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Vicki I. Groff Elementary School
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Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyAbout Vicki I. Groff Elementary School
As a mid-tier elementary-level community in Moses Lake, Washington, Vicki I. Groff Elementary School serves 413 students from grades K through 5, run under Moses Lake School District.
Within Moses Lake School District, which oversees 20 schools and 8,430 students, Vicki I. Groff Elementary School is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, Vicki I. Groff Elementary School records that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 42% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Grant County as a whole.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Vicki I. Groff Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Grant County runs at roughly 69%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, Vicki I. Groff Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.4%, the actual is 46.2%, a residual of -1.1 points.
In the area at large, census data for Grant County shows the typical household earns roughly $73,267 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Vicki I. Groff Elementary School is one of 61 public schools in Grant County (combined enrollment of about 20,494 students).
The closest other public school is Columbia Middle School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Vicki I. Groff Elementary School at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 35.7%.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
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