Sprague Elementary

Sprague Elementary, a tiny elementary-level community in Sprague, Washington, part of Sprague School District, works with 33 students, covering grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Sprague Elementary sits 91% below that benchmark.

Within Sprague School District, which oversees 2 schools and 55 students, Sprague Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Sprague Elementary records that White students make up the majority at 70%. Beyond that, the school logs 18% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 6% Native American. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 90%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 6.1:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 61% of students at Sprague Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Lincoln County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Sprague Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.5%, the actual is 41.6%, a residual of +2.1 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Lincoln County indicate median household earnings sit near $71,512, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sprague Elementary is one of 19 public schools in Lincoln County (combined enrollment of about 2,233 students).

Sprague High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sprague Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 35.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Sprague Elementary's enrollment has edged down 28% since 2018, when it stood at 46 (now 33). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 89% to 70%. Class-load math has fell: from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 6.1:1 in 2025.

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