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What's something Willard Elementary does better than most schools?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
384
Elementary
DISTRICT 360 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPOKANE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530825001415
Willard Elementary
500 W Longfellow Ave, Spokane, WA 99205 · (509) 354-4444 · Spokane County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL384 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% of Washington public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
12.9:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
301 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 51%
Community
1
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 | 13 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
59%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
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
29.2%
WA avg 58.4% . -15.9pp since 2014
Math
26.6%
WA avg 51.2% . -22.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 16 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 22 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.2% | 26.6% |
| 2023-24 | 30.7% | 28.3% |
| 2022-23 | 30.6% | 30.6% |
| 2021-22 | 31.5% | 23.6% |
| 2018-19 | 45.5% | 42.5% |
| 2017-18 | 43.9% | 36.2% |
| 2016-17 | 42.1% | 46.9% |
| 2015-16 | 46.2% | 50.0% |
| 2014-15 | 45.1% | 49.0% |
% 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
31.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.6%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Willard Elementary
Willard Elementary's state test result (31.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willard Elementary this school | 384 | 78.4% | 31.0% |
| Longfellow Elementary Spokane | 417 | 79.1% | 41.0% |
| Garfield Elementary Spokane | 314 | 78.7% | 32.3% |
| Regal Elementary Spokane | 381 | 84.3% | 25.9% |
| Holmes Elementary Spokane | 378 | 84.1% | 27.4% |
| Frances Scott Elementary Spokane | 372 | 81.5% | 29.3% |
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 Willard Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Spokane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #786 of 936 | #72 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.6% | #938 of 1,103 ▼ 55 | #76 of 83 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.2% | #957 of 1,102 ▼ 33 | #75 of 83 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.3pp | #541 of 928 | #53 of 81 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 384 | #696 of 1,268 | #43 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #57 of 1,085 | #16 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.6% | #550 of 1,088 | #20 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.4% | #135 of 1,169 | #15 of 86 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.0% | #149 of 778 | #17 of 67 |
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
384
-132 (-26%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 612
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 384 | 29.8 | 12.9:1 | 78% (301) |
| 2023-24 | 397 | 35.9 | 11.1:1 | 80% (319) |
| 2022-23 | 403 | 35.9 | 11.2:1 | 80% (324) |
| 2020-21 | 516 | 33 | 15.6:1 | 74% (382) |
| 2017-18 | 533 | 36.8 | 14.5:1 | 79% (421) |
| 2015-16 | 546 | 36 | 15.2:1 | 79% (433) |
| 2010-11 | 555 | 27 | 20.6:1 | 61% (337) |
| 2000-01 | 677 | 31 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 612 | 25 | 24.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Willard Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (533 to 384); teachers down 19% (36.8 to 29.8).
About Willard Elementary
Willard Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Spokane, Washington, one of the schools in Spokane School District. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 384 students.
The Spokane School District system has 62 schools and 28,853 students.
More than half of the students at Willard Elementary are White (61%). The rest of enrollment is 15% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 5% Pacific Islander, and 3% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Spokane County's population at about 83%. The diversity index for Willard Elementary is 59%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
A staff of 29.8 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 12.9:1. Compared with the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington, this school's ratio is lower. By family income, 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Spokane County, the average eligibility rate is 52%.
Willard Elementary holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 25% of Washington public elementary schools.
Test results at Willard Elementary are 3.4 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (31.0% actual, 27.6% predicted).
American Community Survey estimates for Spokane County show that median household income comes to about $78,582, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 187, with about 76,588 students.
Willard Elementary is about 0.7 miles from Madison Elementary, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Willard Elementary is behind the 32.7% nearby average, ranking 6th of 9.
Under the NCES locale system, Willard Elementary is City: Mid-size.
Enrollment decreased by 26% across 4 years, from 516 in 2020-21 to 384 in 2024-25. The ratio was 15.6:1 in 2020-21 and 12.9:1 in 2024-25.
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Spokane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
549,056
Census ACS
Median income
$78,582
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
76,588 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Spokane School District
- Lewis & Clark High SchoolHigh · 1,673 students
- North Central High SchoolHigh · 1,647 students
- Ferris High SchoolHigh · 1,644 students
- Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,498 students
- Shadle Park High SchoolHigh · 1,445 students
- Sacajawea Middle SchoolMiddle · 855 students
Other schools in Spokane
- Mead Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,827 students
- Lewis & Clark High SchoolHigh · 1,673 students
- North Central High SchoolHigh · 1,647 students
- Ferris High SchoolHigh · 1,644 students
- Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,498 students
- Shadle Park High SchoolHigh · 1,445 students
Other Willard Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 9 states are named Willard Elementary. Willard Elementary is the 6th largest of the 13.
- Willard Elementary SchoolWillard, OH · 558 students
- Willard ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 534 students
- Willard ElementaryNorfolk, VA · 441 students
- Willard Elementary SchoolRIDGEWOOD, NJ · 440 students
- Willard ElementaryPasadena, CA · 394 students
Nearby schools
- Madison Elementary0.7 mi · 250
- Shadle Park High School0.8 mi · 1,445
- Lidgerwood Elementary1.0 mi · 278
- Ridgeview Elementary1.0 mi · 301
- Glover Middle School1.1 mi · 537
- Longfellow Elementary1.2 mi · 417
Frequently asked questions
About Willard ElementaryHow many students attend Willard Elementary?
Willard Elementary enrolls approximately 384 students in grades PK-05.
Is Willard Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Willard Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Willard Elementary have?
Willard Elementary employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
How diverse is Willard Elementary?
Willard Elementary reports a student body of 61% White, 11% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Who oversees Willard Elementary?
Willard Elementary is overseen by Spokane School District in Spokane County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.