spokane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
549,056
Census ACS
Median income
$78,582
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
76,588 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Central Valley School District
- Ridgeline High SchoolHigh · 1,575 students
- University High SchoolHigh · 1,410 students
- Central Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,380 students
- Evergreen Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Sunrise ElementaryElementary · 644 students
- Greenacres ElementaryElementary · 637 students
Other schools in Spokane Valley
- University High SchoolHigh · 1,410 students
- Central Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,380 students
- East Valley High SchoolHigh · 912 students
- Evergreen Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Sunrise ElementaryElementary · 644 students
- Greenacres ElementaryElementary · 637 students
Other Progress Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Progress Elementary. Progress Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Progress Elementary SchoolBaton Rouge, LA · 300 students
Nearby schools
- Central Valley Early Learning Center0.4 mi · 325
- Mica Peak High School0.4 mi · 107
- School to Life0.4 mi · 38
- Adams Elementary1.0 mi · 376
- Central Valley High School1.1 mi · 1,380
- Summit School1.1 mi · 383
Frequently asked questions
About Progress Elementary SchoolHow large is Progress Elementary School?
Progress Elementary School enrolls approximately 280 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Progress Elementary School serve?
Progress Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Progress Elementary School have?
Progress Elementary School employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
How diverse is Progress Elementary School?
Progress Elementary School reports a student body of 61% White, 21% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Progress Elementary School public or private?
Progress Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Central Valley School District.
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