Best Elementary Schools in Washington

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the WCAS and SBAC test scores by the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction. The most recent update was on Wednesday, September 10, 2025.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 1160)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
791	Irene Reither Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	954 E. Hemmi Road	Everson	98226	Whatcom County	Meridian School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 398-2111	765	47	16.1	49.8%	434 (56.7%)	11 (1.4%)	212 (27.7%)	46 (6.0%)	6 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (7.3%)	$17,042			$808			$16,234	32.4	32.3	790	1		530501000766
792	Lake Louise Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	11014 Holden Rd SW	Lakewood	98498	Pierce County	Clover Park School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 583-5310	450	32	13.8	69.6%	121 (26.9%)	59 (13.1%)	136 (30.2%)	21 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (8.0%)	77 (17.1%)	$20,561			$1,797			$18,764	32.3	34.4	765	27		530141000260
793	Terrace Heights Elementary	Public	K-5	101 N 41st St	Yakima	98901	Yakima County	East Valley School District (Yakima)	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 573-7800	454	27	16.8	66.3%	192 (42.3%)	5 (1.1%)	233 (51.3%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (4.0%)	$17,192			$1,005			$16,187	32.2	38.6	699	94		530537000808
794	Chimacum Elementary School	Public	2-6	91 West Valley Rd	Chimacum	98325	Jefferson County	Chimacum School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 302-5855	257	18	14.6	62.3%	200 (77.8%)	1 (0.4%)	34 (13.2%)	3 (1.2%)	3 (1.2%)	1 (0.4%)	15 (5.8%)	$23,309			$2,691			$20,617	32.2	44.3	627	167		530129000232
795	Home Pride	Public, Alternative	K-12	305 Monumental Way	Cusick	99119	Pend Oreille County	Cusick School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 445-1125	111	3	44.4	56.8%	85 (76.6%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (9.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (10.8%)	$11,341			$01			$11,340	32.2			(n/a)		530192003642
796	Home Choice Academy	Public, Alternative	K-12	13419 NE 28th Street	Vancouver	98682	Clark County	Evergreen School District (Clark)	No	No	No	No	(360) 604-4032	204	10	20.6	44.1%	120 (58.8%)	5 (2.5%)	50 (24.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	4 (2.0%)	18 (8.8%)	$18,477			$464			$18,013	32.2	35.9	741	55		530270003101
797	Berney Elementary School	Public	K-5	1718 Pleasant St	Walla Walla	99362	Walla Walla County	Walla Walla Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 527-3060	324	24	13.6	66.4%	223 (68.8%)	3 (0.9%)	83 (25.6%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (3.1%)	$20,302			$1,905			$18,397	32.1	31.9	797			530945001599
798	Orting Elementary School	Public	K-5	316 Washington Avenue North	Orting	98360	Pierce County	Orting School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 893-2248	567	34	16.8	39.0%	373 (65.8%)	16 (2.8%)	95 (16.8%)	19 (3.4%)	6 (1.1%)	5 (0.9%)	53 (9.3%)	$15,185			$694			$14,492	32.1	32	795	3		530645000952
799	Prosser Heights Elementary	Public	K-5	2008 Miller Ave.	Prosser	99350	Benton County	Prosser School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 786-2633	412	26	15.8	71.1%	111 (26.9%)	5 (1.2%)	275 (66.7%)	10 (2.4%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.2%)	$19,075			$1,307			$17,768	32.1	24	914	115		530690001011
800	Valhalla Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	27847 42nd Av S	Auburn	98001	King County	Federal Way School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 945-4300	517	30	17.2	75.2%	75 (14.5%)	57 (11.0%)	242 (46.8%)	69 (13.3%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (3.9%)	53 (10.3%)	$18,053			$1,301			$16,752	32.1	19.3	983	183		530282000454

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on SBAC English Language Arts, SBAC Math, WCAS Science test scores released by the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction.
These rankings were last updated on September 10, 2025, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Washington State Department of Health and the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction.