Summary:
Colfax School District is a small Washington district serving 533 students across two schools, providing a continuous kindergarten-through-12th-grade pathway in the Colfax area: Leonard M Jennings Elementary serves grades K–6, while Colfax High School serves grades 7–12.
Overall, the district performs very well statewide, ranking in the 90th percentile among Washington districts. Leonard M Jennings Elementary is the academic standout, ranking in the 85th percentile and posting 2025–2026 proficiency rates of 68.03% in English Language Arts and 72.11% in math. Its math result was especially strong—nearly 29 percentage points above the state rate—and reported third-grade results were excellent. The school remains well above state averages despite modest year-over-year declines in both ELA and math. It also has a slightly lower student-teacher ratio than the high school, at 15.1 students per teacher.
Colfax High School offers a more mixed but still generally positive picture. Its 90% graduation rate is well above the 82.6% state rate, and ELA proficiency was strong at 67.42%, while math improved to 51.52% and remained above the state average. However, high school math trails the elementary school by 20.59 percentage points, and science proficiency was below both district and state levels. The high school’s statewide ranking declined from the 93rd to the 71st percentile over three years, so families may want to ask about support for sustaining achievement beyond seventh grade, particularly in math and science. Results can vary in this small district because grade-level cohorts are limited, and suppressed scores should be treated as unavailable rather than low.
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