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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 98260

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Schools

485

Students

Top rankedSouth Whidbey Elementary560^th of 1,138 Washington elementary schools

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South Whidbey Elementary up 6 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

ZIP code 98260 has one listed elementary school, South Whidbey Elementary, a kindergarten-through-fifth-grade school in Langley serving 485 students in the South Whidbey School District. With no other elementary schools listed in the ZIP code, families are primarily evaluating this school’s academic results, grade-level patterns, enrollment, and overall school context. The district ranks 38th out of 238 Washington districts, placing it in the 84th percentile, while the school itself has maintained a three-star rating and a statewide ranking near the middle of the distribution.

The school’s clearest strength is science. In 2025–2026, 67.47% of students met the science standard, compared with 61.24% in the district and 50.95% statewide. Science proficiency also improved nearly five points from the prior year. Math performance was 43.03%, almost identical to the 43.11% state rate, though results varied considerably by grade: third grade reached 51.16%, while fourth grade fell to 37.80% and fifth grade was 39.76%. English Language Arts was the main area needing attention, with 46.25% proficiency compared with 55.40% for the district and 52.81% statewide. ELA did improve steadily by grade, rising from 40.23% in third grade to 53.01% in fifth grade, nearly matching the state’s fifth-grade result.

For parents, the most important takeaway is that South Whidbey Elementary shows a mixed but generally stable academic profile: strong and improving science, math near the state average overall but with a notable fourth-grade weakness, and ELA that has recently declined despite stronger fifth-grade results. The school’s ranking was at the 51st percentile in both 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, following the 56th percentile in 2023–2024. Other context includes a 16.8-to-1 student-teacher ratio, $18,499 in reported per-student spending, and 39.18% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Families may wish to ask specifically about upper-grade math support and plans to strengthen ELA while building on the school’s science success.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				WCAS Science (2026)		SBAC English Language Arts (2026)				SBAC Math (2026)				% Completely Immunized (2024)	% Polio (2024)	% Measles (2024)	% Mumps (2024)	% Rubella (2024)	% Diphtheria (2024)	% Hepatitis B (2024)	% Varicella (2024)	% Pertussis (2024)	% Tetanus (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	WCAS Science 5th Grade	WCAS Science All Grades	SBAC English Language Arts 3rd Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 4th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 5th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts All Grades	SBAC Math 3rd Grade	SBAC Math 4th Grade	SBAC Math 5th Grade	SBAC Math All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Measles KG	% Mumps KG	% Rubella KG	% Diphtheria KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% Pertussis KG	% Tetanus KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
South Whidbey Special Services	Public	PK, KG-1	5520 Maxwelton Road	Langley	98260	Island County	South Whidbey School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 221-6100	0	0		—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)																					$4,347	$103	$4,244
South Whidbey Elementary	Public	K-5	5380 Maxwelton Rd	Langley	98260	Island County	South Whidbey School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 221-4600	485	29	16.8	39.2%	386 (79.6%)	1 (0.2%)	40 (8.2%)	4 (0.8%)	2 (0.4%)	5 (1.0%)	47 (9.7%)	48.7	560^th of 1138 public elementary schools	50.8%		48.9	566^th of 1160 public elementary schools	51.2%	6	67.5	67.5	40.2	45.8	53.0	46.3	51.2	37.8	39.8	43.0	85.9	89.1	89.1	89.1	89.1	89.1	92.2	87.5	89.1	89.1	$18,499	$636	$17,863

Cities Near Zip Code 98260

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Langley	2.24 mi	5	86^th
Camano Island	7.76 mi	2	177^th
Mukilteo	9.75 mi	7	33^rd
Everett	11.51 mi	43	138^th
Marysville	11.73 mi	23	222^nd

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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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