Shaw Island Elementary School

Shaw Island Elementary School is one of the very small K-5 schools in Shaw Island, Washington, one of the schools within Shaw Island School District, with 8 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Shaw Island Elementary School sits 98% smaller than that benchmark.

Operationally, Shaw Island Elementary School answers to Shaw Island School District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Shaw Island Elementary School shows that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 13% Hispanic. Compared to San Juan County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Shaw Island Elementary School has 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (San Juan County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $84,800 per year, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across San Juan County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,817 students), Shaw Island Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Friday Harbor High School, roughly 3.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 27%: 11 students in 2018 compared to 8 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 0% to 13%.

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