Willapa Elementary

As a tiny K-5 school in Raymond, Washington, Willapa Elementary works with 140 students from grades K through 5, part of Willapa Valley School District. Compared to the state average of about 380 students per school, that is 63% smaller than typical.

Willapa Elementary is one of 2 schools operated by Willapa Valley School District, a district that educates 344 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Willapa Elementary records that 73% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder reads as 14% Hispanic, 13% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.5:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 45% of students at Willapa Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Pacific County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Willapa Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.2%.

Around the school, Pacific County reports that median household earnings sit near $67,081, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Willapa Elementary is one of 21 public schools in Pacific County (combined enrollment of about 3,243 students).

The closest other public school is Raymond Jr Sr High School, roughly 2.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Willapa Elementary. On composite proficiency, Willapa Elementary comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 17%: 169 students in 2018 compared to 140 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 81% to 73% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

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