Best Elementary Schools in Washington for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Washington!

Every year, the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

JUST IN! Washington WCAS and SBAC test scores and updated rankings for the 2022-23 school year were recently posted to SchoolDigger!

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Washington test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2020)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 308)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
530513001849	1	Salem Woods Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	12802 Wagner Rd.	Monroe	98272	Snohomish County	Monroe School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 804-3600	425	27	15.9	20.7%	329 (77.4%)	7 (1.6%)	50 (11.8%)	9 (2.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (6.4%)	$11,408			$16			$11,392	99.7%	94.9%	4.81%
530033000045	2	Capt Johnston Blakely Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	4704 Blakely Ave NE	Bainbridge Island	98110	Kitsap County	Bainbridge Island School District	No	No	No	No	(206) 842-4752	347	23	14.8	4.0%	274 (79.0%)	7 (2.0%)	23 (6.6%)	4 (1.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (11.0%)	$13,455			$171			$13,284	99.4%	99.5%	0.14%
530423000675	3	Lakeview Elementary	Public	K-5	10400 NE 68th	Kirkland	98033	King County	Lake Washington School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 936-2600	445	27	16.6	15.1%	237 (53.3%)	19 (4.3%)	49 (11.0%)	91 (20.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	46 (10.3%)	$9,565			$34			$9,532	99.0%	94.0%	5.01%
530033000047	4	Ordway Elementary	Public	K-4	8555 Madison Ave NE	Bainbridge Island	98110	Kitsap County	Bainbridge Island School District	No	No	No	Yes	(206) 780-1470	343	22	15.4	7.6%	234 (68.2%)	1 (0.3%)	42 (12.2%)	19 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (13.7%)	$11,405			$597			$10,808	98.7%	92.6%	6.14%
530771001307	5	Tops K-8 School	Public	PK, KG-8	2500 Franklin Av E	Seattle	98102	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(206) 252-3510	476	30	15.7	24.2%	208 (43.7%)	60 (12.6%)	33 (6.9%)	80 (16.8%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	89 (18.7%)	$10,968			$93			$10,875	98.4%	85.7%	12.66%
530498000758	6	Island Park Elementary	Public	K-5	5437 Island Crest Way	Mercer Island	98040	King County	Mercer Island School District	No	No	No	No	(206) 236-3410	378	24	15.6	2.4%	209 (55.3%)	1 (0.3%)	29 (7.7%)	87 (23.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (13.5%)	$13,858			$141			$13,717	98.1%	98.8%	0.75%
530771001151	7	Frantz Coe Elementary School	Public	K-5	2424 7 Av W	Seattle	98119	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(206) 252-2000	446	28	15.7	4.7%	292 (65.5%)	12 (2.7%)	28 (6.3%)	46 (10.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	67 (15.0%)	$9,965			$60			$9,905	97.7%	97.3%	0.38%
530591000880	8	Cottage Lake Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	15940 Avondale RD NE	Woodinville	98077	King County	Northshore School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 408-4200	288	22	12.9	11.1%	210 (72.9%)	1 (0.3%)	29 (10.1%)	21 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	26 (9.0%)	$15,044			$340			$14,705	97.4%	88.4%	9.04%
530078000156	9	Edison Elementary	Public	K-8	5801 Main St	Bow	98232	Skagit County	Burlington-Edison School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 757-3375	370	24	15.4	27.6%	290 (78.4%)	5 (1.4%)	50 (13.5%)	4 (1.1%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	19 (5.1%)	$10,756			$164			$10,592	97.1%	71.6%	25.48%
530423002648	10	Albert Einstein Elementary	Public	K-5	18025 NE 116th	Redmond	98052	King County	Lake Washington School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 936-2540	472	31	15	12.9%	130 (27.5%)	14 (3.0%)	91 (19.3%)	212 (44.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.2%)	$10,484			$50			$10,434	96.8%	95.8%	0.94%

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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 9, 2023, 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. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.