Shiloh Hills Elementary

As a reasonably sized K-5 school in SPOKANE, Washington, Shiloh Hills Elementary hosts 465 students from grades K through 5, overseen by Mead School District. That puts it 22% above the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 380 students.

Mead School District runs 17 schools in total, collectively educating 10,657 students. Shiloh Hills Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Shiloh Hills Elementary logs that 57% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 12% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 10% Pacific Islander, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Shiloh Hills Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Spokane County's rate of about 52%.

With demographic context factored in, Shiloh Hills Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.5%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Spokane County shows median household earnings sit near $78,582, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Spokane County's 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 76,588 students), Shiloh Hills Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Spokane International Academy, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Shiloh Hills Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 37.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 16%: 554 students in 2018 compared to 465 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 66% to 57% over that span.

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