Summary:
The Skamania School District is a one-school district in the Columbia River Gorge, serving the Stevenson, Washington area with a single K–8 school: Skamania Elementary. Enrollment is 108 students, and there are no other elementary, middle, high, or alternative schools in the district. Because there is only one school, every district figure describes that same school — there is no sibling school to compare it against, so the useful comparisons are against Washington State averages and against the school's own recent history.
Skamania Elementary is currently outperforming the state average in all three tested subjects for 2025–26: +12.1 points in English language arts (64.94% vs 52.81%), +7.7 points in science (58.62% vs 50.95%), and +2.3 points in math (45.45% vs 43.11%). Its state rank has climbed three years running — from 43rd percentile (2 stars) in 2023–24, to 63rd percentile, to 68th percentile (3 stars) in 2025–26, a rise of 307 places. The largest single gain was science, up 18.6 points in a year after previously sitting below the state average. One standout grade-level result: 3rd grade math at 82.35% proficient, against a state average of 53.20%.
Two caveats matter for parents. First, the math results are uneven rather than uniformly strong: the 3rd grade figure sits far above the state, while 4th grade (41.67% vs 49.54%) and 5th grade (35% vs 43.32%) fall below it. Second, most grade-level results are suppressed by the state to protect student privacy — every grade 6, 7, and 8 score in both English language arts and math is withheld, so the middle-grades picture is simply not visible. For context, 46.3% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, per-student spending is $22,302, and the student–teacher ratio is 15.3 — small classes in a small school, where one student can shift a grade-level percentage by several points.
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