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
661	Evergreen Elementary School	Public	K-5	215 W Elmore Ave	Spokane	99208	Spokane County	Mead School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 465-6400	433	30	14.4	57.3%	314 (72.5%)	7 (1.6%)	40 (9.2%)	7 (1.6%)	6 (1.4%)	11 (2.5%)	47 (10.9%)	$18,677			$902			$17,776	41.5	49.9	562	99		530492000745
662	Olympic View Elementary	Public	K-4	380 NE Regatta Dr.	Oak Harbor	98277	Island County	Oak Harbor School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 279-5150	411	33	12.6	57.4%	167 (40.6%)	31 (7.5%)	119 (29.0%)	23 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	66 (16.1%)	$22,961			$643			$22,318	41.3	46.7	598	64		530594000905
663	Endeavour Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2701 NE Four Seasons Lane	Vancouver	98684	Clark County	Evergreen School District (Clark)	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 604-4920	471	30	15.9	62.0%	217 (46.1%)	20 (4.2%)	126 (26.8%)	21 (4.5%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (5.9%)	58 (12.3%)	$19,925			$768			$19,157	41.2	39.4	685	22		530270003241
664	Julius A Wendt Elementary/John C Thomas Middle School	Public	K-8	265 South Third St	Cathlamet	98612	Wahkiakum County	Wahkiakum School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 795-3261	272	16	17.5	57.7%	219 (80.5%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (12.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (7.0%)	$20,784			$1,881			$18,902	41	46	608	56		530933001593
665	Salnave Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1015 Salnave Road	Cheney	99004	Spokane County	Cheney School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 559-4700	347	21	16.2	53.0%	259 (74.6%)	2 (0.6%)	44 (12.7%)	4 (1.2%)	3 (0.9%)	3 (0.9%)	32 (9.2%)	$16,429			$962			$15,467	41	35.8	742	77		530123000226
666	Nautilus K-8 School	Public	K-8	1000 S 289th St	Federal Way	98003	King County	Federal Way School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 945-3400	469	29	16.4	66.3%	112 (23.9%)	53 (11.3%)	155 (33.0%)	62 (13.2%)	2 (0.4%)	11 (2.3%)	73 (15.6%)	$17,915			$1,183			$16,732	40.9	32.1	794	128		530282000444
667	Martha Lake Elementary	Public	K-6	17500 Larch Way	Lynnwood	98037	Snohomish County	Edmonds School District	No	No	No	Yes	(425) 431-7766	545	37	14.6	50.8%	170 (31.2%)	50 (9.2%)	155 (28.4%)	109 (20.0%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.9%)	52 (9.5%)	$19,478			$580			$18,899	40.9	28.6	840	173		530240002089
668	Fern Hill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	8442 S Park Ave	Tacoma	98444	Pierce County	Tacoma School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 571-3888	311	17	18.1	71.1%	63 (20.3%)	32 (10.3%)	119 (38.3%)	26 (8.4%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (6.8%)	50 (16.1%)	$23,035			$2,656			$20,379	40.8	46.2	606	62		530870001465
669	Bryant Montessori School	Public	PK, KG-5	717 S Grant Ave	Tacoma	98405	Pierce County	Tacoma School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 571-2800	313	0		49.8%	145 (46.3%)	37 (11.8%)	55 (17.6%)	10 (3.2%)	2 (0.6%)	4 (1.3%)	53 (16.9%)	$5,411			$440			$4,971	40.8	23.6	923	254		530870001458
670	Orin C Smith Elementary School	Public	3-5	1240 Bishop Rd	Chehalis	98532	Lewis County	Chehalis School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 807-7225	647	35	18.4	52.9%	466 (72.0%)	10 (1.5%)	129 (19.9%)	2 (0.3%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (5.4%)	$16,069			$690			$15,378	40.7	44.3	628	42		530117003655

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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.