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
841	Fords Prairie Elementary	Public	K-6	1620 Harrison Avenue	Centralia	98531	Lewis County	Centralia School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 330-7633	443	29	15.1	75.4%	238 (53.7%)	3 (0.7%)	178 (40.2%)	3 (0.7%)	5 (1.1%)	3 (0.7%)	13 (2.9%)	$17,676			$1,941			$15,735	28.9	21.6	942	101		530114000208
842	Mary Purcell Elementary School	Public	K-6	700 Bennett Street	Sedro Woolley	98284	Skagit County	Sedro-Woolley School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 855-3555	465	24	19	64.7%	234 (50.3%)	1 (0.2%)	183 (39.4%)	2 (0.4%)	9 (1.9%)	1 (0.2%)	35 (7.5%)	$20,934			$931			$20,003	28.8	20.3	964	122		530774001277
843	Garden Heights Elementary	Public	K-5	707 E Nelson Road	Moses Lake	98837	Grant County	Moses Lake School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 766-2651	324	18	17.6	56.5%	146 (45.1%)	8 (2.5%)	157 (48.5%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.1%)	$17,270			$1,313			$15,956	28.8	29.8	820	23		530522000787
844	Columbia Elementary	Public	K-5	977 Maple Street	Burbank	99323	Walla Walla County	Columbia (Walla Walla) School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 547-9393	367	25	14.6	53.1%	217 (59.1%)	4 (1.1%)	131 (35.7%)	4 (1.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.7%)	$17,754			$1,865			$15,889	28.6	20	968	124		530159000279
845	Washington Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	20 E St NE	Auburn	98002	King County	Auburn School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 931-4988	501	35	14.3	74.3%	145 (28.9%)	35 (7.0%)	192 (38.3%)	25 (5.0%)	3 (0.6%)	55 (11.0%)	46 (9.2%)	$21,402			$747			$20,655	28.3	22.8	929	84		530030000042
846	Knolls Vista Elementary	Public	K-5	454 W Ridge Road	Moses Lake	98837	Grant County	Moses Lake School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 766-2652	282	18	15.5	74.1%	73 (25.9%)	3 (1.1%)	194 (68.8%)	3 (1.1%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.7%)	6 (2.1%)	$20,112			$1,557			$18,555	28.3	20.5	962	116		530522000788
847	Lidgerwood Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5510 N Lidgerwood	Spokane	99208	Spokane County	Spokane School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 354-3225	278	24	11.5	88.5%	156 (56.1%)	10 (3.6%)	30 (10.8%)	10 (3.6%)	7 (2.5%)	10 (3.6%)	55 (19.8%)	$21,961			$2,524			$19,437	28.3	17.9	995	148		530825001390
848	Ocean Shores Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	300 Mt. Olympus Way	Ocean Shores	98569	Grays Harbor County	North Beach School District No. 64	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 289-2147	254	18	13.9	70.5%	167 (65.7%)	6 (2.4%)	37 (14.6%)	3 (1.2%)	5 (2.0%)	2 (0.8%)	34 (13.4%)	$20,028			$1,369			$18,659	28.1	27.8	857	9		530570000844
849	Valley School	Public	K-8	3034 Huffman Road	Valley	99181	Stevens County	Valley School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 937-2413	166	17	9.8	61.4%	147 (88.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (7.8%)	$36,125			$2,555			$33,570	28.1	15.5	1030	181		530924001555
850	Roosevelt Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2900 Yew St	Bellingham	98226	Whatcom County	Bellingham School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 676-6440	348	24	14.3	49.4%	222 (63.8%)	11 (3.2%)	81 (23.3%)	6 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (8.0%)	$20,422			$1,435			$18,987	28.1	31.6	799	51		530042000112

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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.