Enrollment
148
Elementary
DISTRICT 103 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAITSBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530939001596
Waitsburg Elementary School
184 Academy, Waitsburg, WA 99361 · (509) 337-6461 · Walla Walla County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL148 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of Washington public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
20.5:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
70 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 27 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 17 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 23 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 22 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 20 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 20 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 19 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (17) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (19).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
Based on grade levels within Waitsburg School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
62.1%
WA avg 58.4% . +28.7pp since 2014
Math
60.3%
WA avg 51.2% . +32.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 29 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 32 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.1% | 60.3% |
| 2023-24 | 60.7% | 62.3% |
| 2022-23 | 57.1% | 55.6% |
| 2021-22 | 50.0% | 47.0% |
| 2018-19 | 56.9% | 41.4% |
| 2017-18 | 67.2% | 37.5% |
| 2016-17 | 58.3% | 51.7% |
| 2015-16 | 64.7% | 58.8% |
| 2014-15 | 33.3% | 28.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
63.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 48% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Washington's top 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 Waitsburg Elementary School
Waitsburg Elementary School's state test result (63.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waitsburg Elementary School this school | 148 | 47.3% | 63.5% |
| Samish Elementary School Sedro-Woolley | 166 | 47.6% | 42.4% |
| P C Jantz Elementary ODESSA | 121 | 43.0% | 46.1% |
| Wilbur Elementary School Wilbur | 117 | 43.6% | 43.0% |
| Almira Elementary School ALMIRA | 129 | 40.3% | 60.9% |
| Rose Valley Elementary Kelso | 186 | 41.4% | N/A |
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 Waitsburg Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Walla Walla County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #212 of 936 | #1 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #252 of 1,103 ▼ 27 | #1 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #260 of 1,102 ▲ 31 | #1 of 9 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.7pp | #45 of 928 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 148 | #1,133 of 1,268 | #8 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.3% | #688 of 1,169 | #10 of 10 |
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
148
+26 (+21%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 166
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 148 | 7.2 | 20.5:1 | 47% (70) |
| 2023-24 | 146 | 7.9 | 18.5:1 | 44% (64) |
| 2022-23 | 138 | 7.5 | 18.5:1 | 49% (67) |
| 2020-21 | 122 | 7 | 17.4:1 | 39% (48) |
| 2017-18 | 129 | 6.7 | 19.2:1 | 63% (81) |
| 2015-16 | 118 | 6 | 19.7:1 | 61% (72) |
| 2010-11 | 107 | 8 | 13.4:1 | 46% (49) |
| 2000-01 | 190 | 12 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 166 | 7 | 23.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Waitsburg Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (129 to 148); teachers up 8% (6.7 to 7.2).
About Waitsburg Elementary School
Waitsburg Elementary School, a very small elementary school, is located in Waitsburg, Washington. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 148 students in 2024-25. The school is 61% below the average for elementary schools in Washington.
Waitsburg School District is the district for Waitsburg Elementary School. It has 3 schools and 309 students.
White students are 93% of those enrolled at Waitsburg Elementary School. Other reported shares: 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 73% White among all Walla Walla County residents. A diversity index of 14% means there is a 14% chance two randomly chosen students at Waitsburg Elementary School are from different groups.
Waitsburg Elementary School lists 7.2 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 20.5 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Washington, the average ratio is 17.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 47% of the student body. The 63% average for public schools in Walla Walla County is 16 points higher.
On the allk12 Grade, Waitsburg Elementary School lands at A, ahead of 94% of Washington public elementary schools.
After accounting for student poverty, Waitsburg Elementary School is in the top 10% of Washington schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results of 63.5% is 15.1 points above the 48.5% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
In the wider Walla Walla County area, the median household earns about $74,202 a year, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Across Walla Walla County, 33 public schools serve about 8,516 students.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates Waitsburg Elementary School from the closest public school, Preston Hall Middle School. The five-mile area around Waitsburg Elementary School holds 2 other public schools. Nearby schools average 32.3% on proficiency, and Waitsburg Elementary School is above that at 63.5%.
Waitsburg Elementary School is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 148, up from 122 in 2020-21. The school's ratio increased from 17.4:1 to 20.5:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The Waitsburg Elementary School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Walla Walla County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
62,161
Census ACS
Median income
$74,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
8,516 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Waitsburg School District
- Waitsburg High SchoolHigh · 87 students
- Preston Hall Middle SchoolMiddle · 74 students
Other schools in Waitsburg
- Waitsburg High SchoolHigh · 87 students
- Preston Hall Middle SchoolMiddle · 74 students
Nearby schools
- Preston Hall Middle School0.0 mi · 74
- Waitsburg High School0.1 mi · 87
- Prescott Middle School8.2 mi · 38
- Prescott High School8.2 mi · 48
- Prescott Elementary School8.2 mi · 139
- Dixie Elementary School8.6 mi · 14
Frequently asked questions
About Waitsburg Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Waitsburg Elementary School?
Waitsburg Elementary School enrolls approximately 148 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Waitsburg Elementary School serve?
Waitsburg Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Waitsburg Elementary School have?
Waitsburg Elementary School employs 7 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.5:1.
How diverse is Waitsburg Elementary School?
Waitsburg Elementary School reports a student body of 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Waitsburg Elementary School in?
Waitsburg Elementary School is part of Waitsburg School District.
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