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Enrollment
470
Elementary
DISTRICT 223 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAHLUKE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530936002514
Saddle Mountain Elementary
500 Riverview Drive, Mattawa, WA 99349 · (509) 932-5693 · Grant County
GRADES 01–03ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL470 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
431 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 152 | 32% |
| Grade 2 | 150 | 32% |
| Grade 3 | 168 | 36% |
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 3% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Saddle Mountain Elementary→Morris Schott Elementary
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Wahluke School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
9.9%
WA avg 58.4% . -3.8pp since 2014
Math
11.7%
WA avg 51.2% . -12.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 10 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 are down about 13 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 9.9% | 11.7% |
| 2023-24 | 24.5% | 23.1% |
| 2022-23 | 29.5% | 20.2% |
| 2021-22 | 21.3% | 18.3% |
| 2018-19 | 17.4% | 15.7% |
| 2017-18 | 16.4% | 19.7% |
| 2016-17 | 13.8% | 23.5% |
| 2015-16 | 19.1% | 25.6% |
| 2014-15 | 13.7% | 24.2% |
% 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
21.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.7%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% 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 Saddle Mountain Elementary
Saddle Mountain Elementary's state test result (21.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saddle Mountain Elementary this school | 470 | 91.7% | 21.0% |
| Rowena Chess Elementary PASCO | 436 | 91.1% | 11.5% |
| Robert Frost Elementary PASCO | 459 | 89.1% | 17.0% |
| Martin Luther King Jr Elementary Yakima | 485 | 92.6% | 21.7% |
| Captain Gray STEM Elementary Pasco | 408 | 92.4% | 10.9% |
| Emerson Elementary PASCO | 447 | 88.8% | 12.8% |
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 Saddle Mountain Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Grant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #902 of 936 | #19 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.7% | #1,090 of 1,103 ▼ 99 | #22 of 24 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 9.9% | #1,100 of 1,102 ▼ 74 | #23 of 24 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.0pp | #46 of 928 | #1 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 470 | #382 of 1,268 | #3 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #908 of 1,085 | #14 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.8% | #1,080 of 1,088 | #21 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.7% | #18 of 1,169 | #2 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.2% | #459 of 778 | #14 of 19 |
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
470
-18 (-4%) vs 2020
+20% since 2000-01, when it was 392
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 470 | 26.9 | 17.5:1 | 92% (431) |
| 2023-24 | 371 | 29 | 12.8:1 | 92% (343) |
| 2022-23 | 400 | 31.5 | 12.7:1 | 94% (374) |
| 2020-21 | 488 | 31 | 15.7:1 | 96% (470) |
| 2017-18 | 548 | 29.5 | 18.6:1 | 93% (512) |
| 2015-16 | 538 | 24 | 22.4:1 | 64% (345) |
| 2010-11 | 539 | 27 | 20.0:1 | 92% (498) |
| 2000-01 | 392 | 18 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Saddle Mountain Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (548 to 470); teachers down 9% (29.5 to 26.9).
About Saddle Mountain Elementary
Saddle Mountain Elementary, located in Mattawa, Washington, is a medium-sized elementary school. Classes run from 1 through 3, and the school has 470 students. The average for elementary schools in Washington is about 380 students, so this school is 24% above average.
Wahluke School District is the local district for Saddle Mountain Elementary. It runs 8 schools with 2,455 students.
Federal enrollment data show Saddle Mountain Elementary is 96% Hispanic. Other groups include 4% White. The county population is about 44% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is an 8% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school employs the equivalent of 26.9 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 17.5:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Washington average 17.3:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 92%. On average, public schools in Grant County report 69%.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Saddle Mountain Elementary is 2.4 points above its prediction. Actual: 21.0%. Predicted: 18.7%.
Saddle Mountain Elementary is located in Grant County, where the median household income is $73,267, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Saddle Mountain Elementary is one of 61 public schools in the county.
The next-closest public school is Morris Schott Elementary, about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 7. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Saddle Mountain Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Saddle Mountain Elementary is coded Rural: Remote, for schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
2024-25 enrollment was 470, a 4% decrease from 488 in 2020-21. The ratio was 15.7:1 in 2020-21 and 17.5:1 in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Grant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
101,799
Census ACS
Median income
$73,267
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
61
20,494 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wahluke School District
- Wahluke High SchoolHigh · 750 students
- Wahluke Junior HighMiddle · 554 students
- Morris Schott ElementaryElementary · 317 students
- Mattawa ElementaryElementary · 199 students
- Mattawa Elementary Pre-SchoolElementary · 119 students
- Sentinel Tech Alt SchoolHigh · 36 students
Other schools in Mattawa
- Wahluke High SchoolHigh · 750 students
- Wahluke Junior HighMiddle · 554 students
- Morris Schott ElementaryElementary · 317 students
- Mattawa ElementaryElementary · 199 students
- Mattawa Elementary Pre-SchoolElementary · 119 students
- Sentinel Tech Alt SchoolHigh · 36 students
Nearby schools
- Morris Schott Elementary0.1 mi · 317
- Mattawa Elementary0.2 mi · 199
- Mattawa Elementary Pre-School0.2 mi · 119
- Developmental Pre-School0.2 mi · 10
- Wahluke Junior High0.2 mi · 554
- Wahluke High School0.3 mi · 750
Frequently asked questions
About Saddle Mountain ElementaryHow many students attend Saddle Mountain Elementary?
Saddle Mountain Elementary enrolls approximately 470 students in grades 01-03.
Is Saddle Mountain Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Saddle Mountain Elementary is an elementary school covering grades 01-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Saddle Mountain Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Saddle Mountain Elementary is approximately 17.5:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Saddle Mountain Elementary?
At Saddle Mountain Elementary, the student body is approximately 4% White, 96% Hispanic, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Saddle Mountain Elementary?
Saddle Mountain Elementary is overseen by Wahluke School District in Grant County.
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