Enrollment
328
Elementary
DISTRICT 296 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOAP LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530807001334
Soap Lake Elementary
410 Ginkgo St S, SOAP LAKE, WA 98851 · (509) 246-1323 · Grant County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL328 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 0% of Washington public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
18.7:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.1:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
252 students
DISTRICT 80% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 16 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 42 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 64% larger than its 6th grade class (42).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
Soap Lake Elementary→Soap Lake Middle & High School
Based on grade levels within Soap Lake School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
10.3%
WA avg 58.4% . -18.9pp since 2014
Math
11.6%
WA avg 51.2% . -16.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 10 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 19 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 | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 2023-24 | 19.2% | 9.9% |
| 2022-23 | 16.5% | 16.5% |
| 2021-22 | 15.7% | 14.9% |
| 2018-19 | 25.2% | 24.3% |
| 2017-18 | 24.7% | 30.3% |
| 2016-17 | 27.3% | 40.0% |
| 2015-16 | 38.7% | 40.5% |
| 2014-15 | 29.3% | 28.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
16.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.6%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 29% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Soap Lake Elementary
Soap Lake Elementary's state test result (16.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soap Lake Elementary this school | 328 | 76.8% | 16.5% |
| Washington Elementary School Centralia | 294 | 77.6% | 41.9% |
| Oakview Elementary School Centralia | 317 | 77.6% | 28.3% |
| Sharpstein Elementary School WALLA WALLA | 340 | 78.5% | 42.6% |
| Northlake Elementary School Longview | 315 | 73.7% | N/A |
| Edison Elementary Centralia | 313 | 77.0% | 38.6% |
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 Soap Lake Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Grant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.5% | #920 of 936 | #23 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.6% | #1,091 of 1,103 ▲ 2 | #23 of 24 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 10.3% | #1,099 of 1,102 ▼ 33 | #22 of 24 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.3pp | #172 of 928 | #4 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 328 | #871 of 1,268 | #12 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #1,018 of 1,085 | #20 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.0% | #667 of 1,088 | #8 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.8% | #156 of 1,169 | #11 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +55.5% | #4 of 257 | 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
328
+94 (+40%) vs 2020
+68% since 1990-91, when it was 195
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 328 | 17.5 | 18.7:1 | 77% (252) |
| 2023-24 | 315 | 20.6 | 15.3:1 | 84% (266) |
| 2022-23 | 244 | 17.3 | 14.1:1 | 90% (219) |
| 2020-21 | 234 | 14 | 16.7:1 | 90% (210) |
| 2017-18 | 211 | 13.9 | 15.2:1 | 89% (188) |
| 2015-16 | 210 | 14 | 15.0:1 | 93% (195) |
| 2010-11 | 171 | 13 | 13.2:1 | 98% (168) |
| 2000-01 | 242 | 16 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 195 | 8 | 24.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Soap Lake Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 55% (211 to 328); teachers up 26% (13.9 to 17.5).
About Soap Lake Elementary
Soap Lake Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school located in SOAP LAKE, Washington. The school runs pre-K through 6 and enrolls 328 students.
Soap Lake Elementary is part of a district of 2 schools: Soap Lake School District, with 591 students.
At Soap Lake Elementary, 52% of students are White. Smaller groups are 44% Hispanic and 3% Black. Census estimates put Grant County at about 56% White, close to the school's figure. The diversity index for Soap Lake Elementary is 54%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Soap Lake Elementary has 17.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 18.7:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Washington is 17.3:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 77% at Soap Lake Elementary.
Among Washington public elementary schools, Soap Lake Elementary outscored 0%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Soap Lake Elementary is -12.1 points, in the bottom 10% of Washington. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 16.5%, and the predicted rate is 28.6%.
American Community Survey estimates for Grant County show that the median household earns about $73,267 a year, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Across Grant County, 61 public schools serve about 20,494 students.
Among nearby public schools, Soap Lake Middle & High School is closest at about 0.1 miles. In all, 6 other public schools sit within five miles of Soap Lake Elementary. By average proficiency, Soap Lake Elementary is 5th among 6 schools close by.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 40%, from 234 to 328. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 16.7:1 in 2020-21 to 18.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Grant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
101,799
Census ACS
Median income
$73,267
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
61
20,494 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Soap Lake School District
- Soap Lake Middle & High SchoolHigh · 263 students
- RISE AcademyHigh
Other schools in SOAP LAKE
- Soap Lake Middle & High SchoolHigh · 263 students
- RISE AcademyHigh
Nearby schools
- Soap Lake Middle & High School0.1 mi · 263
- Beezley Springs Elementary4.8 mi · 11
- Ephrata High School4.8 mi · 886
- Sage Hills Open Doors Youth Re-Engagement Program4.8 mi · 39
- Grant Elementary4.9 mi · 466
- Tiger Cubs ECEAP5.0 mi · 83
Frequently asked questions
About Soap Lake ElementaryHow many students attend Soap Lake Elementary?
Soap Lake Elementary enrolls approximately 328 students in grades PK-06.
Is Soap Lake Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Soap Lake Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Soap Lake Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Soap Lake Elementary is approximately 18.7:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Soap Lake Elementary?
At Soap Lake Elementary, the student body is approximately 52% White, 44% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Soap Lake Elementary public or private?
Soap Lake Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Soap Lake School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.