Enrollment
262
Elementary
DISTRICT 196 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT (SPOKANE)·NCES 530969002419
Seth Woodard Elementary
7401 E MISSION, SPOKANE, WA 99212 · (509) 921-2160 · Spokane County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL262 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
176 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 18 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 23% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (18) is 59% smaller than its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
Seth Woodard Elementary→Centennial Middle School
Based on grade levels within West Valley School District (Spokane). Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
42.8%
WA avg 58.4% . -15.1pp since 2014
Math
45.8%
WA avg 51.2% . -15.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 15 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 16 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.8% | 45.8% |
| 2023-24 | 48.7% | 43.0% |
| 2022-23 | 35.5% | 31.2% |
| 2021-22 | 42.4% | 41.9% |
| 2018-19 | 48.2% | 45.3% |
| 2017-18 | 53.5% | 46.5% |
| 2016-17 | 59.4% | 53.3% |
| 2015-16 | 64.9% | 61.7% |
| 2014-15 | 57.8% | 61.4% |
% 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
45.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Seth Woodard Elementary
Seth Woodard Elementary's state test result (45.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seth Woodard Elementary this school | 262 | 67.2% | 45.9% |
| Ocean Shores Elementary Ocean Shores | 254 | 70.5% | 35.9% |
| Hough Elementary School VANCOUVER | 238 | 66.0% | N/A |
| Raymond Elementary School RAYMOND | 245 | 68.2% | 41.4% |
| University Elementary School Spokane Valley | 291 | 63.9% | 50.6% |
| Goldendale Primary School GOLDENDALE | 302 | 64.6% | 31.5% |
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 Seth Woodard Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Spokane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #501 of 936 | #51 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #516 of 1,103 ▲ 54 | #44 of 83 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #675 of 1,102 ▼ 142 | #57 of 83 ▼ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.1pp | #430 of 928 | #46 of 81 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 262 | #1,034 of 1,268 | #80 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #194 of 1,085 | #34 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.2% | #789 of 1,088 | #33 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.2% | #310 of 1,169 | #29 of 86 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.1% | #655 of 778 | #58 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
262
+28 (+12%) vs 2020
-3% since 2000-01, when it was 270
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 262 | 18.3 | 14.3:1 | 67% (176) |
| 2023-24 | 268 | 17.6 | 15.2:1 | 70% (187) |
| 2022-23 | 273 | 17.1 | 16.0:1 | 79% (217) |
| 2020-21 | 234 | 18 | 13.0:1 | 57% (133) |
| 2017-18 | 279 | 20.8 | 13.4:1 | 51% (143) |
| 2015-16 | 351 | 21 | 16.7:1 | 55% (193) |
| 2010-11 | 323 | 18 | 17.9:1 | 54% (176) |
| 2000-01 | 270 | 16 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Seth Woodard Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (279 to 262); teachers down 12% (20.8 to 18.3).
About Seth Woodard Elementary
Seth Woodard Elementary is a small elementary school in SPOKANE, Washington. The school counted 262 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 5. That is 31% below the average of about 380 students for elementary schools in Washington.
West Valley School District (Spokane) has a total of 13 schools and 3,475 students, Seth Woodard Elementary among them.
About 68% of the student body at Seth Woodard Elementary is White. Smaller groups are 19% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 2% Black. County-wide, 83% of Spokane County residents are White. A diversity index of 49% means there is a 49% chance two randomly chosen students at Seth Woodard Elementary are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Seth Woodard Elementary is 14.3:1, based on 18.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Washington average 17.3:1. Lunch program data show 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Spokane County average 52%.
Seth Woodard Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (45.9%) and its predicted rate (35.1%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Washington schools.
In Spokane County, median household income comes to about $78,582, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The county's public schools total 187, with about 76,588 students.
Of the public schools around it, Seth Woodard Elementary is closest to West Valley Virtual Learning Center, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Seth Woodard Elementary at 1st of 4.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
In 2020-21, Seth Woodard Elementary enrolled 234 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 262. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 13.0:1 in 2020-21 to 14.3:1 in 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 West Valley School District (Spokane)
- West Valley High SchoolHigh · 836 students
- Centennial Middle SchoolMiddle · 536 students
- Pasadena Park ElementaryElementary · 362 students
- Dishman Hills High SchoolHigh · 296 students
- Ness ElementaryElementary · 243 students
- Spokane Valley High SchoolHigh · 229 students
Other schools in SPOKANE
- Mead Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,827 students
- Lewis & Clark High SchoolHigh · 1,673 students
- North Central High SchoolHigh · 1,647 students
- Ferris High SchoolHigh · 1,644 students
- Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,498 students
- Shadle Park High SchoolHigh · 1,445 students
Nearby schools
- West Valley Virtual Learning Center0.0 mi · 40
- Centennial Middle School0.5 mi · 536
- West Valley Early Learning Center0.6 mi · 91
- Orchard Center Elementary0.8 mi · 199
- West Valley High School1.0 mi · 836
- Spokane Valley High School1.0 mi · 229
Frequently asked questions
About Seth Woodard ElementaryHow large is Seth Woodard Elementary?
Seth Woodard Elementary enrolls approximately 262 students in grades KG-05.
Is Seth Woodard Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Seth Woodard Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Seth Woodard Elementary have?
Seth Woodard Elementary employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Seth Woodard Elementary?
At Seth Woodard Elementary, the student body is approximately 68% White, 19% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Seth Woodard Elementary in?
Seth Woodard Elementary is part of West Valley School District (Spokane).
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