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
1091	Frank Wagner Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	115 Dickinson Rd.	Monroe	98272	Snohomish County	Monroe School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 804-3200	545	37	14.8	74.5%	164 (30.1%)	10 (1.8%)	347 (63.7%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.4%)	8 (1.5%)	10 (1.8%)	$21,370			$1,324			$20,046	10.1	13.8	1057	34		530513000773
1092	Wellpinit Elementary School	Public	K-5	6231 Old School Road	Wellpinit	99040	Stevens County	Wellpinit School District #49	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 258-4535	136	15	8.9	89.0%	7 (5.1%)	2 (1.5%)	6 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	112 (82.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (6.6%)	$37,329			$4,134			$33,195	10.1	6.6	1128	36		530963003146
1093	Darrington Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	1075 Fir Street	Darrington	98241	Snohomish County	Darrington School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 436-1313	351	23	15.3	61.8%	267 (76.1%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (12.0%)	2 (0.6%)	17 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (6.6%)	$19,628			$787			$18,841	10	14.7	1045	48		530198000300
1094	Marshall Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4407 116th St NE	Marysville	98271	Snohomish County	Marysville School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 965-1600	331	23	14.3	58.9%	142 (42.9%)	17 (5.1%)	103 (31.1%)	17 (5.1%)	12 (3.6%)	8 (2.4%)	32 (9.7%)	$22,839			$1,517			$21,322	10	12.9	1068	26		530486001847
1095	Sunset Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	9001 NE 95th Street	Vancouver	98662	Clark County	Evergreen School District (Clark)	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 604-6900	415	27	15.3	55.9%	226 (54.5%)	23 (5.5%)	89 (21.4%)	26 (6.3%)	1 (0.2%)	19 (4.6%)	31 (7.5%)	$18,790			$1,473			$17,317	9.9	7.9	1115	20		530270000427
1096	Garfield Elementary School	Public	K-5	612 N 6th Ave	Yakima	98902	Yakima County	Yakima School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 573-5700	507	31	16.4	92.9%	28 (5.5%)	6 (1.2%)	465 (91.7%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	$18,167			$1,829			$16,337	9.8	9.1	1104	8		531011001692
1097	Jefferson Lincoln Elementary	Public	K-6	400 West Summa	Centralia	98531	Lewis County	Centralia School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 330-7636	357	25	14	82.1%	159 (44.5%)	4 (1.1%)	171 (47.9%)	2 (0.6%)	5 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.5%)	$17,842			$2,369			$15,473	9.7	11.3	1086	11		530114000209
1098	Mirror Lake Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	625 S 314th St	Federal Way	98003	King County	Federal Way School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 945-3300	491	31	15.8	82.3%	65 (13.2%)	86 (17.5%)	171 (34.8%)	70 (14.3%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.9%)	75 (15.3%)	$19,164			$1,277			$17,887	9.6	7.6	1118	20		530282000443
1099	Lister Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2106 E 44th St	Tacoma	98404	Pierce County	Tacoma School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 571-2900	376	22	17.3	78.7%	49 (13.0%)	85 (22.6%)	68 (18.1%)	58 (15.4%)	3 (0.8%)	30 (8.0%)	83 (22.1%)	$23,364			$3,717			$19,647	9.6	20	969	130		530870001477
1100	Millennium Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	11919 SE 270th ST	Kent	98030	King County	Kent School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 373-3900	482	27	17.7	67.4%	115 (23.9%)	57 (11.8%)	143 (29.7%)	134 (27.8%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.3%)	17 (3.5%)	$19,826			$1,470			$18,355	9.6	16.9	1013	87		530396002799

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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.

Educational resources:

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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.