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Basin City Elementary

Public Grades K-6
886th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,138 Washington Elementary Schools
Better than 22% of Washington elementary schools
Summary

Basin City Elementary is a K–6 school serving 330 students in the Mesa area as part of the North Franklin School District. For 2025–2026, it ranked 886th of 1,138 Washington schools, placing it at the 22nd percentile. About 79.39% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025, indicating a high-need student population. The school reported a 15.1-to-1 student-teacher ratio and $19,700 in per-student spending, both reasonably competitive with nearby schools. Its ranking has improved substantially from the 2nd percentile in 2015–2016, although results have remained below the state midpoint in recent years.

The clearest academic strength is performance in math and science relative to the district. Basin City’s proficiency rates were 31.68% in math and 40% in science, compared with 25.37% and 29.21% districtwide. Its ELA rate, however, was 31.48%, below the district’s 36.56% and the state’s 52.81%. Compared with nearby Connell Elementary, Basin City performed better in math and science but slightly lower in ELA. Mesa Elementary is the strongest local benchmark, ranking at the 59th percentile and outperforming Basin City in all three subjects. Basin City’s science result was also higher than those reported by nearby Hiawatha Elementary School, Wahitis Elementary School, Lutacaga Elementary, and Scootney Springs Elementary.

Third-grade ELA is the most urgent academic concern, with only 20.51% of students proficient—lower than every nearby comparison school with a reported result. Math was strongest in third grade at 38.46%, while fourth-grade math was weakest at 26.19%. Recent results are mixed: ELA declined, while math rose modestly and science rebounded strongly. Subgroup effectiveness also varies, with lower statewide rankings for Hispanic students and students from low-income backgrounds; these results point to a need for more consistent support across student groups rather than reflecting student characteristics. Overall, the most promising path is to build on the school’s relative math and science strengths while prioritizing third-grade literacy, schoolwide ELA, and targeted support for underserved students.

330
Students ?
15.1
Student/teacher ratio ?
$19,700
Per pupil spending ?
79.4%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
 303 Bailie Boulevard
       Mesa, WA  99326

(509) 269-4669

District: North Franklin School District

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
75.2%
White:
24.5%
Asian:
0.3%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 2nd percentile in 2016 → 22nd in 2026
Strengths
✓Ranking is trending up — up 20 percentile points since 2016
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Washington average (32% vs 48% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (22nd percentile)
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school32%
District avg31%
Washington avg48%
886th of 1,138
Washington public elementary schools ?
Bottom 22%▲ up 20 pts since 2016
From bottom 2% (2016) to bottom 22% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
2nd of 3Elementary Schools in the North Franklin School District
189th of 238North Franklin School District among Washington districts
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
202621.4886 of 113822.1%★☆☆☆☆
202523.4926 of 116020.2%★☆☆☆☆
202426.0881 of 116824.6%★☆☆☆☆
202327.7861 of 116926.3%★☆☆☆☆
202229.2832 of 116928.8%★☆☆☆☆
202140.9615 of 110744.4%★★☆☆☆
201918.8943 of 113016.5%★☆☆☆☆
201819.1883 of 105416.2%★☆☆☆☆
20179.01001 of 10565.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20164.01035 of 10531.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20155.91039 of 10672.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201315.71009 of 11068.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201222.0937 of 109714.6%★☆☆☆☆
201117.9967 of 109211.4%★☆☆☆☆
201021.4931 of 108814.4%★☆☆☆☆
200919.5920 of 107214.2%★☆☆☆☆
200811.6996 of 10676.7%☆☆☆☆☆
200713.4987 of 10697.7%☆☆☆☆☆
200615.9951 of 10519.5%☆☆☆☆☆
200510.8966 of 10316.3%☆☆☆☆☆
200411.0954 of 10267.0%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202320.4211 of 25416.9%★☆☆☆☆
202225.9187 of 21312.2%★☆☆☆☆
202164.18 of 3275.0%★★★★☆
201940.8134 of 24846.0%★★☆☆☆
201832.5252 of 33324.3%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202618.7876 of 102014.1%★☆☆☆☆
202524.8854 of 109221.8%★☆☆☆☆
202425.5839 of 109323.2%★☆☆☆☆
202328.6809 of 109426.1%★☆☆☆☆
202224.3873 of 110020.6%★☆☆☆☆
202135.1635 of 100837.0%★★☆☆☆
201918.9913 of 106814.5%★☆☆☆☆
201816.3881 of 100412.3%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202614.6609 of 6496.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202515.6606 of 6598.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202416.8587 of 6519.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202322.6536 of 63315.3%★☆☆☆☆
202232.2487 of 69429.8%★★☆☆☆
202146.4217 of 50156.7%★★★☆☆
201927.8544 of 69722.0%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202613.8939 of 10086.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202520.2888 of 101312.3%★☆☆☆☆
202422.7873 of 102414.7%★☆☆☆☆
202328.2797 of 101321.3%★☆☆☆☆
202231.1759 of 101925.5%★☆☆☆☆
202148.4400 of 85453.2%★★★☆☆
201928.9766 of 97921.8%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202635.9708 of 105933.1%★★☆☆☆
202526.1835 of 109824.0%★☆☆☆☆
202427.6811 of 109926.2%★☆☆☆☆
202324.6859 of 109921.8%★☆☆☆☆
202236.1698 of 111337.3%★★☆☆☆
202145.5523 of 102549.0%★★☆☆☆
201927.6815 of 107524.2%★☆☆☆☆
201826.2769 of 99923.0%★☆☆☆☆

Migrant

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202332.217 of 2634.6%★★☆☆☆
202234.334 of 4524.4%★☆☆☆☆
202173.81 of 2395.7%★★★★★
201948.529 of 6454.7%★★★☆☆
201852.919 of 6168.9%★★★★☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202644.4533 of 90140.8%★★☆☆☆
202569.8294 of 100770.8%★★★★☆
202372.8270 of 101173.3%★★★★☆
202272.0281 of 103172.7%★★★★☆
202177.1190 of 94379.9%★★★★☆
201951.0524 of 102749.0%★★☆☆☆
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 (2026)41st percentile+19 vs school
Migrant (2023)35th percentile+8 vs school
Male (2026)33rd percentile+11 vs school
English Language Learner (2023)17th percentile-9 vs school
Female (2026)14th percentile-8 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)7th percentile-15 vs school
Hispanic (2026)6th percentile-16 vs school
By subject vs Washington (2025-2026) ?
Science40%-11 vs state
Math32%-11 vs state
English Language Arts31%-21 vs state

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Basin City Elementary ranks in the bottom 22.1% of Washington elementary schools.

Students at Basin City Elementary are 75% Hispanic, 25% White.

In the 2024-25 school year, 330 students attended Basin City Elementary.

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Latest Washington data All new data »
2025–26 SBAC & WCAS test scoresSep 10, 2026
2024–25 dropout rates & graduation ratesJan 8, 2026
2022–23 through 2023–24 school spending dataJan 6, 2026
2024–25 SBAC & WCAS test scoresSep 10, 2025


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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