Summary:
Tekoa, a small community in eastern Washington, has two public schools serving students from prekindergarten through 12th grade: Tekoa Elementary School for PK–5 and Tekoa High School for grades 6–12. Together, they enroll 206 students in the Tekoa School District. Both schools have relatively low student–teacher ratios—11.5:1 at the elementary school and 12.1:1 at the high school—which can support more individual attention, although test results remain uneven.
Tekoa Elementary School is the stronger of the two schools in math. In 2025–2026, 41.46% of students were proficient in math, well above the district’s 28.85% and only slightly below the state’s 43.11%. Elementary ELA also improved to 39.02%, though it remained below the state, while science fell sharply to 35.29%. At Tekoa High School, ELA and science were somewhat stronger than district results, at 42.86% and 38.71%, respectively. The school’s main challenge is math: just 20.63% were proficient, below both the district and state. The available grade-level results point to particularly weak 8th-grade math, while 11th-grade science was an encouraging 50%, slightly above the state comparison.
For families comparing the schools, the clearest pattern is that elementary math is a local strength, while secondary math—especially around 8th grade—deserves the most attention. Both schools trail statewide results in most subjects, and the district’s overall ranking is low, but the high school’s historical ranking improved substantially through 2024–2025. The schools are small, so percentages can change significantly when only a few students move above or below the proficiency line. Some grade-level results are also suppressed for privacy and should not be interpreted as zero. Reported free- or reduced-price lunch participation was 42.86% at the elementary school and 52.17% at the high school, while per-student spending was higher at the high school.
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