Enrollment
340
Elementary
DISTRICT 327 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WALLA WALLA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 530945001608
Sharpstein Elementary School
410 HOWARD ST, WALLA WALLA, WA 99362 · (509) 527-3098 · Walla Walla County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL340 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of Washington public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 30.1:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
267 students
DISTRICT 71% · 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 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 36% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
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Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
39.7%
WA avg 58.4% . -8.8pp since 2014
Math
41.3%
WA avg 51.2% . +0.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.7% | 41.3% |
| 2023-24 | 36.4% | 50.3% |
| 2022-23 | 32.6% | 36.4% |
| 2021-22 | 34.8% | 37.6% |
| 2018-19 | 42.6% | 39.3% |
| 2017-18 | 52.3% | 41.6% |
| 2016-17 | 57.1% | 51.7% |
| 2015-16 | 53.0% | 42.3% |
| 2014-15 | 48.4% | 40.9% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
42.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 28% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Washington's top 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 Sharpstein Elementary School
Sharpstein Elementary School's state test result (42.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharpstein Elementary School this school | 340 | 78.5% | 42.6% |
| Oakview Elementary School Centralia | 317 | 77.6% | 28.3% |
| Edison Elementary Centralia | 313 | 77.0% | 38.6% |
| Washington Elementary School Centralia | 294 | 77.6% | 41.9% |
| Ocosta Elementary School Westport | 321 | 81.3% | 30.4% |
| Soap Lake Elementary SOAP LAKE | 328 | 76.8% | 16.5% |
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 Sharpstein Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Walla Walla County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #566 of 936 | #5 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #624 of 1,103 ▼ 196 | #5 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #759 of 1,102 ▲ 57 | #5 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.3pp | #301 of 928 | #6 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 340 | #828 of 1,268 | #6 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #64 of 1,085 | #1 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.1% | #717 of 1,088 | #4 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.5% | #132 of 1,169 | #2 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.9% | #383 of 778 | N/A |
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
340
+23 (+7%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 469
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 340 | 26.2 | 13.0:1 | 79% (267) |
| 2023-24 | 354 | 27.2 | 13.0:1 | 81% (287) |
| 2022-23 | 364 | 28 | 13.0:1 | 80% (292) |
| 2020-21 | 317 | 27 | 11.7:1 | 74% (235) |
| 2017-18 | 409 | 25.3 | 16.1:1 | 63% (258) |
| 2015-16 | 444 | 25 | 17.8:1 | 60% (265) |
| 2010-11 | 465 | 25 | 18.6:1 | 50% (234) |
| 2000-01 | 363 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 469 | 26 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sharpstein Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (409 to 340); teachers up 3% (25.3 to 26.2).
About Sharpstein Elementary School
In WALLA WALLA, Washington, Sharpstein Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. The school serves 340 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
Within Walla Walla Public Schools, Sharpstein Elementary School is one of 16 schools. The district enrolls 5,410 students.
At Sharpstein Elementary School, White students make up 57% of the student body. The next largest groups are 39% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The school's White share is 16 points below the 73% share among Walla Walla County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 52% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1 at Sharpstein Elementary School, with 26.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, elementary schools in Washington have 17.3:1, compared with 13.0:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 79% of enrollment. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Walla Walla County is 63%.
Measured against Washington public elementary schools, Sharpstein Elementary School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In Washington, Sharpstein Elementary School is one of the top 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate on state tests of 42.6% compared with a predicted 27.5%.
Federal survey data for Walla Walla County show that the median household income is $74,202, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Walla Walla County is home to 33 public schools and about 8,516 public school students.
The shortest distance from Sharpstein Elementary School to another public school is about 0.4 miles, to Walla Walla Online. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Sharpstein Elementary School is 1st of 5 nearby schools with test data.
Sharpstein Elementary School falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Sharpstein Elementary School's enrollment climbed from 317 in 2020-21 to 340 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 13.0:1, from 11.7:1.
The Sharpstein Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Walla Walla County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
62,161
Census ACS
Median income
$74,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
8,516 students
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- Green Park Elementary School0.7 mi · 526
- Pioneer Middle School0.8 mi · 601
- Edison Elementary School0.8 mi · 464
Frequently asked questions
About Sharpstein Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Sharpstein Elementary School?
Sharpstein Elementary School enrolls approximately 340 students in grades KG-05.
Is Sharpstein Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sharpstein Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Sharpstein Elementary School?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at Sharpstein Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sharpstein Elementary School?
At Sharpstein Elementary School, the student body is approximately 57% White, 39% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Sharpstein Elementary School?
Sharpstein Elementary School is overseen by Walla Walla Public Schools in Walla Walla County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.