Summary:
Skamania School District contains one elementary school, Skamania Elementary, serving about 108 students in grades K-8 in the rural Stevenson area of the Columbia River Gorge.
This small school shows notable strengths and some variability in its performance. It has demonstrated impressive improvement, jumping from the 43rd percentile of Washington elementary schools in the 2023-2024 school year to the 63rd percentile in 2024-2025. A particular standout is third-grade English Language Arts, where student proficiency significantly outpaces the state average. The school benefits from a lower student-teacher ratio than the state average and operates within the broader Skamania School District, which holds a high 4-star rating overall.
Areas for attention include science proficiency, which trails the state average, and mathematics, which is slightly below. The school's year-to-year ranking has fluctuated, which can be common in very small schools where the performance of a single class can have a large impact. With per-student spending well above the state average, the school is positioned to address these academic areas while building on its recent progress and early-grade literacy success.
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