Enrollment
318
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNT VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530540000814
Washington Elementary School
1020 McLean Rd, Mount Vernon, WA 98273 · (360) 428-6122 · Skagit County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL318 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
255 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 37% larger than its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
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Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
21.9%
WA avg 58.4% . -25.6pp since 2014
Math
19.4%
WA avg 51.2% . -33.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 26 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 33 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.9% | 19.4% |
| 2023-24 | 26.3% | 23.9% |
| 2022-23 | 29.3% | 25.5% |
| 2021-22 | 28.5% | 27.0% |
| 2018-19 | 48.7% | 48.7% |
| 2017-18 | 40.6% | 47.0% |
| 2016-17 | 38.5% | 48.1% |
| 2015-16 | 42.4% | 52.7% |
| 2014-15 | 47.5% | 52.8% |
% 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
26.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Washington Elementary School
Washington Elementary School's state test result (26.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Elementary School this school | 318 | 80.2% | 26.3% |
| Larson Heights Elementary MOSES LAKE | 292 | 80.1% | 20.0% |
| Finley Elementary KENNEWICK | 367 | 80.1% | N/A |
| North Elementary MOSES LAKE | 277 | 84.8% | 31.8% |
| Allen Elementary BOW | 386 | 79.0% | 23.0% |
| Evergreen Elementary School Shelton | 378 | 81.7% | 15.2% |
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 Washington Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Skagit County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #856 of 936 | #22 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.4% | #1,044 of 1,103 ▼ 70 | #23 of 24 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.9% | #1,050 of 1,102 ▼ 51 | #24 of 24 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.1pp | #86 of 928 | #5 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 318 | #901 of 1,268 | #18 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #17 of 1,085 | #1 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.8% | #673 of 1,088 | #7 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.2% | #113 of 1,169 | #1 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.7% | #216 of 778 | #3 of 16 |
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
318
-5 (-2%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 370
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 318 | 27.4 | 11.6:1 | 80% (255) |
| 2023-24 | 326 | 29.9 | 10.9:1 | 75% (244) |
| 2022-23 | 330 | 28.4 | 11.6:1 | 79% (260) |
| 2020-21 | 323 | 28 | 11.5:1 | 74% (239) |
| 2017-18 | 417 | 30 | 13.9:1 | 78% (324) |
| 2015-16 | 442 | 28 | 15.8:1 | 77% (342) |
| 2010-11 | 480 | 25 | 19.2:1 | 75% (359) |
| 2000-01 | 515 | 28 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 370 | 18 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Washington Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (417 to 318); teachers down 9% (30 to 27.4).
About Washington Elementary School
Washington Elementary School is a public low-enrollment elementary school in Mount Vernon, Washington. The school serves 318 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
Washington Elementary School is one of the 14 schools that make up Mount Vernon School District (6,326 students in total).
Hispanic students make up a majority at Washington Elementary School, at 59%. The next largest groups are 34% White and 2% Black. In Skagit County overall, about 19% of residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 54%, meaning two students picked at random have a 54% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at Washington Elementary School total 27.4 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.6:1. That is 5.7 students per teacher below the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 80%. Compared with the 56% average for public schools in Skagit County, the school's rate is higher.
In Washington, Washington Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 26.3% actual against a predicted 26.4%.
In Skagit County (population about 131,328), the median household income is $89,263, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Washington Elementary School is one of 54 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, Mount Vernon Special Ed is the closest, at about 0.6 miles. Washington Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 30.0%, higher than Washington Elementary School's 26.3%.
Under the NCES locale system, Washington Elementary School is City: Small.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (323) to 2024-25 (318).
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Skagit County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
131,328
Census ACS
Median income
$89,263
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
18,298 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mount Vernon School District
- Mount Vernon High SchoolHigh · 1,849 students
- La Venture Middle SchoolMiddle · 663 students
- Mount Baker Middle SchoolMiddle · 569 students
- Madison ElementaryElementary · 498 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 445 students
- Harriet RowleyElementary · 440 students
Other schools in Mount Vernon
- Mount Vernon High SchoolHigh · 1,849 students
- La Venture Middle SchoolMiddle · 663 students
- Mount Baker Middle SchoolMiddle · 569 students
- Madison ElementaryElementary · 498 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 445 students
- Harriet RowleyElementary · 440 students
Other Washington Elementary schools
155 other US public schools in 28 states are named Washington Elementary. Washington Elementary School is the 88th largest of the 156.
- Washington ElementarySunnyside, WA · 602 students
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- Washington Elementary SchoolAUBURN, WA · 501 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolKENNEWICK, WA · 405 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolTacoma, WA · 383 students
Nearby schools
- Mount Vernon Special Ed0.6 mi · 152
- Skagit County Detention Center0.6 mi · 4
- Mount Vernon High School1.0 mi · 1,849
- Skagit Academy1.1 mi · 300
- Madison Elementary1.1 mi · 498
- Jefferson Elementary1.7 mi · 445
Frequently asked questions
About Washington Elementary SchoolHow large is Washington Elementary School?
Washington Elementary School enrolls approximately 318 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Washington Elementary School serve?
Washington Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Washington Elementary School have?
Washington Elementary School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Washington Elementary School?
Student demographics at Washington Elementary School are roughly 34% White, 59% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Washington Elementary School public or private?
Washington Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Mount Vernon School District.
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