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Kelso School District

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At a glance

160^thof 238 Washington districts▼ 19

Better than 32% of Washington districts

Elementary 6 Middle 2 High 3 Alternative 1Grades PK, KG-12

601 Crawford St
Kelso, WA 98626-4398·(360) 501-1900·All Washington district rankings →

Statewide performance 2018–2026

2026: better than 32.8% of districts

Schools

4,941

Students

Top rankedLexington Elementary474^th of 1,138 Washington elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Wallace Elementary up 89 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Carrolls Elementary 15.5 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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4 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

Kelso School District serves approximately 4,941 students across 12 schools, including elementary, middle, high school, virtual, and alternative programs in the Kelso, Washington area.

Elementary school performance varies considerably. Rose Valley Elementary has the district’s strongest overall ELA and math results, with 57.58% and 53.54% proficiency, respectively. Lexington Elementary has the highest current statewide ranking among elementary schools and is especially strong in math and science. Butler Acres Elementary also exceeds district averages in all three tested subjects. Carrolls Elementary posted exceptional third-grade results, although its small enrollment makes results more likely to fluctuate. By comparison, Barnes Elementary and Wallace Elementary have the weakest elementary ELA results. Middle school math is a notable concern: Coweeman Middle School performs better than Huntington Middle School in math and science, while Huntington has slightly stronger ELA.

Kelso High School combines a 90.2% graduation rate and a 4.7% dropout rate with weak math proficiency of 15.2%; graduation outcomes are stronger than assessment results. Kelso Virtual Academy has lower ELA and math proficiency but a graduation rate above the state average. Results for Loowit High School and Kelso Goal Oriented Learning Design are limited because of very small enrollments and suppressed data. Overall, math—especially in middle and high school—is the clearest districtwide challenge, while science is a relative strength at several elementary schools. Families should consider both achievement results and school size, since small cohorts can produce unusually high or low year-to-year results.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				WCAS Science (2026)				SBAC English Language Arts (2026)								SBAC Math (2026)								% Completely Immunized (2024)	% Polio (2024)	% Measles (2024)	% Mumps (2024)	% Rubella (2024)	% Diphtheria (2024)	% Hepatitis B (2024)	% Varicella (2024)	% Pertussis (2024)	% Tetanus (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	WCAS Science 5th Grade	WCAS Science 8th Grade	WCAS Science 11th Grade	WCAS Science All Grades	SBAC English Language Arts 3rd Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 4th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 5th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 6th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 7th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 8th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 10th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts All Grades	SBAC Math 3rd Grade	SBAC Math 4th Grade	SBAC Math 5th Grade	SBAC Math 6th Grade	SBAC Math 7th Grade	SBAC Math 8th Grade	SBAC Math 10th Grade	SBAC Math All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Measles KG	% Mumps KG	% Rubella KG	% Diphtheria KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% Pertussis KG	% Tetanus KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Carrolls Elementary	Public	K-5	3902 Old Pacific Hwy S	Kelso	98626	Cowlitz County	Kelso School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 501-1380	107	7	15.5	52.3%	89 (83.2%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (15.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.9%)	34.2	748^th of 1138 public elementary schools	34.3%		51.8	540^th of 1160 public elementary schools	53.4%	208					70.8	42.9	46.2					55.2	70.8	38.1	23.1					48.3	91.7	91.7	100.0	100.0	100.0	91.7	91.7	91.7	91.7	91.7	$20,141	$656	$19,485
Barnes Elementary	Public	K-5	401 Barnes	Kelso	98626	Cowlitz County	Kelso School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 501-1500	343	20	16.7	78.4%	208 (60.6%)	1 (0.3%)	89 (25.9%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	24 (7.0%)	18 (5.2%)	27.1	835^th of 1138 public elementary schools	26.6%		32.4	790^th of 1160 public elementary schools	31.9%	45	50.0			50.0	33.3	34.6	46.9					36.8	33.3	34.6	34.4					34.0	94.6	98.2	100.0	100.0	100.0	98.2	98.2	96.4	98.2	98.2	$21,299	$1,627	$19,673
Butler Acres Elementary	Public	K-5	1609 Burcham St	Kelso	98626	Cowlitz County	Kelso School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 501-1600	426	25	17.0	63.4%	283 (66.4%)	1 (0.2%)	95 (22.3%)	5 (1.2%)	7 (1.6%)	7 (1.6%)	28 (6.6%)	47.5	577^th of 1138 public elementary schools	49.3%		44	625^th of 1160 public elementary schools	46.1%	48	53.1			53.1	37.9	64.2	40.7					48.3	43.9	64.2	22.2					43.4	92.7	94.6	94.6	94.6	94.6	92.7	94.6	92.7	92.7	92.7	$17,341	$640	$16,701
Coweeman Middle School	Public	6-8	2000 Allen St	Kelso	98626	Cowlitz County	Kelso School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 501-1750	501	26	19.4	62.3%	335 (66.9%)	0 (0.0%)	100 (20.0%)	7 (1.4%)	7 (1.4%)	15 (3.0%)	36 (7.2%)	43.2	278^th of 514 public middle schools	45.9%		46.5	264^th of 534 public middle schools	50.6%	14		46.5		46.5				41.2	56.1	36.8		44.9				29.2	40.3	31.9		33.7											$16,887	$561	$16,327
Huntington Middle School	Public	6-8	500 Redpath	Kelso	98626	Cowlitz County	Kelso School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 501-1700	559	29	19.1	63.9%	369 (66.0%)	6 (1.1%)	118 (21.1%)	8 (1.4%)	5 (0.9%)	21 (3.8%)	32 (5.7%)	36.6	315^th of 514 public middle schools	38.7%		28.7	385^th of 534 public middle schools	27.9%	70		40.5		40.5				46.2	51.3	43.3		46.9				23.1	31.6	23.4		25.9											$16,561	$565	$15,995
Kelso High School	Public	9-12	1904 Allen St	Kelso	98626	Cowlitz County	Kelso School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 501-1842	1,390	74	18.8	54.2%	954 (68.6%)	5 (0.4%)	273 (19.6%)	15 (1.1%)	21 (1.5%)	34 (2.4%)	88 (6.3%)	30.7	287^th of 396 public high schools	27.5%		28.3	325^th of 438 public high schools	25.8%	38			36.4	36.4							54.9	54.9							15.2	15.2											$16,958	$670	$16,287
Rose Valley Elementary	Public	K-5	404 Long Ave	Kelso	98626	Cowlitz County	Kelso School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 501-1400	186	10	18.6	41.4%	162 (87.1%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	1 (0.5%)	10 (5.4%)	45.1	610^th of 1138 public elementary schools	46.4%		59.9	431^st of 1160 public elementary schools	62.8%	179	42.4			42.4	44.1		51.6					57.6	55.9		32.3					53.5	77.3	77.3	86.4	86.4	86.4	77.3	77.3	77.3	77.3	77.3	$18,322	$551	$17,772
Wallace Elementary	Public	K-5	1213 S 5th Ave	Kelso	98626	Cowlitz County	Kelso School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 501-1650	333	20	16.8	85.0%	196 (58.9%)	2 (0.6%)	91 (27.3%)	3 (0.9%)	4 (1.2%)	14 (4.2%)	23 (6.9%)	26.4	840^th of 1138 public elementary schools	26.2%		23.3	929^th of 1160 public elementary schools	19.9%	89	44.6			44.6	30.0	28.3	46.4					35.2	36.0	34.0	33.9					34.6	98.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	98.0	100.0	100.0	98.0	98.0	$19,655	$2,015	$17,639
Loowit High School	Public	6-12	1904 Allen St	Kelso	98626	Cowlitz County	Kelso School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 501-1424	14	1	28.0	78.6%	11 (78.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (7.1%)	2 (14.3%)								(n/a)																															$10,053	$254	$9,799
Kelso Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	404 Long Ave	Kelso	98626	Cowlitz County	Kelso School District	No	No	Yes	No	(360) 232-5000	216	9	23.9	61.6%	156 (72.2%)	2 (0.9%)	36 (16.7%)	1 (0.5%)	4 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (7.9%)								(n/a)		50.0	45.0	50.0					23.1	31.8	26.7	29.5						15.0		12.2											$11,686	$237	$11,449
Kelso Goal Oriented Learning Design	Public	9-12	1904 Allen St	Kelso	98626	Cowlitz County	Kelso School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 501-1424	12	1	24.0	66.7%	7 (58.3%)	1 (8.3%)	2 (16.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (8.3%)								(n/a)																															$5,963	$237	$5,727
Lexington Elementary	Public	K-5	200 Boardwalk Way	Kelso	98626	Cowlitz County	Kelso School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 501-1450	854	51	16.8	63.7%	616 (72.1%)	3 (0.4%)	148 (17.3%)	6 (0.7%)	5 (0.6%)	6 (0.7%)	70 (8.2%)	56.3	474^th of 1138 public elementary schools	58.3%		52.1	534^th of 1160 public elementary schools	54.0%	60	59.2			59.2	50.8	41.8	55.9					50.1	65.2	42.7	41.3					49.9	95.5	97.0	97.0	97.0	97.0	97.0	99.2	95.5	97.0	97.0	$16,339	$953	$15,386
Kelso Preschool	Public	PK	404 Long Ave	Kelso	98626	Cowlitz County	Kelso School District	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(360) 232-5000	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Washington State Department of Health and the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.