Enrollment
347
Elementary
DISTRICT 518 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHENEY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530123000226
Salnave Elementary
1015 SALNAVE ROAD, CHENEY, WA 99004 · (509) 559-4700 · Spokane County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL347 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
184 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 23 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
44.6%
WA avg 58.4% . -0.6pp since 2014
Math
38.0%
WA avg 51.2% . -2.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.6% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.3% | 38.4% |
| 2022-23 | 42.4% | 39.0% |
| 2021-22 | 47.8% | 39.8% |
| 2018-19 | 43.1% | 31.6% |
| 2017-18 | 46.3% | 38.9% |
| 2016-17 | 43.2% | 41.0% |
| 2015-16 | 49.5% | 40.7% |
| 2014-15 | 45.2% | 40.5% |
% 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
43.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.6%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Salnave Elementary
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salnave Elementary this school | 347 | 53.0% | 43.7% |
| Hamilton Elementary PORT ANGELES | 338 | 53.0% | N/A |
| Columbia Valley Garden Elem Schl Longview | 362 | 56.1% | N/A |
| Parkside Elementary Tenino | 316 | 52.5% | N/A |
| Franklin Elementary PORT ANGELES | 318 | 56.0% | N/A |
| Evergreen Elementary Lakebay | 336 | 58.0% | 51.1% |
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 Salnave Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Spokane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #546 of 936 | #55 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #709 of 1,103 ▼ 38 | #59 of 83 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #635 of 1,102 ▲ 55 | #54 of 83 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.5pp | #252 of 928 | #23 of 81 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 347 | #809 of 1,268 | #59 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #665 of 1,085 | #66 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.8% | #893 of 1,088 | #52 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.0% | #577 of 1,169 | #49 of 86 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.2% | #621 of 778 | #57 of 67 |
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
347
+41 (+13%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 419
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 347 | 21.3 | 16.3:1 | 53% (184) |
| 2023-24 | 350 | 20.8 | 16.8:1 | 62% (218) |
| 2022-23 | 309 | 23.3 | 13.2:1 | 63% (195) |
| 2020-21 | 306 | 25 | 12.2:1 | 52% (160) |
| 2017-18 | 374 | 27.6 | 13.6:1 | 59% (220) |
| 2015-16 | 362 | 23 | 15.7:1 | 58% (210) |
| 2010-11 | 349 | 23 | 15.2:1 | 56% (197) |
| 2000-01 | 319 | 17 | 18.8:1 | 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 Salnave Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (374 to 347); teachers down 23% (27.6 to 21.3).
About Salnave Elementary
In CHENEY, Washington, Salnave Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school. It enrolled 347 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year.
The 12 schools in Cheney School District enroll 5,662 students altogether, Salnave Elementary among them.
Roughly 75% of students at Salnave Elementary are White. Other reported shares: 13% Hispanic and 9% multiracial. Spokane County's residents are about 83% White, 8 points above the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 42% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
At Salnave Elementary, 21.3 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 16.3:1. On average, elementary schools in Washington have 17.3:1, compared with 16.3:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 53% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Spokane County average 52%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Salnave Elementary, the prediction is 44.6% and the result is 43.7%.
Across Spokane County, the median household income is $78,582, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Spokane County is home to 187 public schools and about 76,588 public school students.
The school nearest to Salnave Elementary is Betz Elementary, at a distance of about 1.3 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes 7 other public schools. Among the 5 closest schools with test data, this one included, Salnave Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Fringe: the school is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Over 4 years, Salnave Elementary's enrollment climbed 13%, to 347. The school's ratio rose from 12.2:1 to 16.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Spokane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
549,056
Census ACS
Median income
$78,582
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
76,588 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cheney School District
- Cheney High SchoolHigh · 1,491 students
- Cheney Middle SchoolMiddle · 637 students
- Sunset ElementaryElementary · 634 students
- Westwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 624 students
- Windsor ElementaryElementary · 549 students
- Betz ElementaryElementary · 535 students
Other schools in CHENEY
- Cheney High SchoolHigh · 1,491 students
- Cheney Middle SchoolMiddle · 637 students
- Betz ElementaryElementary · 535 students
- Phil Snowdon ElementaryElementary · 525 students
- HomeWorksCombined · 145 students
- Three Springs High SchoolHigh · 103 students
Nearby schools
- Betz Elementary1.3 mi · 535
- Cheney Open Doors1.4 mi · 10
- Cheney High School1.4 mi · 1,491
- WIN Academy1.4 mi · 62
- Cheney Middle School1.9 mi · 637
- HomeWorks4.9 mi · 145
Frequently asked questions
About Salnave ElementaryHow large is Salnave Elementary?
Salnave Elementary enrolls approximately 347 students in grades PK-05.
Is Salnave Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Salnave Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Salnave Elementary?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at Salnave Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Salnave Elementary?
Student demographics at Salnave Elementary are roughly 75% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Salnave Elementary in?
Salnave Elementary is part of Cheney School District.
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