Spokane Public Montessori

Spokane Public Montessori is an average-sized K-5 school in Spokane, Washington, operated by Spokane School District. The school instructs 413 students in grades pre-K through 8.

Spokane School District runs 62 schools in total, collectively educating 28,853 students. Spokane Public Montessori is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Spokane Public Montessori records that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 10% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. Compared to Spokane County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Spokane Public Montessori has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. About 29% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Spokane County's rate of about 52%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Spokane Public Montessori falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 60.5%; this one comes in at 44.1%, -16.5 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Spokane County put the typical household earns roughly $78,582 per year, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Spokane County runs 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 76,588 students), of which Spokane Public Montessori is one.

The Community School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Spokane Public Montessori. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Spokane Public Montessori ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 38.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 14%: 481 students in 2018 compared to 413 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged up from 78% to 82%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 21.1:1 today.

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