Summary:
Vaughn, Washington, has one listed school, Vaughn Elementary School, serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in this small Key Peninsula community. With 326 students, the school is the area’s only elementary option, and no middle, high, or alternative schools are included in the local listing. It is part of the highly ranked Peninsula School District, which ranks 18th out of 238 Washington districts and is in the 92nd percentile statewide.
Vaughn Elementary School shows mixed academic results. In 2025–26, 54.48% of students were proficient in English Language Arts and 56.86% in science, both slightly above statewide results of 52.81% and 50.95%. Science was the strongest recent area and improved by about 5.2 percentage points from the prior year. Fourth-grade ELA stands out particularly, with 61.70% proficiency compared with 50.43% statewide. The school’s results are below the district averages in every subject, however, reflecting the high performance of the surrounding district rather than uniformly weak statewide results.
Math is the clearest concern for families evaluating Vaughn Elementary School. Overall math proficiency was 40.00%, below both the district’s 57.08% and the state’s 43.11%, after falling 6.45 points year over year. Fourth-grade math was especially low at 34.04%, while third and fifth grades also trailed statewide results. The school ranked in the 53rd percentile statewide in 2025–26, compared with the district’s much higher standing. Other useful context includes a 15.1-to-1 student-teacher ratio, 46.01% free/reduced-price lunch participation, and reported spending of $22,171 per student. Parents may wish to ask about math interventions, especially in fourth grade, while also noting the school’s positive ELA and science performance.
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