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Walnut Grove Elementary

Public Grades K-5
987th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,138 Washington Elementary Schools
Better than 13% of Washington elementary schools
Summary

Walnut Grove Elementary is a K–5 school in Vancouver, Washington, serving 681 students in a relatively high-need area; it is part of the Vancouver School District. The 2024–25 free- or reduced-price meal rate was 60.06%, and the student-teacher ratio was 17.5:1. The school’s latest statewide ranking was in the 13th percentile, an improvement from the 7th percentile the year before, but still in the lower tier statewide.

In 2025–26, 31.12% of students were proficient in English language arts, 24.24% in math, and 26.05% in science. These results were below both district and Washington averages, with science showing the largest gap. However, Walnut Grove Elementary is not the lowest-performing school nearby. Among the Vancouver schools compared, it ranked roughly third in ELA and fourth in math, performing ahead of schools such as Roosevelt Elementary School and Martin Luther King Elementary in several measures. Compared with nearby Evergreen School District (Clark) schools, it was close to Orchards Elementary School in ELA but trailed stronger schools in math and science.

The clearest academic concerns are science across the school and fifth-grade math. Fifth-grade math proficiency was 15.97%, compared with 34.07% in third grade, while fifth-grade ELA was also the lowest grade-level result. Recent ELA and math gains are encouraging, but they will need to continue over several years. The school’s English-language-learner subgroup had a comparatively stronger statewide effectiveness ranking at the 31st percentile, and special-education results improved from the 1st percentile in 2022–23 to the 14th percentile in 2025–26. For families, the overall picture is a large school with improving but still below-average achievement, with fifth-grade math, science instruction, and targeted student support as important areas to watch.

681
Students ?
17.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$19,142
Per pupil spending ?
60.1%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
 6103 NE 72nd Ave
       Vancouver, WA  98661-1998

(360) 313-3000

District: Vancouver School District


Students who attend Walnut Grove Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Gaiser Middle School
High:    Fort Vancouver High School
Racial breakdown:

White:
51.1%
Hispanic:
24.5%
Two or more races:
9.0%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 27th percentile in 2016 → 13th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Washington average (27% vs 48% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (13th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 14 percentile points since 2016
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school27%
District avg36%
Washington avg48%
987th of 1,138
Washington public elementary schools ?
Bottom 13%▼ down 13 pts since 2016
From bottom 27% (2016) to bottom 13% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
17th of 22Elementary Schools in the Vancouver School District
163rd of 238Vancouver 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
202613.4987 of 113813.3%★☆☆☆☆
202510.51083 of 11606.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202415.21036 of 116811.3%★☆☆☆☆
202325.3909 of 116922.2%★☆☆☆☆
202225.5894 of 116923.5%★☆☆☆☆
202121.2871 of 110721.3%★☆☆☆☆
201923.6902 of 113020.2%★☆☆☆☆
201828.1785 of 105425.5%★☆☆☆☆
201732.0747 of 105629.3%★☆☆☆☆
201629.5772 of 105326.7%★☆☆☆☆
201545.8591 of 106744.6%★★☆☆☆
201334.2788 of 110628.8%★☆☆☆☆
201237.9748 of 109731.8%★★☆☆☆
201132.6812 of 109225.6%★☆☆☆☆
201042.5662 of 108839.2%★★☆☆☆
200930.4809 of 107224.5%★☆☆☆☆
200832.3775 of 106727.4%★☆☆☆☆
200736.0737 of 106931.1%★★☆☆☆
200631.7777 of 105126.1%★☆☆☆☆
200519.5873 of 103115.3%★☆☆☆☆
200431.5745 of 102627.4%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202554.628 of 7562.7%★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202633.2225 of 32631.0%★★☆☆☆
202428.3229 of 32028.4%★☆☆☆☆
202333.8160 of 25437.0%★★☆☆☆
202231.3155 of 21327.2%★☆☆☆☆
201918.1232 of 2486.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201834.1244 of 33326.7%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202613.0939 of 10207.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20257.71061 of 10922.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202413.01000 of 10938.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202321.9885 of 109419.1%★☆☆☆☆
202221.7904 of 110017.8%★☆☆☆☆
202119.1847 of 100816.0%★☆☆☆☆
201933.5762 of 106828.7%★☆☆☆☆
201828.7757 of 100424.6%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202624.5537 of 64917.3%★☆☆☆☆
202521.6564 of 65914.4%★☆☆☆☆
202422.0548 of 65115.8%★☆☆☆☆
202329.8477 of 63324.6%★☆☆☆☆
202224.8570 of 69417.9%★☆☆☆☆
202124.1413 of 50117.6%★☆☆☆☆
201933.2499 of 69728.4%★☆☆☆☆
201848.3257 of 54052.4%★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202621.5876 of 100813.1%★☆☆☆☆
202516.9914 of 10139.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202422.8870 of 102415.0%★☆☆☆☆
202327.0812 of 101319.8%★☆☆☆☆
202231.9747 of 101926.7%★☆☆☆☆
202139.2514 of 85439.8%★★☆☆☆
201935.1691 of 97929.4%★☆☆☆☆
201829.0655 of 83521.6%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202618.3920 of 105913.1%★☆☆☆☆
202514.7989 of 10989.9%★☆☆☆☆
202419.3942 of 109914.3%★☆☆☆☆
202334.0728 of 109933.8%★★☆☆☆
202229.9788 of 111329.2%★☆☆☆☆
202121.2834 of 102518.6%★☆☆☆☆
201916.1938 of 107512.7%★☆☆☆☆
201828.7741 of 99925.8%★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202629.496 of 11919.3%★☆☆☆☆
202425.1159 of 18815.4%★☆☆☆☆
201945.5184 of 30339.3%★★☆☆☆
201833.4154 of 21227.4%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202622.6370 of 43214.4%★☆☆☆☆
20259.7351 of 3633.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.7305 of 3081.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201833.3441 of 63730.8%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202610.8855 of 9015.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20255.8991 of 10071.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.6979 of 10093.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202318.3887 of 101112.3%★☆☆☆☆
202224.0844 of 103118.1%★☆☆☆☆
202124.1746 of 94320.9%★☆☆☆☆
201917.1907 of 102711.7%★☆☆☆☆
201819.4721 of 83313.4%★☆☆☆☆
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)
African American (2025)63rd percentile+56 vs school
English Language Learner (2026)31st percentile+18 vs school
Multi-racial (2026)19th percentile+6 vs school
Hispanic (2026)17th percentile+4 vs school
Special Education (2026)14th percentile~ school
Male (2026)13th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)13th percentile~ school
Female (2026)8th percentile-5 vs school
White (2026)5th percentile-8 vs school
By subject vs Washington (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts31%-22 vs state
Science26%-25 vs state
Math24%-19 vs state

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Frequently Asked Questions about Walnut Grove Elementary

Walnut Grove Elementary ranks in the bottom 13.3% of Washington elementary schools.

Students who attend Walnut Grove Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Gaiser Middle School
High : Fort Vancouver High School

Students at Walnut Grove Elementary are 51% White, 25% Hispanic, 9% Two or more races, 8% Pacific Islander, 5% African American, 2% Asian.

In the 2024-25 school year, 681 students attended Walnut Grove 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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