Ruben Trejo Dual Language Academy

As a small elementary-level community in Spokane, Washington, Ruben Trejo Dual Language Academy teaches 275 students from grades K through 8, overseen by Spokane School District. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Ruben Trejo Dual Language Academy sits 28% smaller than that benchmark.

Ruben Trejo Dual Language Academy is one of 62 schools operated by Spokane School District, a district that works with 28,853 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ruben Trejo Dual Language Academy lists that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 31% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Ruben Trejo Dual Language Academy has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Spokane County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Ruben Trejo Dual Language Academy is in the bottom 10% of Washington public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 63.1%; Ruben Trejo Dual Language Academy posts 50.7%, -12.4 points below that line.

In the area at large, Spokane County reports that median household income runs about $78,582, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Ruben Trejo Dual Language Academy is one of 187 public schools in Spokane County (combined enrollment of about 76,588 students).

Nearest neighbor: The Healing Lodge, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ruben Trejo Dual Language Academy at 2nd of 4; the average score across the group is 44.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

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