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
271	Cottonwood Elementary School	Public	K-5	1041 S 96th Ave	Yakima	98908	Yakima County	West Valley School District (Yakima)	No	No	No	No	(509) 965-2052	362	22	16.1	39.2%	197 (54.4%)	2 (0.6%)	141 (39.0%)	11 (3.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.8%)	$16,805			$1,247			$15,558	74.1	85.2	160	111		530972001238
272	Valley Academy of Learning K-8	Public	K-8	1911 N Wenatchee Avenue	Wenatchee	98801	Chelan County	Wenatchee School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 662-6417	188	10	18	27.7%	137 (72.9%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (10.6%)	3 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	27 (14.4%)	$13,843			$712			$13,131	74.1	67.6	346	74		530966003678
273	Home Education Exchange	Public	K-8	2800 NE 200th	Shoreline	98155	King County	Shoreline School District	No	No	No	No	(206) 418-3388	125	0		17.6%	87 (69.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.8%)	17 (13.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (12.0%)	$12,961			$340			$12,621	74.1	83.1	189	84		530792002646
274	Cathcart Elementary	Public	K-6	8201 188th St SE	Snohomish	98296	Snohomish County	Snohomish School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 563-7075	497	29	16.9	28.4%	345 (69.4%)	3 (0.6%)	82 (16.5%)	24 (4.8%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	33 (6.6%)	$19,096			$76			$19,020	74.1	79.7	223	51		530802001322
275	Sunset Primary	Public	PK, KG-4	4523 97th Ave W	University Place	98466	Pierce County	University Place School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 566-5640	548	33	16.8	37.8%	253 (46.2%)	42 (7.7%)	114 (20.8%)	36 (6.6%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	100 (18.2%)	$19,118			$531			$18,587	74.1	72.1	296	21		530918001551
276	Stevens Elementary School	Public	K-5	1242 18 Av E	Seattle	98112	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(206) 252-3400	150	10	14.4	34.0%	79 (52.7%)	15 (10.0%)	23 (15.3%)	8 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (16.0%)	$26,570			$1,321			$25,249	73.9	92.1	85	191		530771001251
277	Mt. Pilchuck Elementary School	Public	K-5	12806 20th St NE	Lake Stevens	98258	Snohomish County	Lake Stevens School District	No	No	No	Yes	(425) 335-1525	554	34	16.1	37.2%	377 (68.1%)	15 (2.7%)	95 (17.1%)	19 (3.4%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (7.8%)	$18,647			$750			$17,897	73.9	67.3	355	78		530420000654
278	Kenmore Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	19121 71 Av NE	Kenmore	98028	King County	Northshore School District	No	No	No	Yes	(425) 408-4800	396	25	15.9	41.2%	173 (43.7%)	26 (6.6%)	104 (26.3%)	40 (10.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (12.9%)	$21,267			$2,369			$18,899	73.9	68.5	332	54		530591000885
279	Endeavour Elementary	Public	K-5	12300 Harbour Pointe Blvd	Mukilteo	98275	Snohomish County	Mukilteo School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 366-2800	436	29	15	24.1%	181 (41.5%)	30 (6.9%)	46 (10.6%)	129 (29.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (11.0%)	$20,085			$251			$19,834	73.8	79.2	230	49		530543001727
280	Shadow Lake Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	22620 Sweeney Road SE	Maple Valley	98038	King County	Tahoma School District	No	No	No	Yes	(425) 413-6100	479	31	15.6	35.5%	300 (62.6%)	7 (1.5%)	83 (17.3%)	25 (5.2%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	60 (12.5%)	$20,734			$616			$20,118	73.6	77.4	246	34		530876001517

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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.
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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.