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Longfellow Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5
609th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,138 Washington Elementary Schools
Better than 46% of Washington elementary schools
Summary

Longfellow Elementary is a PK–5 school in Spokane, Washington, serving 417 students in the Spokane School District, an urban district that ranks near the middle of Washington districts statewide. The school serves a community with substantial economic need, with 79.14% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–25. Its 11.7-to-1 student-teacher ratio is one of the most favorable among the nearby schools reviewed.

Longfellow Elementary is the highest-ranked of the 10 nearby schools compared, ranking 609th out of 1,138 Washington schools, in the 46th percentile, with two stars. It also leads the comparison group in both ELA and math: 47.55% of students were proficient in ELA and 46.15% in math. Its math result is especially encouraging because it exceeds both district and state averages, making Longfellow Elementary the only nearby school to do so. For comparison, Cooper Elementary, the next-highest-ranked nearby school, posted 40.00% ELA proficiency and 37.69% math proficiency. Longfellow Elementary also has a strong low-SES subgroup effectiveness ranking at the 87th statewide percentile.

The school’s results have improved considerably over time, rising from the 26th percentile in 2023–24 to the 49th percentile in 2024–25 and remaining near that level at 46th percentile in 2025–26. Parents may want to watch two areas: fifth-grade results are weaker than third- and fourth-grade performance in both ELA and math, and science proficiency fell to 40.38%, below district and state averages. Overall, Longfellow Elementary appears to be a strong local performer with meaningful recent progress, particularly in math and in serving students facing economic challenges, while still working toward consistently above-average statewide achievement.

417
Students ?
11.7
Student/teacher ratio ?
$21,678
Per pupil spending ?
79.1%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 800 E Providence Ave
       Spokane, WA  99207-2900

(509) 354-3500

District: Spokane School District


Students who attend Longfellow Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Shaw Middle School
High:    Rogers High School
Racial breakdown:

White:
64.7%
Hispanic:
10.6%
Two or more races:
10.1%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 9th percentile in 2016 → 46th in 2026
Strengths
✓Ranking is trending up — up 37 percentile points since 2016
✓Small classes — about 12 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
!Science scores 11 pts below the Washington average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school46%
District avg45%
Washington avg48%
609th of 1,138
Washington public elementary schools ?
Bottom 46%▲ up 38 pts since 2016
From bottom 9% (2016) to bottom 46% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
16th of 36Elementary Schools in the Spokane School District
118th of 238Spokane 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
202645.2609 of 113846.5%★★☆☆☆
202547.4586 of 116049.5%★★☆☆☆
202427.5862 of 116826.2%★☆☆☆☆
202326.3888 of 116924.0%★☆☆☆☆
202224.4906 of 116922.5%★☆☆☆☆
202117.3930 of 110716.0%★☆☆☆☆
201912.41028 of 11309.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201814.8941 of 105410.7%★☆☆☆☆
201711.4983 of 10566.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201612.7959 of 10538.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20158.91009 of 10675.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201319.8967 of 110612.6%★☆☆☆☆
201226.7885 of 109719.3%★☆☆☆☆
201140.8684 of 109237.4%★★☆☆☆
201029.6832 of 108823.5%★☆☆☆☆
200935.9751 of 107229.9%★★☆☆☆
200840.9667 of 106737.5%★★☆☆☆
200729.0814 of 106923.9%★☆☆☆☆
200633.6754 of 105128.3%★☆☆☆☆
200517.6895 of 103113.2%★☆☆☆☆
200421.4862 of 102616.0%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202648.2542 of 102046.9%★★☆☆☆
202544.0588 of 109246.2%★★☆☆☆
202432.1759 of 109330.6%★★☆☆☆
202320.7901 of 109417.6%★☆☆☆☆
202219.4929 of 110015.5%★☆☆☆☆
202118.2864 of 100814.3%★☆☆☆☆
201912.6976 of 10688.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201810.9946 of 10045.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202480.779 of 65187.9%★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202677.9131 of 100887.0%★★★★☆
202575.8166 of 101383.6%★★★★☆
202443.2612 of 102440.2%★★☆☆☆
202342.3600 of 101340.8%★★☆☆☆
202246.5523 of 101948.7%★★☆☆☆
202138.9518 of 85439.3%★★☆☆☆
201919.9876 of 97910.5%★☆☆☆☆
201810.3818 of 8352.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202648.4561 of 105947.0%★★☆☆☆
202549.8531 of 109851.6%★★★☆☆
202423.4867 of 109921.1%★☆☆☆☆
202337.2677 of 109938.4%★★☆☆☆
202231.3762 of 111331.5%★★☆☆☆
202118.6862 of 102515.9%★☆☆☆☆
201915.1954 of 107511.3%★☆☆☆☆
201821.1832 of 99916.7%★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202224.6205 of 25218.7%★☆☆☆☆
202112.1118 of 1287.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.2284 of 3036.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201810.3199 of 2126.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202654.1172 of 43260.2%★★★☆☆
202569.977 of 36378.8%★★★★☆
201819.2577 of 6379.4%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202628.7715 of 90120.6%★☆☆☆☆
202535.6670 of 100733.5%★★☆☆☆
202422.0845 of 100916.3%★☆☆☆☆
202323.5838 of 101117.1%★☆☆☆☆
202222.9857 of 103116.9%★☆☆☆☆
202117.5821 of 94312.9%★☆☆☆☆
20198.1986 of 10274.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201811.4777 of 8336.7%☆☆☆☆☆
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)
Hispanic (2024)88th percentile+62 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)87th percentile+41 vs school
Special Education (2026)60th percentile+14 vs school
Male (2026)47th percentile~ school
Female (2026)47th percentile~ school
White (2026)21st percentile-26 vs school
Multi-racial (2022)19th percentile-4 vs school
By subject vs Washington (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts48%-5 vs state
Math46%+3 vs state
Science40%-11 vs state

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Students who attend Longfellow Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Shaw Middle School
High : Rogers High School

Students at Longfellow Elementary are 65% White, 11% Hispanic, 10% Two or more races, 6% Pacific Islander, 5% African American, 3% Asian.

Longfellow Elementary ranks 609th of 1138 Washington elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2024-25 school year, 417 students attended Longfellow 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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