Enrollment
79
Elementary
DISTRICT 105 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TROUT LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530906002657
Trout Lake Elementary
2310 Hwy 141, Trout Lake, WA 98650 · (509) 395-2571 · Klickitat County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL79 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 62% of Washington public elementary schools
- B+Test 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.
- C-Three-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
14.6:1
5 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
26 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 14 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 20 | 25% |
| Grade 2 | 18 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 18 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 9 | 11% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
Trout Lake Elementary→Trout Lake School
Based on grade levels within Trout Lake School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
56.7%
WA avg 58.4% . +3.3pp since 2014
Math
53.3%
WA avg 51.2% . +6.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.7% | 53.3% |
| 2023-24 | 65.4% | 76.9% |
| 2022-23 | 70.0% | 61.3% |
| 2021-22 | 70.8% | 66.7% |
| 2018-19 | 78.6% | 57.1% |
| 2017-18 | 48.8% | 39.5% |
| 2016-17 | 70.6% | 41.2% |
| 2015-16 | 59.5% | 47.6% |
| 2014-15 | 53.3% | 46.7% |
% 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
61.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Trout Lake Elementary
Trout Lake Elementary's state test result (61.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trout Lake Elementary this school | 79 | 32.9% | 61.6% |
| Oakesdale Elementary School Oakesdale | 73 | 30.1% | 57.8% |
| Mount Pleasant School Washougal | 69 | 30.4% | 56.1% |
| St John Elementary Saint John | 85 | 36.5% | 52.0% |
| North Kitsap Options Kingston | 87 | 34.5% | 57.1% |
| Centerville Elementary Centerville | 91 | 39.6% | 63.3% |
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 Trout Lake Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Klickitat County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 79 | #1,190 of 1,268 | #5 of 8 |
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
79
+25 (+46%) vs 2020
+88% since 2000-01, when it was 42
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 9.0:1
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 | 79 | 5.4 | 14.6:1 | 33% (26) |
| 2023-24 | 76 | 6 | 12.6:1 | 21% (16) |
| 2022-23 | 71 | 6.5 | 10.9:1 | 27% (19) |
| 2020-21 | 54 | 6 | 9.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 91 | 8.4 | 10.9:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2015-16 | 86 | 5 | 17.2:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2010-11 | 51 | 2 | 25.5:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 42 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Trout Lake Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (91 to 79); teachers down 35% (8.4 to 5.4).
About Trout Lake Elementary
In Trout Lake, Washington, Trout Lake Elementary is a very small elementary school. It has an enrollment of 79 students in kindergarten through 4. Across elementary schools in Washington, the average enrollment is about 380.
Trout Lake School District has a total of 2 schools and 209 students, Trout Lake Elementary among them.
Roughly 94% of students at Trout Lake Elementary are White. Other groups make up 6% Hispanic. County-wide, 82% of Klickitat County residents are White. The diversity index for Trout Lake Elementary is 12%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 5.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 14.6:1. Compared with the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington, this school's ratio is lower. On the income side, 33% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 55% for public schools in Klickitat County.
Trout Lake Elementary holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 62% of Washington public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Trout Lake Elementary is 3.5 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Washington schools.
For the population of Klickitat County, median household income comes to about $71,042, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Klickitat County counts 21 public schools with about 2,803 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Trout Lake School, is less than a tenth of a mile. Ranked by average proficiency, Trout Lake Elementary places 1st out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Remote.
Trout Lake Elementary enrolled 54 in 2020-21 and 79 in 2024-25. Changes in grade configuration can produce shifts of this size. Its ratio of students to teachers was 9.0:1 in 2020-21, and 14.6:1 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Trout Lake Elementary. You can also rate the school on this page.
Klickitat County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
23,411
Census ACS
Median income
$71,042
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
2,803 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Trout Lake School0.0 mi · 130
- Glenwood Secondary11.1 mi · 26
- Glenwood Elementary11.1 mi · 33
- Columbia High School17.1 mi · 361
- White Salmon Academy17.1 mi · 35
- Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School17.2 mi · 163
Frequently asked questions
About Trout Lake ElementaryHow large is Trout Lake Elementary?
Trout Lake Elementary enrolls approximately 79 students in grades KG-04.
Is Trout Lake Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Trout Lake Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Trout Lake Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Trout Lake Elementary is approximately 14.6:1 (5 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Trout Lake Elementary?
At Trout Lake Elementary, the student body is approximately 94% White, 6% Hispanic.
Is Trout Lake Elementary public or private?
Trout Lake Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Trout Lake School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.