Summary:
Paterson, Washington, has one public school: Paterson Elementary School, a small K–8 campus serving 134 students in the Paterson School District; there are no separate middle or high schools in the city. Because this school serves all local students through eighth grade, it is the area’s only option for public elementary and middle-grade education.
Paterson Elementary School performs above Washington averages overall. In 2025–26, proficiency was 68.69% in English language arts, 60% in math, and 55.17% in science, compared with statewide rates of 52.81%, 43.11%, and 50.95%. The strongest reported grade-level results were fourth-grade ELA, at 78.95%, and eighth-grade math, at 57.14%. The school is small, with a reported student-teacher ratio of 11.1 to 1, and 37.31% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–25. The district is ranked 21st of 238 Washington districts and is rated five stars in the available ranking data.
Parents should also note that results declined from 2024–25 to 2025–26: ELA fell 7.45 percentage points, math fell 10 points, and science fell 13.58 points. Even after these decreases, the school remained above state averages in every subject. Science deserves the closest monitoring because it had the smallest statewide advantage and the largest recent decline. Grade-level results are incomplete because several figures were suppressed for privacy; these should be viewed as unknown, not zero or evidence of poor performance. Overall, Paterson Elementary School appears to offer strong academic performance in a small-school setting, while recent trends warrant continued attention.
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