Enrollment
136
Elementary
DISTRICT 104 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WELLPINIT SCHOOL DISTRICT #49·NCES 530963003146
Wellpinit Elementary School
6231 Old School Road, Wellpinit, WA 99040 · (509) 258-4535 · Stevens County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL136 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 19% of Washington public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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
9.0:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
121 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 | 18 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 18 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 25 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 21 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 24% |
| Grade 5 | 22 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (18) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (22).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
Wellpinit Elementary School→Wellpinit Middle School
Based on grade levels within Wellpinit School District #49. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
18.4%
WA avg 58.4% . +0.9pp since 2014
Math
18.4%
WA avg 51.2% . -1.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.4% | 18.4% |
| 2023-24 | 17.3% | 16.1% |
| 2022-23 | 14.3% | 7.8% |
| 2021-22 | 15.8% | 6.1% |
| 2018-19 | 22.1% | 17.5% |
| 2017-18 | 24.0% | 13.4% |
| 2016-17 | 25.9% | 16.1% |
| 2015-16 | 25.6% | 16.3% |
| 2014-15 | 17.5% | 20.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
20.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Wellpinit Elementary School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellpinit Elementary School this school | 136 | 89.0% | 20.8% |
| Nespelem Elementary NESPELEM | 131 | 96.2% | N/A |
| Taholah Elementary & Middle School Taholah | 126 | 82.5% | 13.9% |
| Wa He Lut Indian School Olympia | 131 | 97.7% | N/A |
| Neah Bay Elementary School Neah Bay | 180 | 86.1% | N/A |
| Inchelium Elementary School Inchelium | 79 | 73.4% | 41.6% |
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 Wellpinit Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Stevens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.8% | #905 of 936 | #10 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #1,051 of 1,103 ▲ 6 | #8 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #1,074 of 1,102 ▲ 1 | #10 of 10 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.4pp | #158 of 928 | #5 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 136 | #1,141 of 1,268 | #9 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.0% | #35 of 1,169 | #1 of 12 |
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
136
-56 (-29%) vs 2020
-30% since 2010-11, when it was 193
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 136 | 15.1 | 9.0:1 | 89% (121) |
| 2023-24 | 148 | 11 | 13.4:1 | 94% (139) |
| 2022-23 | 148 | 14.4 | 10.3:1 | 96% (142) |
| 2020-21 | 192 | 15 | 12.8:1 | 84% (161) |
| 2017-18 | 179 | 15.9 | 11.3:1 | 91% (162) |
| 2015-16 | 201 | 12 | 16.8:1 | 89% (178) |
| 2010-11 | 193 | 13 | 14.8:1 | 84% (162) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wellpinit Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (179 to 136); teachers down 5% (15.9 to 15.1).
About Wellpinit Elementary School
In Wellpinit, Washington, Wellpinit Elementary School is a very small elementary school. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 136 students. That is 64% below the average of about 380 students for elementary schools in Washington.
In Wellpinit School District #49, 4 schools enroll a combined 415 students.
The share of students at Wellpinit Elementary School who are Native American is 82%. Smaller groups are 7% multiracial, 5% White, and 4% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 31%.
For every teacher at Wellpinit Elementary School, there are about 9.0 students; the school has 15.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Washington, 17.3:1, is higher. There are 121 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 89% of enrollment. It compares with 55% for public schools in Stevens County.
Among Washington public elementary schools, Wellpinit Elementary School outscored 19%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 20.5% at Wellpinit Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 20.8%.
In Stevens County, home to about 48,067 people, the median household earns about $69,327 a year, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Stevens County number 41, with about 7,726 students.
Wellpinit Open Doors High School is the nearest public school to Wellpinit Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 3 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 20.8% is below the 31.3% average for nearby schools.
Wellpinit Elementary School is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
Enrollment decreased by 29% across 4 years, from 192 in 2020-21 to 136 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.8:1 in 2020-21, and 9.0:1 in 2024-25.
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Stevens County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
48,067
Census ACS
Median income
$69,327
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
7,726 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wellpinit School District #49
- Wellpinit High SchoolHigh · 108 students
- Wellpinit Open Doors High SchoolHigh · 88 students
- Wellpinit Middle SchoolMiddle · 83 students
Nearby schools
- Wellpinit Open Doors High School0.6 mi · 88
- Wellpinit Middle School0.6 mi · 83
- Wellpinit High School0.6 mi · 108
- Reardan-Edwall School District Options' Program16.1 mi · 65
- Reardan Middle-Senior High School16.1 mi · 315
- Reardan Elementary School16.2 mi · 345
Frequently asked questions
About Wellpinit Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Wellpinit Elementary School?
Wellpinit Elementary School enrolls approximately 136 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Wellpinit Elementary School serve?
Wellpinit Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wellpinit Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wellpinit Elementary School is approximately 9.0:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wellpinit Elementary School?
At Wellpinit Elementary School, the student body is approximately 5% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Wellpinit Elementary School?
Wellpinit Elementary School is overseen by Wellpinit School District #49 in Stevens County.
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