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Prune Hill Elem
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2022-23 . % Met or Exceeded StandardWhat this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 49 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Prune Hill Elem
As a mid-tier primary school in Camas, Washington, Prune Hill Elem works with 406 students from grades K through 5, operated by Camas School District.
Camas School District comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 7,279 students; Prune Hill Elem is among them.
Demographically, Prune Hill Elem records that 63% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 14% Asian, 14% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. By comparison, Clark County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.
On the resource side, On paper, Prune Hill Elem has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Around 18% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Clark County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.
In the area at large, census data for Clark County shows median household income runs about $97,536, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Clark County's 151 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,406 students), Prune Hill Elem is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Liberty Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Prune Hill Elem.
The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 21%: 514 students in 2018 compared to 406 in 2025.
On this page, members of the Prune Hill Elem community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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