Summary
Orondo Elementary and Middle School is a very small public school in the Orondo, Washington, area, serving 124 students from pre-kindergarten through grade 8. Located in a small, relatively isolated community, it combines elementary and middle-school grades, so comparisons with nearby elementary-only schools should be made carefully. The school’s district, Orondo School District, ranked 208th of 238 Washington districts, at the 13th percentile.
Academically, Orondo’s 2025–26 proficiency rates were 41.10% in English language arts, 31.51% in math, and 41.18% in science—roughly 10–12 percentage points below state averages. Math is the clearest ongoing weakness, while ELA and science have improved substantially since 2022–23. ELA rose from 26.92% to 41.10%, and science increased from 16.00% to 41.18%. Grade 3 ELA was a bright spot at 57.14%, above the state rate, but reported grades 6 and 7 had much lower ELA results. Orondo outperformed nearby Paul Rumburg Elementary in ELA and science and exceeded Lewis And Clark Elementary School in all three subjects. However, it trailed stronger schools such as Vale Elementary School, Cascade Elementary, and Sunnyslope Elementary School, particularly in math.
Orondo serves a high-need student population, with 83.06% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price meals. Its 13.5:1 student-teacher ratio is favorable compared with most nearby schools, although its $39,802 per-student spending likely reflects the fixed costs of operating a school with only 124 students rather than unusually abundant classroom resources. The school ranked at the 27th percentile in 2025–26 after reaching the 48th percentile the year before, showing that rankings can fall even when some test results improve. Encouragingly, its low-income-student subgroup ranked at the 78th percentile in 2024–25. The most important priorities appear to be strengthening math, improving the transition into grades 6–8, and building on the recent ELA and science gains.
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