Satsop Elementary

Located at 853 MONTE ELMA RD, in SATSOP, Washington, Satsop Elementary is a micro-enrollment elementary school that instructs 63 students (grades K through 6), one of the schools within Satsop School District. Compared to the state average of about 380 students per school, that is 83% below typical.

Satsop Elementary sits inside Satsop School District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Satsop Elementary records that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Grays Harbor County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Satsop Elementary reports 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 56% of students at Satsop Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Grays Harbor County's rate of about 65%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Satsop Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 42.9%; this one delivers 59.2%, a residual of +16.3 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Grays Harbor County) records that median household income runs about $64,414, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Grays Harbor County runs 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,564 students), of which Satsop Elementary is one.

Elma Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Satsop Elementary. On composite proficiency, Satsop Elementary comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 44.6%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 7%: 68 students in 2018 compared to 63 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

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