Enrollment
91
Elementary
DISTRICT 103 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TEKOA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530879001520
Tekoa Elementary School
200 N BROADWAY, TEKOA, WA 99033 · (509) 284-2781 · Whitman County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL91 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
39 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 | 5 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 23 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 9 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 13 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 11 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 17 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 13 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (23) is 77% larger than its 5th grade class (13).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
Tekoa Elementary School→Tekoa High School
Based on grade levels within Tekoa School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
30.0%
WA avg 58.4% . -38.8pp since 2014
Math
37.5%
WA avg 51.2% . -20.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 39 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 21 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.0% | 37.5% |
| 2023-24 | 40.3% | 25.8% |
| 2022-23 | 36.9% | 40.0% |
| 2021-22 | 56.5% | 50.8% |
| 2018-19 | 71.2% | 63.5% |
| 2017-18 | 76.9% | 74.1% |
| 2016-17 | 51.7% | 53.5% |
| 2015-16 | 63.4% | 60.6% |
| 2014-15 | 68.8% | 58.4% |
% 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
40.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Tekoa Elementary School
Tekoa Elementary School's state test result (40.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tekoa Elementary School this school | 91 | 42.9% | 40.9% |
| Centerville Elementary Centerville | 91 | 39.6% | 63.3% |
| Boistfort Elem Curtis | 87 | 42.5% | 38.0% |
| Palouse Elementary Palouse | 100 | 47.0% | 56.7% |
| Wilbur Elementary School Wilbur | 117 | 43.6% | 43.0% |
| P C Jantz Elementary ODESSA | 121 | 43.0% | 46.1% |
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 Tekoa Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Whitman County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 91 | #1,177 of 1,268 | #7 of 13 |
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
91
-19 (-17%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 115
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 91 | 7.9 | 11.5:1 | 43% (39) |
| 2023-24 | 109 | 10.2 | 10.7:1 | 56% (61) |
| 2022-23 | 103 | 6.6 | 15.6:1 | 47% (48) |
| 2020-21 | 110 | 8 | 13.8:1 | 58% (64) |
| 2017-18 | 105 | 8.7 | 12.0:1 | 55% (58) |
| 2015-16 | 117 | 8 | 14.6:1 | 54% (63) |
| 2010-11 | 111 | 8 | 13.9:1 | 66% (73) |
| 2000-01 | 110 | 8 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 115 | 7 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tekoa Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (105 to 91); teachers down 9% (8.7 to 7.9).
About Tekoa Elementary School
Tekoa Elementary School is a very small elementary school in TEKOA, Washington, (ZIP code 99033). It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 91 students. Elementary schools in Washington have about 380 students on average; enrollment here is 76% lower.
Tekoa School District is the local district for Tekoa Elementary School. It runs 2 schools with 206 students.
White students are 87% of those enrolled at Tekoa Elementary School. The remaining shares are 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Whitman County's population at about 76%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 24, compared with 70 nationally.
On staff are 7.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.5:1. Elementary schools in Washington average 17.3:1, 5.8 more students per teacher than here. Tekoa Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 43%.
In Washington, Tekoa Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 40.9% actual against a predicted 51.5%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Whitman County show that median household income comes to about $55,406, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 50% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county's public schools total 28, with about 4,753 students.
The closest school to Tekoa Elementary School is Tekoa High School, located about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within ten miles is 2. On proficiency, Tekoa Elementary School is behind the 44.9% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 5.
Locale: Rural: Remote. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory far from an urban area.
The school shrank from 110 students in 2020-21 to 91 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 13.8:1 to 11.5:1.
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Whitman County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,003
Census ACS
Median income
$55,406
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
4,753 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Tekoa High School0.2 mi · 115
- Coeur d' Alene Tribal School9.1 mi · 126
- Oakesdale High School10.5 mi · 80
- Oakesdale Elementary School10.5 mi · 73
- LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.2 mi · 146
- LAKESIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL11.3 mi · 62
Frequently asked questions
About Tekoa Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Tekoa Elementary School?
Tekoa Elementary School enrolls approximately 91 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Tekoa Elementary School serve?
Tekoa Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Tekoa Elementary School?
Approximately 11.5:1 students per teacher at Tekoa Elementary School.
How diverse is Tekoa Elementary School?
Tekoa Elementary School reports a student body of 87% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Tekoa Elementary School?
Tekoa Elementary School is overseen by Tekoa School District in Whitman County.
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