Summary:
ZIP code 98396 has one listed school, Wilkeson Elementary School, serving kindergarten through fifth grade in the small Wilkeson community and part of the highly ranked White River School District.
With 253 students, Wilkeson Elementary offers a relatively small-school setting and has a student-teacher ratio of 16.8 to 1. The school received four stars and ranked 310th out of 1,138 Washington schools in 2025–2026, placing it in the 73rd percentile statewide. Its ranking improved from 365th and the 69th percentile in 2023–2024. The district performed even more strongly, ranking 33rd out of 238 Washington districts, or in the 86th percentile. For parents, the overall picture is of a solid school in a strong district, with academic results consistently above Washington averages.
In 2025–2026, Wilkeson Elementary exceeded state proficiency rates in English language arts, math, and science. Results were 63.58% in ELA, 57.24% in math, and 57.41% in science, compared with statewide rates of 52.81%, 43.11%, and 50.95%. Third grade was especially strong, with 70% proficiency in both ELA and math. However, performance declined in later grades, particularly fifth-grade math, where proficiency was 44.44%—only slightly above the state rate and 12.90 points below the district. Science also fell 12.16 points from the previous year, although it remained above the state average. Parents may therefore want to ask how the school supports students as they move from third to fifth grade and how it is addressing upper-grade math and science consistency.
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