Forks Elementary School

Forks Elementary School is a public school serving 368 students in kindergarten through fourth grade in Forks, Washington, as part of the Quillayute Valley School District. About 62.5% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–25, indicating that many families may face economic challenges. The school reported 14.3 students per teacher in 2024–25, while spending was $17,855 per student in 2023–24.

The school’s recent direction is encouraging. Its statewide ranking improved to 751st of 1,138 elementary schools in 2025–26, placing it at the 34th percentile and earning two stars, compared with the 21st percentile and one star the previous year. Mathematics is the clearest strength: 42.64% of students were proficient, nearly matching Washington’s 43.11% and exceeding the district’s 24.54%. English Language Arts proficiency was 37.98%, about the same as the district’s 38.39% but below the state’s 52.81%. Both subjects have improved over several years, with the largest recent gain in math.

Parents may want to pay particular attention to literacy, especially third-grade ELA, where 30.19% of students were proficient compared with 48.84% statewide. Fourth-grade ELA was stronger at 43.42%. Subgroup results were mixed: performance for economically disadvantaged students improved to the 35th statewide percentile, while female students ranked at the 50th percentile and male students at the 17th; these figures warrant further investigation but do not explain why differences occurred. The district ranked at the 11th statewide percentile overall, making the school’s math results especially notable. There are no other schools within 20 miles in the supplied data, so direct nearby-school comparisons are unavailable. Overall, the school remains below the state average but is showing meaningful improvement, particularly in mathematics and its overall ranking.