Summary
Oroville Elementary is a public school serving 298 students in prekindergarten through sixth grade in Oroville, Washington, a relatively small community where 68.12% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school has a student-teacher ratio of 13.9 and is part of the Oroville School District, which ranks at the 14th percentile among Washington districts. The school ranks at the 19th percentile statewide and has a 1-star rating. Its ranking improved substantially from the 3rd percentile in 2016–2017, but declined from the 41st percentile in 2021–2022 and 2022–2023 to the current level.
Math is the clearest area of concern. In 2025–2026, 23.36% of students were proficient in math, compared with 43.11% statewide and 37.26% at nearby Tonasket Elementary School, located 15.9 miles away. Oroville’s fifth-grade math proficiency was 14.29%, and sixth-grade proficiency was 13.51%. English language arts proficiency was 35.04%, below the state’s 52.81% but close to Tonasket’s 36.32%. Science proficiency was 34.29%, also below the state’s 50.95%. Science was a former strength: Oroville exceeded the state in 2022–2023 and 2023–2024, but results have since declined. ELA also dropped from 43.26% to 35.04% in one year, while math rose only slightly from 22.70%.
Compared with Tonasket, Oroville is smaller and has a lower student-teacher ratio—13.9 versus 16.2—but reports higher per-student spending: $25,316 versus $17,730. Those advantages have not translated into stronger current achievement, especially in math, so families may want to ask how staffing and intervention resources support upper-grade instruction. Subgroup effectiveness is uneven: Hispanic students rank at the 59th percentile statewide, while female students rank at the 27th, low socioeconomic status students at the 25th, male students at the 14th, and White students at the 9th. Overall, the key questions are how the school plans to strengthen grades 5–6 math, restore consistency across subjects, and address differences in outcomes among student groups.
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