Enrollment
391
Elementary
DISTRICT 414 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STANWOOD-CAMANO SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530834002824
Utsalady Elementary
608 ARROWHEAD RD, CAMANO ISLAND, WA 98282 · (360) 629-1260 · Island County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL391 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
127 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 | 74 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
50.3%
WA avg 58.4% . -15.3pp since 2014
Math
39.7%
WA avg 51.2% . -23.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 15 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 24 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.3% | 39.7% |
| 2023-24 | 45.2% | 38.6% |
| 2022-23 | 59.1% | 43.7% |
| 2021-22 | 60.9% | 43.5% |
| 2018-19 | 71.5% | 57.6% |
| 2017-18 | 64.5% | 54.2% |
| 2016-17 | 61.7% | 61.7% |
| 2015-16 | 68.0% | 52.0% |
| 2014-15 | 65.5% | 63.5% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
45.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 58% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Utsalady Elementary
Utsalady Elementary's state test result (45.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utsalady Elementary this school | 391 | 32.5% | 45.9% |
| Prairie View Elementary Spokane | 386 | 31.9% | 62.2% |
| Geneva Elementary School Bellingham | 412 | 32.0% | 55.5% |
| Black Lake Elementary Olympia | 382 | 33.8% | 56.1% |
| Chester Elementary School Spokane Valley | 410 | 30.2% | 67.0% |
| Twin City Elementary STANWOOD | 440 | 34.1% | 57.5% |
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 Utsalady Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Island County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #503 of 936 | #6 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #667 of 1,103 no change | #8 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #503 of 1,102 ▲ 92 | #5 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.2pp | #83 of 928 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 391 | #670 of 1,268 | #7 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #356 of 1,085 | #6 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.8% | #878 of 1,088 | #7 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.5% | #903 of 1,169 | #10 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +24.1% | #45 of 257 | N/A |
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
391
+75 (+24%) vs 2020
-23% since 2000-01, when it was 505
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 391 | 26 | 15.1:1 | 32% (127) |
| 2023-24 | 413 | 27.1 | 15.2:1 | 32% (131) |
| 2022-23 | 287 | 21.2 | 13.5:1 | 27% (78) |
| 2020-21 | 316 | 24 | 13.2:1 | 28% (87) |
| 2017-18 | 315 | 18.5 | 17.1:1 | 20% (64) |
| 2015-16 | 271 | 15 | 18.1:1 | 26% (71) |
| 2010-11 | 382 | 21 | 18.2:1 | 26% (99) |
| 2000-01 | 505 | 26 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Utsalady Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 24% (315 to 391); teachers up 40% (18.5 to 26).
About Utsalady Elementary
Utsalady Elementary is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in CAMANO ISLAND, Washington. It covers kindergarten through 5, with a total enrollment of 391 students.
Utsalady Elementary is one school in Stanwood-Camano School District, a system of 11 schools with 4,880 students.
Utsalady Elementary is 74% White by enrollment. Other students are 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 5% Asian. The county population is about 78% White, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 43%, meaning two students picked at random have a 43% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1 at Utsalady Elementary, with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, elementary schools in Washington have 17.3:1, compared with 15.1:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 32% of enrollment. Across public schools in Island County, the average is 41%.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Utsalady Elementary ranks in the bottom 10% in Washington. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 45.9%, against a prediction of 58.4%.
County data help place the school in context: in Island County, the median household income is $90,551, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. In all, Island County has 26 public schools and roughly 8,561 students.
The closest public school to Utsalady Elementary is Stanwood Elementary School, about 4.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Utsalady Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Utsalady Elementary as Rural: Distant.
Utsalady Elementary's enrollment grew from 316 in 2020-21 to 391 in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.1:1) than in 2020-21 (13.2:1).
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Island County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
86,836
Census ACS
Median income
$90,551
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
8,561 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Stanwood-Camano School District
- Stanwood High SchoolHigh · 1,384 students
- Port Susan Middle SchoolMiddle · 530 students
- Stanwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 528 students
- Twin City ElementaryElementary · 440 students
- Cedarhome Elementary SchoolElementary · 433 students
- Stanwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 430 students
Nearby schools
- Stanwood Elementary School4.4 mi · 430
- Stanwood Middle School5.0 mi · 528
- Lincoln Academy6.0 mi · 20
- Saratoga School6.0 mi · 218
- Port Susan Middle School6.1 mi · 530
- Elger Bay Elementary6.2 mi · 376
Frequently asked questions
About Utsalady ElementaryHow large is Utsalady Elementary?
Utsalady Elementary enrolls approximately 391 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Utsalady Elementary serve?
Utsalady Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Utsalady Elementary have?
Utsalady Elementary employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Utsalady Elementary?
Student demographics at Utsalady Elementary are roughly 74% White, 10% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Utsalady Elementary in?
Utsalady Elementary is part of Stanwood-Camano School District.
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