Summary:
Washougal School District has four elementary schools serving kindergarten through fifth grade, with Gause Elementary also offering prekindergarten. Together, the schools enroll about 1,120 students and provide a relatively small-school environment, with enrollments ranging from 224 to 340 students. Districtwide, the elementary schools are strongest in science and selected math and fifth-grade results, while English language arts and upper-elementary math are the main areas needing improvement.
Hathaway Elementary is the current academic standout. It leads the group in all-grade math at 46.56% and science at 58.97%, ranks second in ELA, and has the strongest fifth-grade results in all three tested subjects. Columbia River Gorge Elementary School has the district’s highest ELA result at 44.52% and the strongest third-grade math performance at 60.47%. It is also the largest school, serving 340 students. Gause Elementary currently has the lowest ELA and math scores, but its statewide ranking improved dramatically to the 58th percentile, and its science and fifth-grade results are more encouraging.
Cape Horn Skye Elementary has the lowest current ranking of the four schools, although its fourth-grade ELA and math results are more competitive than its overall scores and it posted the district’s strongest prior-year science result. Across the schools, third-grade math averages about 50%, but fourth- and fifth-grade math are closer to 39%; fifth-grade ELA is notably stronger than third- and fourth-grade ELA. Families comparing schools may therefore want to look beyond overall rankings and consider grade-specific results, recent trends, and the different strengths of each school.
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