Summary:
The Waterville School District has one elementary school, Waterville Elementary, serving kindergarten through fifth grade in the small community of Waterville, Washington. The school enrolls 129 students, has a reported student–teacher ratio of 16.7:1, and serves a community in which 53.49% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–25.
For parents, Waterville Elementary shows a mixed academic picture. In 2025–26, 50.88% of students were proficient in English language arts, 35.09% in math, and 46.15% in science. The school’s strongest recent result was fourth-grade ELA, where 58.33% of students were proficient—above the statewide rate of 50.43% and equal to the district’s fourth-grade result. Math was the clearest area of concern: proficiency was below the state in third, fourth, and fifth grades, with third-grade math at 30%, compared with 53.20% statewide. Fifth-grade science was also below the state, at 46.15% versus 54.85%.
Recent trends are worth noting. Overall ELA remained essentially steady, increasing slightly from 50% in 2024–25 to 50.88% in 2025–26. Math declined from 39.58% to 35.09%, while science fell more sharply from 61.11% to 46.15%; science had been a notable strength the previous year. The school’s reported ranking also declined from the 50th percentile and three stars in 2024–25 to the 41st percentile and two stars in 2025–26. Because the school is small, grade-level percentages can be affected by the results of a relatively small number of students. Families may want to ask about math supports, the reasons for the science decline, and how the school is building on its strong fourth-grade ELA performance.
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