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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Winlock Miller Elementary administration to hear?
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Enrollment
415
Elementary
DISTRICT 267 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WINLOCK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530993001677
Winlock Miller Elementary
405 NW BENTON, WINLOCK, WA 98596 · (360) 785-3516 · Lewis County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL415 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.3:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
265 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 32 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 102 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 92% larger than its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
35.1%
WA avg 58.4% . +6.3pp since 2014
Math
25.1%
WA avg 51.2% . +0.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.1% | 25.1% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 28.7% |
| 2022-23 | 33.3% | 27.5% |
| 2021-22 | 35.8% | 21.6% |
| 2018-19 | 43.9% | 26.2% |
| 2017-18 | 41.6% | 29.8% |
| 2016-17 | 37.8% | 21.3% |
| 2015-16 | 36.5% | 21.9% |
| 2014-15 | 28.8% | 25.0% |
% 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
33.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Winlock Miller Elementary
Winlock Miller Elementary's state test result (33.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winlock Miller Elementary this school | 415 | 63.9% | 33.5% |
| Roosevelt Elementary School Port Angeles | 420 | 61.7% | N/A |
| Butler Acres Elementary Kelso | 426 | 63.4% | N/A |
| Darrington Elementary School DARRINGTON | 351 | 61.8% | 28.6% |
| Adams Elementary Spokane Valley | 376 | 61.7% | 48.0% |
| Creekside Elementary School Mead | 355 | 63.7% | 40.8% |
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 Winlock Miller Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Lewis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #747 of 936 | #12 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.1% | #961 of 1,103 ▼ 83 | #12 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #857 of 1,102 ▼ 131 | #11 of 14 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.4pp | #475 of 928 | #6 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 415 | #572 of 1,268 | #6 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #1,042 of 1,085 | #13 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.2% | #914 of 1,088 | #9 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.9% | #374 of 1,169 | #8 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +21.0% | #58 of 257 | N/A |
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
415
+82 (+25%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 419
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 415 | 21.7 | 19.1:1 | 64% (265) |
| 2023-24 | 408 | 19.3 | 21.1:1 | 70% (285) |
| 2022-23 | 442 | 25.6 | 17.3:1 | 74% (326) |
| 2020-21 | 333 | 20 | 16.6:1 | 77% (255) |
| 2017-18 | 343 | 19.3 | 17.8:1 | 63% (216) |
| 2015-16 | 292 | 17 | 17.2:1 | 87% (254) |
| 2010-11 | 321 | 17 | 18.9:1 | 64% (205) |
| 2000-01 | 398 | 22 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 419 | 18 | 23.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Winlock Miller Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 21% (343 to 415); teachers up 13% (19.3 to 21.7).
About Winlock Miller Elementary
Winlock Miller Elementary is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in WINLOCK, Washington. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 415 students enrolled.
Winlock School District has a total of 3 schools and 801 students, Winlock Miller Elementary among them.
White students are 75% of those enrolled at Winlock Miller Elementary. Beyond that, enrollment is 17% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 40, compared with 70 nationally.
Winlock Miller Elementary reports a ratio of 19.1 students per teacher, from 21.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Washington is 17.3:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Winlock Miller Elementary, 64% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
A school with Winlock Miller Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in Washington is predicted to score 37.4%. Winlock Miller Elementary scores 33.5%, 3.9 points below that line.
Lewis County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $74,796, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 45 public schools in the county, enrolling about 12,548, Winlock Miller Elementary among them.
Winlock Middle School, about 2.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Winlock Miller Elementary, there are 3 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 38.9%; Winlock Miller Elementary's is 33.5%, ranking 7th of 8.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 415, up from 333 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher increased from 16.6 to 19.1 over 4 years.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Winlock Miller Elementary. You can also rate the school on this page.
Lewis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
85,154
Census ACS
Median income
$74,796
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
45
12,548 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Winlock School District
- Winlock Senior HighHigh · 226 students
- Winlock Middle SchoolMiddle · 160 students
- Winolequa Learning AcademyHigh
Other schools in WINLOCK
- Winlock Senior HighHigh · 226 students
- Winlock Middle SchoolMiddle · 160 students
- Evaline Elementary SchoolElementary · 55 students
- Winolequa Learning AcademyHigh
Nearby schools
- Winlock Middle School2.3 mi · 160
- Winlock Senior High2.3 mi · 226
- Evaline Elementary School3.2 mi · 55
- Toledo High School5.4 mi · 250
- Toledo Elementary School5.6 mi · 432
- Toledo Middle School5.6 mi · 186
Frequently asked questions
About Winlock Miller ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Winlock Miller Elementary?
Winlock Miller Elementary enrolls approximately 415 students in grades PK-05.
Is Winlock Miller Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Winlock Miller Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Winlock Miller Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Winlock Miller Elementary is approximately 19.1:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Winlock Miller Elementary?
Student demographics at Winlock Miller Elementary are roughly 75% White, 17% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Winlock Miller Elementary?
Winlock Miller Elementary is overseen by Winlock School District in Lewis County.
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