Tekoa School District

Tekoa School District is a small Washington district serving 206 students across two schools: Tekoa Elementary School for grades PK–5 and Tekoa High School for grades 6–12. Because the district has only one elementary and one secondary school, families should consider the differences in grade spans and the effects of small enrollment when comparing results.

Tekoa Elementary School performs better in mathematics, with 41.46% of students proficient compared with 20.63% at Tekoa High School. Elementary math was also close to the state average, making it the district’s clearest academic strength. However, elementary science fell sharply to 35.29% in 2025–2026, and fifth-grade ELA was 23.53%. The high school was somewhat stronger in ELA and science than the district averages, including an encouraging 50% proficiency rate in 11th-grade science, but its overall math results were weak. Eighth-grade math was particularly low at 14.29%, and the high school declined year over year in ELA, math, and science.

The high school’s ranking improved substantially in the available history, reaching the 53rd percentile in 2024–2025, while the elementary school’s ranking dropped to the 11th percentile in 2025–2026. Both schools remained below Washington’s all-grade averages in ELA, math, and science. Small class sizes are a notable feature, with student-teacher ratios of about 11.5 to 12.1 students per teacher, although per-student spending is relatively high because the district is small. More than half of high school students and about 43% of elementary students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch, suggesting that families may have varying levels of economic support needs. Parents should also note that current school-specific graduation and dropout data are unavailable; the reported school figures are from 2019–2020.