Enrollment
383
Elementary
DISTRICT 388 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530111000188
Summit School
13313 E Broadway Ave, Spokane Valley, WA 99216 · (509) 558-3252 · Spokane County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL383 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
144 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 40 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 41 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 29 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 38% larger than its 8th grade class (29).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
63.6%
WA avg 58.4% . -11.9pp since 2014
Math
53.8%
WA avg 51.2% . -6.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 12 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.6% | 53.8% |
| 2023-24 | 65.8% | 54.7% |
| 2022-23 | 60.7% | 54.3% |
| 2021-22 | 68.5% | 55.3% |
| 2018-19 | 68.5% | 57.7% |
| 2017-18 | 73.6% | 55.9% |
| 2016-17 | 75.2% | 56.6% |
| 2015-16 | 75.9% | 62.0% |
| 2014-15 | 75.5% | 59.8% |
% 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
60.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Summit School
Summit School's state test result (60.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit School this school | 383 | 37.6% | 60.3% |
| Green Mountain Elementary BREMERTON | 360 | 38.6% | 54.3% |
| Edison Elementary EDISON | 390 | 38.7% | 55.3% |
| Fidalgo Elementary Anacortes | 339 | 36.6% | 64.2% |
| Colbert Elementary School COLBERT | 364 | 36.8% | 65.8% |
| Woodridge Elementary Spokane | 369 | 39.0% | 48.3% |
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 Summit School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Spokane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #255 of 936 | #18 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #370 of 1,103 ▼ 20 | #29 of 83 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #236 of 1,102 ▼ 22 | #15 of 83 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.2pp | #212 of 928 | #20 of 81 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 383 | #697 of 1,268 | #44 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #869 of 1,085 | #73 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.6% | #982 of 1,088 | #68 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.6% | #835 of 1,169 | #65 of 86 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.7% | #608 of 778 | #56 of 67 |
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
383
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 414
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 383 | 22.2 | 17.2:1 | 38% (144) |
| 2023-24 | 376 | 23.2 | 16.2:1 | 37% (138) |
| 2022-23 | 351 | 26.3 | 13.3:1 | 36% (126) |
| 2020-21 | 379 | 25 | 15.2:1 | 21% (79) |
| 2017-18 | 415 | 25.8 | 16.1:1 | 24% (98) |
| 2015-16 | 344 | 18 | 19.1:1 | 22% (76) |
| 2010-11 | 345 | 15 | 23.0:1 | 23% (81) |
| 2000-01 | 285 | 18 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 414 | 21 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Summit School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (415 to 383); teachers down 14% (25.8 to 22.2).
About Summit School
Summit School operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Spokane Valley, Washington. The school offers kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 383 students.
Besides Summit School, Central Valley School District runs 32 other schools. The district enrolls 15,087 students.
Federal enrollment data show Summit School is 80% White. Enrollment also includes 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. In Spokane County overall, the White share is about 83%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 35%.
Classroom staffing at Summit School totals 22.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.2:1. The 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington is close to this figure. Federal data show 38% of students (144) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Spokane County average 52%.
Test results at Summit School are 5.3 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (60.3% actual, 55.0% predicted).
For the population of Spokane County, the median household earns about $78,582 a year, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Summit School shares Spokane County with 186 other public schools.
Central Valley Virtual Learning High School is about 0.6 miles from Summit School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 38.1%, lower than Summit School's 60.3%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 379 in 2020-21 and 383 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 15.2:1 to 17.2:1.
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Spokane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
549,056
Census ACS
Median income
$78,582
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
76,588 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Central Valley School District
- Ridgeline High SchoolHigh · 1,575 students
- University High SchoolHigh · 1,410 students
- Central Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,380 students
- Evergreen Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Sunrise ElementaryElementary · 644 students
- Greenacres ElementaryElementary · 637 students
Other schools in Spokane Valley
- University High SchoolHigh · 1,410 students
- Central Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,380 students
- East Valley High SchoolHigh · 912 students
- Evergreen Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Sunrise ElementaryElementary · 644 students
- Greenacres ElementaryElementary · 637 students
Other Summit schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Summit. Summit School is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Summit SchoolSMITHFIELD, UT · 705 students
- SummitOjai, CA · 183 students
- SummitToledo, OH · 16 students
- SummitMONTICELLO, MN · 7 students
Nearby schools
- Central Valley Virtual Learning High School0.6 mi · 108
- North Pines Middle School0.9 mi · 504
- Progress Elementary School1.1 mi · 280
- School to Life1.2 mi · 38
- Central Valley Early Learning Center1.2 mi · 325
- Mica Peak High School1.2 mi · 107
Frequently asked questions
About Summit SchoolHow large is Summit School?
Summit School enrolls approximately 383 students in grades KG-08.
Is Summit School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Summit School is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Summit School have?
Summit School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Summit School?
Student demographics at Summit School are roughly 80% White, 9% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Summit School in?
Summit School is part of Central Valley School District.
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