Toutle Lake Elementary

Located at 5050 Spirit Lake Hwy, in Toutle, Washington, Toutle Lake Elementary is a reasonably sized primary school that instructs 365 students (grades K through 6), run under Toutle Lake School District.

Across the 2 schools in Toutle Lake School District (673 students total), Toutle Lake Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Toutle Lake Elementary lists that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. Compared to Cowlitz County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Toutle Lake Elementary has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Roughly 42% of students at Toutle Lake Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Cowlitz County's rate of about 58%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Cowlitz County put the typical household earns roughly $76,531 per year, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Cowlitz County's 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,080 students), Toutle Lake Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Toutle Lake High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 5%: 385 students in 2018 compared to 365 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 21.6:1 in 2018 to 19.2:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Toutle Lake Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.