Enrollment
210
Elementary
DISTRICT 221 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ABERDEEN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530003000010
Robert Gray Elementary
1516 North B St, Aberdeen, WA 98520 · (360) 538-2140 · Grays Harbor County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL210 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Washington public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
168 students
DISTRICT 69% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 30 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (37).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
21.7%
WA avg 58.4% . -19.4pp since 2014
Math
19.3%
WA avg 51.2% . -19.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 19 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 20 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.7% | 19.3% |
| 2023-24 | 21.1% | 9.4% |
| 2022-23 | 19.6% | 19.6% |
| 2021-22 | 25.9% | 12.9% |
| 2018-19 | 38.9% | 33.5% |
| 2017-18 | 40.2% | 38.6% |
| 2016-17 | 47.1% | 51.9% |
| 2015-16 | 40.1% | 39.0% |
| 2014-15 | 41.1% | 38.9% |
% 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
21.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Robert Gray Elementary
Robert Gray Elementary's state test result (21.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Gray Elementary this school | 210 | 80.0% | 21.1% |
| Washington Elementary VANCOUVER | 244 | 75.0% | N/A |
| Lincoln Elementary Hoquiam | 233 | 75.5% | 27.9% |
| A J West Elementary Aberdeen | 281 | 85.8% | 31.4% |
| Washington Elementary School Centralia | 294 | 77.6% | 41.9% |
| Fruit Valley Elementary School VANCOUVER | 188 | 79.8% | 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 Robert Gray Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Grays Harbor County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.1% | #901 of 936 | #14 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.3% | #1,045 of 1,103 ▲ 48 | #14 of 16 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.7% | #1,052 of 1,102 ▲ 3 | #15 of 16 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.1pp | #492 of 928 | #8 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 210 | #1,082 of 1,268 | #13 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #663 of 1,085 | #7 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.3% | #559 of 1,088 | #5 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.0% | #117 of 1,169 | #6 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -40.2% | #31 of 778 | #1 of 8 |
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
210
-65 (-24%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 419
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 210 | 12.9 | 16.3:1 | 80% (168) |
| 2023-24 | 250 | 19.4 | 12.9:1 | 86% (214) |
| 2022-23 | 260 | 19.2 | 13.6:1 | 81% (211) |
| 2020-21 | 275 | 16 | 17.2:1 | 83% (227) |
| 2017-18 | 351 | 21.6 | 16.3:1 | 79% (277) |
| 2015-16 | 332 | 19 | 17.5:1 | 73% (243) |
| 2010-11 | 262 | 19 | 13.8:1 | 74% (194) |
| 2000-01 | 310 | 16 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 419 | 18 | 23.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Robert Gray Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 40% (351 to 210); teachers down 40% (21.6 to 12.9).
About Robert Gray Elementary
This page covers Robert Gray Elementary, a small elementary school in Aberdeen, Washington. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 210 students in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Washington enroll around 380, and this school is 45% below that mark.
Robert Gray Elementary is part of a district of 13 schools: Aberdeen School District, with 3,183 students.
At Robert Gray Elementary, White students make up the biggest share, 47%. Beyond that, enrollment is 43% Hispanic and 8% multiracial. Among people living in Grays Harbor County, the White share is about 79%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 58, compared with 70 nationally.
Robert Gray Elementary reported 12.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 16.3:1. The school's 16.3:1 compares with an average of 17.3:1 for elementary schools in Washington. Roughly 80% of students at Robert Gray Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The 65% average for public schools in Grays Harbor County is 15 points lower.
Robert Gray Elementary earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 5% of Washington public elementary schools.
Robert Gray Elementary is 5.5 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (21.1% versus 26.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Washington.
In Grays Harbor County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $64,414 a year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Grays Harbor County number 46, with about 10,564 students.
Robert Gray Elementary's nearest public school is Twin Harbors A Branch of New Market Skills Center (about 0.5 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Robert Gray Elementary. On state test proficiency, Robert Gray Elementary ranks 5th in a group of 5 nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, Robert Gray Elementary is coded Town: Remote, for schools in a town far from an urbanized area.
Enrollment fell by 24% across 4 years, from 275 in 2020-21 to 210 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Robert Gray Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Grays Harbor County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
77,053
Census ACS
Median income
$64,414
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
10,564 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Aberdeen School District
- J M Weatherwax High SchoolHigh · 919 students
- Miller Junior HighMiddle · 656 students
- Stevens Elementary SchoolElementary · 332 students
- McDermoth ElementaryElementary · 288 students
- A J West ElementaryElementary · 281 students
- Harbor Junior/Senior High SchoolHigh · 128 students
Other schools in Aberdeen
- J M Weatherwax High SchoolHigh · 919 students
- Miller Junior HighMiddle · 656 students
- Stevens Elementary SchoolElementary · 332 students
- McDermoth ElementaryElementary · 288 students
- A J West ElementaryElementary · 281 students
- Wishkah Valley Elementary/High SchoolCombined · 178 students
Other Robert Gray Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Robert Gray Elementary. Robert Gray Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Robert Gray ElementaryLongview, WA · 415 students
Nearby schools
- Twin Harbors A Branch of New Market Skills Center0.5 mi · 31
- J M Weatherwax High School0.5 mi · 919
- McDermoth Elementary0.8 mi · 288
- Hopkins Elementary1.3 mi · 103
- Harbor Junior/Senior High School1.3 mi · 128
- Grays Harbor Academy1.3 mi · 64
Frequently asked questions
About Robert Gray ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Robert Gray Elementary?
Robert Gray Elementary enrolls approximately 210 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Robert Gray Elementary serve?
Robert Gray Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Robert Gray Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Robert Gray Elementary is approximately 16.3:1 (13 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Robert Gray Elementary?
Student demographics at Robert Gray Elementary are roughly 47% White, 43% Hispanic, 0% Black, 8% Two or more.
What district is Robert Gray Elementary in?
Robert Gray Elementary is part of Aberdeen School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.