Saddle Mountain Elementary

Saddle Mountain Elementary is a primary school of moderately sized scale in Mattawa, Washington, one of the schools within Wahluke School District, educateing 470 students in grades 1 through 3. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Saddle Mountain Elementary sits 24% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 8 schools in Wahluke School District (2,455 students total), Saddle Mountain Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Saddle Mountain Elementary lists that nearly all students (96%) are Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Saddle Mountain Elementary has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.5:1. The state averages about 17.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Grant County's rate of about 69%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Saddle Mountain Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 18.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 21.0%.

In the broader community, Grant County reports that median household earnings sit near $73,267, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Grant County's 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,494 students), Saddle Mountain Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Morris Schott Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Saddle Mountain Elementary comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 23.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Saddle Mountain Elementary has ticked down 14%, going from 548 students in 2018 to 470 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 today.

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