Enrollment
227
Elementary
DISTRICT 140 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARY WALKER SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530483000731
Springdale Elementary
500 N 4TH, SPRINGDALE, WA 99173 · (509) 258-7357 · Stevens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL227 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% of Washington public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
16.4:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
190 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 20 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 24 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (24) is 45% smaller than its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
Based on grade levels within Mary Walker School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
31.8%
WA avg 58.4% . -14.8pp since 2014
Math
35.5%
WA avg 51.2% . -7.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 15 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.8% | 35.5% |
| 2023-24 | 16.7% | 13.7% |
| 2022-23 | 17.9% | 18.9% |
| 2021-22 | 26.6% | 17.0% |
| 2018-19 | 30.2% | 29.9% |
| 2017-18 | 28.1% | 31.6% |
| 2016-17 | 32.0% | 28.7% |
| 2015-16 | 36.5% | 27.1% |
| 2014-15 | 46.6% | 43.2% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
26.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Washington's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Springdale Elementary
Springdale Elementary's state test result (26.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springdale Elementary this school | 227 | 83.7% | 26.9% |
| Grantham Elementary Clarkston | 252 | 85.7% | N/A |
| Ness Elementary SPOKANE | 243 | 75.3% | 56.0% |
| Progress Elementary School Spokane Valley | 280 | 77.1% | 34.0% |
| Lidgerwood Elementary Spokane | 278 | 88.5% | 33.2% |
| Ridgeview Elementary Spokane | 301 | 72.8% | 39.3% |
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 Springdale Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Stevens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #850 of 936 | #9 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #761 of 1,103 ▲ 314 | #5 of 10 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #912 of 1,102 ▲ 165 | #7 of 10 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.8pp | #57 of 928 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 227 | #1,067 of 1,268 | #6 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #683 of 1,085 | #5 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.9% | #978 of 1,088 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.7% | #81 of 1,169 | #4 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.5% | #97 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
227
+54 (+31%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 207
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 19.2:1
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 | 227 | 13.8 | 16.4:1 | 84% (190) |
| 2023-24 | 207 | 12.9 | 16.1:1 | 63% (131) |
| 2022-23 | 211 | 12.3 | 17.1:1 | 55% (115) |
| 2020-21 | 173 | 9 | 19.2:1 | 67% (116) |
| 2017-18 | 200 | 12.7 | 15.7:1 | 90% (179) |
| 2015-16 | 171 | 11 | 15.6:1 | 71% (122) |
| 2010-11 | 147 | 9 | 16.3:1 | 80% (117) |
| 2000-01 | 202 | 14 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 207 | 8 | 25.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Springdale Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (200 to 227); teachers up 9% (12.7 to 13.8).
About Springdale Elementary
Springdale Elementary operates as a small elementary school in SPRINGDALE, Washington. It enrolled 227 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 40% lower than the average for elementary schools in Washington, which is about 380.
Mary Walker School District oversees Springdale Elementary and 3 other schools, with 558 students in total.
At 80%, White students outnumber all other groups at Springdale Elementary combined. After that, the student body is 10% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 4% Native American. By the diversity index, Springdale Elementary comes in at 35%.
A ratio of 16.4:1 comes from the school's 13.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington is higher than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 84% of students at Springdale Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Stevens County, the average eligibility rate is 55%.
The allk12 Grade for Springdale Elementary is C. Compared with Washington public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 29% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, Springdale Elementary is 2.9 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Washington schools.
Stevens County census figures show that median household income is about $69,327, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. A total of 41 public schools operate in Stevens County, serving about 7,726 students.
The shortest distance from Springdale Elementary to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Springdale Middle School. A five-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. Springdale Elementary places 4th of 5 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Distant.
The student count in 2024-25 was 227, 31% above the 173 of 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 16.4 students per teacher, compared with 19.2 in 2020-21.
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Stevens County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
48,067
Census ACS
Median income
$69,327
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
7,726 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mary Walker School District
- Mary Walker High SchoolHigh · 151 students
- Springdale Middle SchoolMiddle · 112 students
- Mary Walker Alternative Learning ExperienceCombined · 68 students
Other schools in SPRINGDALE
- Mary Walker High SchoolHigh · 151 students
- Springdale Middle SchoolMiddle · 112 students
- Mary Walker Alternative Learning ExperienceCombined · 68 students
Other Springdale Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 7 states are named Springdale Elementary. Springdale Elementary is the 9th largest of the 9.
- Springdale Elementary SchoolMt. Juliet, TN · 738 students
- Springdale Elementary SchoolMacon, GA · 609 students
- Springdale Elementary SchoolCincinnati, OH · 529 students
- Springdale ElementaryWest Columbia, SC · 443 students
- Springdale Elementary SchoolFORT WORTH, TX · 393 students
Nearby schools
- Springdale Middle School0.0 mi · 112
- Mary Walker Alternative Learning Experience0.0 mi · 68
- Mary Walker High School0.0 mi · 151
- Loon Lake Homelink Program5.3 mi · 138
- Loon Lake Elementary School5.3 mi · 113
- Paideia High School7.5 mi · 23
Frequently asked questions
About Springdale ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Springdale Elementary?
Springdale Elementary enrolls approximately 227 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Springdale Elementary serve?
Springdale Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Springdale Elementary?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at Springdale Elementary.
How diverse is Springdale Elementary?
Springdale Elementary reports a student body of 80% White, 7% Hispanic, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Springdale Elementary?
Springdale Elementary is overseen by Mary Walker School District in Stevens County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.