Paterson School District

Paterson School District has one school, Paterson Elementary School, a small K–8 school serving 134 students in Paterson, Washington. The school has a 11.1:1 student-teacher ratio, a 37.31% free- or reduced-price lunch rate, and reported spending of $21,380 per student. Because it is the district’s only school, district information and school information are effectively the same.

Paterson Elementary School performed well compared with Washington schools in 2025–2026. Proficiency was 68.69% in English Language Arts, 60.00% in math, and 55.17% in science, compared with statewide rates of 52.81%, 43.11%, and 50.95%. The strongest reported grade-level result was fourth-grade ELA, where 78.95% of students were proficient. Eighth-grade math was also notably strong at 57.14%, compared with 38.80% statewide. The school is currently listed at rank 21 of 238, in the 91st percentile, with a five-star rating. Its small size may allow more individualized attention, though results can change noticeably from year to year when enrollment is limited.

Parents should also be aware that performance declined from the previous year in every reported subject: ELA fell 7.45 percentage points, math fell 10 points, and science fell 13.58 points. Science deserves the closest monitoring because it had the largest decline and the smallest advantage over the state average. Fifth-grade math, at 40%, was slightly below the statewide result, while fifth-grade science was nearly even with the state. Several grade-level results are suppressed, meaning they are unavailable—not zero—so they should not be interpreted as evidence of poor performance. Overall, Paterson Elementary School appears to be a strong-performing small school, with recent academic declines worth discussing with school staff.