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Harrington Elementary School

Public Grades K-6
Summary

Harrington Elementary School is a small public elementary school in Harrington, Washington, serving around 90 students from kindergarten to 6th grade. The school is part of the Harrington School District, which is ranked 229 out of 249 school districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Harrington Elementary School faces several key challenges, including consistently low academic performance. The school's students perform significantly below the state averages in both English Language Arts and Math proficiency on standardized tests, with only 24.44% of students proficient in ELA and 20% proficient in Math, compared to state averages of 52.86% and 41.04%, respectively. The school has also consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of all elementary schools in Washington, indicating it is one of the lowest-performing schools in the state. Additionally, the school has a high percentage of white students, ranging from 86.67% to 94.44% over the past three years, which is much higher than the state average for elementary schools.

When compared to nearby schools, such as Sprague Elementary and Davenport Elementary, Harrington Elementary School's performance is significantly lower. Sprague Elementary, while also a small school, outperforms Harrington Elementary in both ELA and Math proficiency, while Davenport Elementary, a larger school in a higher-ranked Davenport School District, significantly outperforms Harrington Elementary in both academic measures and overall school ranking. The school's funding has also seen significant fluctuations, which may be a contributing factor to its academic challenges.

70
Students ?
9.9
Student/teacher ratio ?
$30,858
Per pupil spending ?
70%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 100 S First
       Harrington, WA  99134-0204

(509) 253-4331

District: Harrington School District


Students who attend Harrington Elementary School usually attend:

High:    Harrington High School
Racial breakdown:

White:
95.7%
Two or more races:
2.9%
African American:
1.4%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 37th percentile in 2011 → 14th in 2023
Strengths
✓Small classes — about 10 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Washington average (32% vs 48% meeting standards)
!Ranking has slipped — down 23 percentile points since 2011
!English Language Arts scores 20 pts below the Washington average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school32%
District avg30%
Washington avg48%
Not ranked this year
Harrington Elementary School did not have enough recent test-score data to be ranked. Check the trend below for past years.
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202317.91007 of 116913.9%★☆☆☆☆
202220.2964 of 116917.5%★☆☆☆☆
201928.5849 of 113024.9%★☆☆☆☆
201826.7803 of 105423.8%★☆☆☆☆
201734.7713 of 105632.5%★★☆☆☆
201620.2882 of 105316.2%★☆☆☆☆
201512.4981 of 10678.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201311.31050 of 11065.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201226.6887 of 109719.1%★☆☆☆☆
201140.6687 of 109237.1%★★☆☆☆
201053.9496 of 108854.4%★★★☆☆
200942.4668 of 107237.7%★★☆☆☆
200637.9711 of 105132.4%★★☆☆☆
200546.5579 of 103143.8%★★☆☆☆
200440.6634 of 102638.2%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
20243.01005 of 10090.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.8965 of 10114.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201914.7926 of 10279.8%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
White (2024)<1st percentile
By subject vs Washington (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts33%-20 vs state
Math31%-12 vs state

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Students who attend Harrington Elementary School usually go on to attend:

High : Harrington High School

Students at Harrington Elementary School are 96% White, 3% Two or more races, 1% African American.

In the 2024-25 school year, 70 students attended Harrington Elementary School.


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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.

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