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Which teacher or staff member at Rowena Chess Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
436
Elementary
DISTRICT 410 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASCO SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530657002785
Rowena Chess Elementary
715 N 24TH AVE, PASCO, WA 99301 · (509) 543-6789 · Franklin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL436 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
397 students
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 51%
Community
1
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 | 6 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 97 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 52% larger than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
7.6%
WA avg 58.4% . -3.7pp since 2014
Math
8.7%
WA avg 51.2% . +0.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 8 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 7.6% | 8.7% |
| 2023-24 | 11.8% | 8.7% |
| 2022-23 | 10.4% | 7.4% |
| 2021-22 | 10.1% | 6.5% |
| 2018-19 | 13.3% | 11.4% |
| 2017-18 | 16.3% | 11.3% |
| 2016-17 | 12.4% | 8.5% |
| 2015-16 | 10.2% | 6.4% |
| 2014-15 | 11.3% | 8.0% |
% 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
11.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 Rowena Chess Elementary
Rowena Chess Elementary's state test result (11.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rowena Chess Elementary this school | 436 | 91.1% | 11.5% |
| Brewster Elementary School BREWSTER | 425 | 91.8% | 31.8% |
| Robert Frost Elementary PASCO | 459 | 89.1% | 17.0% |
| Saddle Mountain Elementary Mattawa | 470 | 91.7% | 21.0% |
| Emerson Elementary PASCO | 447 | 88.8% | 12.8% |
| Captain Gray STEM Elementary Pasco | 408 | 92.4% | 10.9% |
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 Rowena Chess Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.5% | #934 of 936 | #18 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.7% | #1,096 of 1,103 ▲ 4 | #20 of 20 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 7.6% | #1,102 of 1,102 ▼ 5 | #20 of 20 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.1pp | #374 of 928 | #6 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 436 | #499 of 1,268 | #13 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #189 of 1,085 | #7 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.6% | #1,065 of 1,088 | #14 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.1% | #22 of 1,169 | #3 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.4% | #342 of 778 | #16 of 17 |
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
436
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
-16% since 2000-01, when it was 517
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 436 | 30.5 | 14.3:1 | 91% (397) |
| 2023-24 | 420 | 30.5 | 13.8:1 | 94% (393) |
| 2022-23 | 423 | 28.5 | 14.8:1 | 94% (398) |
| 2020-21 | 431 | 27 | 16.0:1 | 93% (399) |
| 2017-18 | 534 | 35.1 | 15.2:1 | 97% (518) |
| 2015-16 | 558 | 32 | 17.4:1 | 93% (519) |
| 2010-11 | 587 | 32 | 18.3:1 | 97% (569) |
| 2000-01 | 517 | 24 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rowena Chess Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (534 to 436); teachers down 13% (35.1 to 30.5).
About Rowena Chess Elementary
PASCO, Washington, is home to Rowena Chess Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 436 students enrolled.
Pasco School District includes 28 schools. Together they enroll 18,913 students.
At Rowena Chess Elementary, Hispanic students make up 92% of the student body. After that, the student body is 6% White. Among all residents of Franklin County, the Hispanic share is about 55%. Rowena Chess Elementary has a diversity index of 15%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Rowena Chess Elementary counts 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 14.3 students for each one. The 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington is higher than this school's figure. About 91% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Public schools in Franklin County average 70%.
Rowena Chess Elementary scores 11.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 19.1%.
Census estimates describe Franklin County this way: median household income is about $86,714, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Federal data list 43 public schools in Franklin County, with a combined enrollment of about 21,403.
The nearest other public school, Stevens Middle School, is about 0.2 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Rowena Chess Elementary. By average proficiency, Rowena Chess Elementary is 6th among 7 schools close by.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 431 in 2020-21 and 436 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 16.0:1 to 14.3:1.
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Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
98,902
Census ACS
Median income
$86,714
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
21,403 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pasco School District
- Chiawana Senior High SchoolHigh · 3,127 students
- Pasco Senior High SchoolHigh · 2,590 students
- Ray Reynolds Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,294 students
- Mcloughlin Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,171 students
- Stevens Middle SchoolMiddle · 956 students
- Ellen Ochoa Middle SchoolMiddle · 831 students
Other schools in PASCO
- Chiawana Senior High SchoolHigh · 3,127 students
- Pasco Senior High SchoolHigh · 2,590 students
- Ray Reynolds Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,294 students
- Mcloughlin Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,171 students
- Stevens Middle SchoolMiddle · 956 students
- Ellen Ochoa Middle SchoolMiddle · 831 students
Nearby schools
- Stevens Middle School0.2 mi · 956
- Emerson Elementary0.5 mi · 447
- Robert Frost Elementary0.8 mi · 459
- Pasco Senior High School0.9 mi · 2,590
- Captain Gray STEM Elementary0.9 mi · 408
- Longfellow Elementary1.0 mi · 312
Frequently asked questions
About Rowena Chess ElementaryHow large is Rowena Chess Elementary?
Rowena Chess Elementary enrolls approximately 436 students in grades PK-05.
Is Rowena Chess Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rowena Chess Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Rowena Chess Elementary have?
Rowena Chess Elementary employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Rowena Chess Elementary?
Student demographics at Rowena Chess Elementary are roughly 6% White, 92% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Rowena Chess Elementary in?
Rowena Chess Elementary is part of Pasco School District.
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