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Selkirk Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-5
781st
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,138 Washington Elementary Schools
Better than 31% of Washington elementary schools
Summary

Selkirk Elementary School is a small public school in rural Metaline Falls, Washington, serving 124 students in prekindergarten through fifth grade as part of the Selkirk School District. The school serves a high-need community, with 70.16% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025. Its student-teacher ratio was 14.5 to 1, higher than the 10-to-1 ratio reported by nearby Northport Elementary School.

Selkirk’s latest academic results are mixed. In 2025–2026, 40.00% of students were proficient in English language arts, 30.91% in math, and 47.06% in science. Compared with Northport, Selkirk performed about 10.7 percentage points lower in ELA and 18 points lower in math, but higher in science. Math is the clearest continuing challenge: Selkirk has remained below the statewide math rate in every reported year since 2022–2023. Fourth grade was especially concerning, with just 20% proficiency in both ELA and math. Science is the school’s relative strength, and fifth-grade results were better than Northport’s in both math and science.

Performance has varied considerably from year to year. ELA proficiency reached 60.38% and science reached 62.50% in 2024–2025, both above the state rates that year, before declining in 2025–2026. Selkirk’s current school ranking is in the 31st percentile statewide, close to Northport’s 29th percentile, although Northport’s latest ELA and math results were stronger. The school’s recent effectiveness ranking for students from low-income backgrounds was in the 58th percentile, suggesting encouraging results for a large part of its population despite a decline from the previous two years. Because the school is small, individual grade cohorts can significantly affect annual percentages; families may want to focus on multi-year trends, math improvement, fourth-grade support, and consistency across grades.

124
Students ?
14.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$23,089
Per pupil spending ?
70.2%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
63.6%
Kindergartners complete for all required immunizations (2025-26)
Exemptions: 18.2% (any vaccine)
 219 Park Avenue
       Metaline Falls, WA  99153

(509) 446-4225

District: Selkirk School District


Students who attend Selkirk Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Selkirk Middle School
High:    Selkirk High School
Racial breakdown:

White:
81.5%
Hispanic:
12.9%
Two or more races:
4.8%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 75th percentile in 2016 → 31st in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Washington average (37% vs 48% meeting standards)
!Ranking has slipped — down 44 percentile points since 2016
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school37%
District avg46%
Washington avg48%
781st of 1,138
Washington public elementary schools ?
Bottom 31%▼ down 44 pts since 2016
From top 25% (2016) to bottom 31% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
138th of 238Selkirk 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
202630.9781 of 113831.4%★★☆☆☆
202548.5573 of 116050.6%★★★☆☆
202443.6641 of 116845.1%★★☆☆☆
202333.7782 of 116933.1%★★☆☆☆
202270.3324 of 116972.3%★★★★☆
202149.3519 of 110753.1%★★★☆☆
201970.9316 of 113072.0%★★★★☆
201877.4232 of 105478.0%★★★★☆
201786.2123 of 105688.4%★★★★☆
201674.1264 of 105374.9%★★★★☆
201565.3347 of 106767.5%★★★☆☆
201383.4130 of 110688.2%★★★★☆
201279.3164 of 109785.1%★★★★☆
201162.6404 of 109263.0%★★★☆☆
201058.9427 of 108860.8%★★★☆☆
200972.1255 of 107276.2%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202446.9563 of 109348.5%★★☆☆☆
202344.6591 of 109446.0%★★☆☆☆
201982.0167 of 106884.4%★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202655.9426 of 100857.7%★★★☆☆
202569.8231 of 101377.2%★★★★☆
202472.6207 of 102479.8%★★★★☆
202352.0469 of 101353.7%★★★☆☆
202289.435 of 101996.6%★★★★★
201990.621 of 97997.9%★★★★★

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202559.1419 of 109861.8%★★★☆☆
202279.5214 of 111380.8%★★★★☆
201970.0308 of 107571.3%★★★★☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202611.7847 of 9016.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202534.8679 of 100732.6%★★☆☆☆
202437.8650 of 100935.6%★★☆☆☆
202321.8849 of 101116.0%★☆☆☆☆
202266.4330 of 103168.0%★★★☆☆
202146.4497 of 94347.3%★★☆☆☆
201959.9417 of 102759.4%★★★☆☆
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)
Male (2025)62nd percentile+11 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)58th percentile+26 vs school
Female (2024)48th percentile+3 vs school
White (2026)6th percentile-25 vs school
By subject vs Washington (2025-2026) ?
Science47%-4 vs state
English Language Arts40%-13 vs state
Math31%-12 vs state

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

Middle : Selkirk Middle School
High : Selkirk High School

Students at Selkirk Elementary School are 81% White, 13% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races.

In the 2024-25 school year, 124 students attended Selkirk Elementary School.

Selkirk Elementary School ranks 781st of 1138 Washington elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

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2024–25 school spending dataNewNov 2, 2026
2016–17 through 2025–26 immunization rates (updated)Oct 19, 2026
2025–26 SBAC & WCAS test scoresSep 10, 2026
2024–25 dropout rates & graduation ratesJan 8, 2026


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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