Spokane Valley Learning Academy

As a minimally staffed elementary school in Spokane Valley, Washington, Spokane Valley Learning Academy educates 62 students from grades K through 8, overseen by Central Valley School District. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Spokane Valley Learning Academy sits 84% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Central Valley School District, which oversees 33 schools and 15,087 students, Spokane Valley Learning Academy is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Spokane Valley Learning Academy lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). Other groups include 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.

On the resource side, Spokane Valley Learning Academy reports 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Spokane County's rate of about 52%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Spokane Valley Learning Academy sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 57.5%; actual is 31.8%, a gap of -25.7 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Spokane County put median household earnings sit near $78,582, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Spokane County runs 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 76,588 students), of which Spokane Valley Learning Academy is one.

Central Valley Virtual Learning is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Spokane Valley Learning Academy. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Spokane Valley Learning Academy ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 51.4%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 6-year window. Spokane Valley Learning Academy's enrollment has ticked up 32% since 2018, when it stood at 47 (now 62). White enrollment moved from 96% to 87% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 25.8:1 today.

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