Summary:
ZIP code 98250 has one elementary school, Friday Harbor Elementary School, serving students from kindergarten through fifth grade in the Friday Harbor area. The school enrolls 329 students and is part of the relatively high-performing San Juan Island School District, which ranks in the 86th percentile statewide. Families may also note the school’s 14:1 student-teacher ratio, 43.47% free- or reduced-price lunch rate, and reported per-student spending of $19,891.
Friday Harbor Elementary’s overall standing has improved in recent years. Its ranking rose from the 58th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 65th percentile in 2025–2026. Math is the school’s clearest academic strength: 46.63% of students were proficient in 2025–2026, compared with 43.11% statewide. Results were especially strong in third-grade math, at 57.69%, and third- and fourth-grade students generally performed above state averages in both English Language Arts and math. School performance is often close to district results, suggesting that the school broadly reflects the district’s local academic patterns.
Parents should pay particular attention to fifth-grade results, which were the school’s weakest across subjects. Fifth-grade proficiency was 47.37% in ELA, 33.33% in math, and 47.37% in science; fifth-grade math was nearly 10 percentage points below the state average. Schoolwide results also declined from the prior year in ELA, math, and science, with science showing the largest decrease. Because annual results represent different student groups, these changes are best viewed as areas for further investigation rather than definitive evidence of a long-term decline. Overall, the school offers a favorable district setting, improving relative rank, and solid performance in grades three and four, while fifth-grade achievement merits closer attention.
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