Summary:
Soap Lake Elementary is the only elementary school in the Soap Lake School District, serving students from Pre-K through sixth grade in the Soap Lake, Washington, area. The school enrolls 328 students and has a student–teacher ratio of 18.7:1. More than three-quarters of students—76.83%—qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–25, providing important context about the community’s level of economic need.
Because there is only one elementary school in the district, families do not have school-to-school choices to compare within the district. In 2025–26, 18.49% of students were proficient in English Language Arts, 9.66% in math, and 22.22% in science. These results were substantially below Washington averages of 52.81%, 43.11%, and 50.95%, respectively. Science was the school’s strongest area relative to the district, exceeding the district rate of 19.10%. By grade, sixth-grade ELA was the strongest reported result at 25.64%, while fourth-grade ELA was lowest at 9.38%. Fifth- and sixth-grade math results were suppressed, so they should not be interpreted as zero.
There are some encouraging signs in the recent trends. ELA proficiency increased 7.62 percentage points from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while science improved by 11.41 points. Math declined by 2.48 points and remains the clearest academic concern. The school’s statewide percentile ranking improved modestly from the 3rd percentile in 2023–24 to the 5th percentile in 2025–26, although it remains among the lower-ranked schools in Washington. Overall, the data suggest a small school with recent progress in ELA and science, but significant achievement gaps remain, particularly in math and compared with statewide performance.
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