Stevens Elementary
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardWhat this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Stevens Elementary
Stevens Elementary, a mid-tier K-5 school in Spokane, Washington, part of Spokane School District, works with 438 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.
Stevens Elementary is one of 62 schools operated by Spokane School District, a district that caters to 28,853 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Stevens Elementary lists that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 17% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 8% Pacific Islander, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Stevens Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Spokane County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Stevens Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 21.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.5%.
Across the wider county, census data for Spokane County shows median household earnings sit near $78,582, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Stevens Elementary is one of 187 public schools in Spokane County (combined enrollment of about 76,588 students).
Nearest neighbor: Logan Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Stevens Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Stevens Elementary at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 23.9%.
Stevens Elementary operates from a downtown location.
Over the past 7-year window. Stevens Elementary's enrollment has shrank 3% since 2018, when it stood at 451 (now 438). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 12% to 17%.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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