Summary:
Elementary schools in ZIP code 98532 include two Chehalis School District schools serving preschool through fifth grade: James W Lintott Elementary School serves preschool through second grade, while Orin C Smith Elementary School serves grades three through five. Together, they enroll 1,281 students and appear to provide a continuous elementary-school pathway for local families.
The schools are similar in size, with 634 students at Lintott and 647 at Orin C Smith. Lintott reports the lower student–teacher ratio, 15.5:1 compared with 18.4:1 at Orin C Smith, as well as higher spending per student: $18,677 versus $16,069. Lintott also reports a somewhat higher free or reduced-price lunch participation rate, 57.26% compared with 52.86% at Orin C Smith. These figures may help parents understand differences in staffing and student needs, but they do not by themselves measure school quality or classroom size.
Academic performance information is available only for Orin C Smith, so the two schools cannot be directly compared academically. Orin C Smith ranked 566th of 1,138 Washington schools in 2025–26, placing it at the 50th percentile, and improved from a two-star to a three-star rating. Its strongest subject was science, with 53.66% of students proficient, while math proficiency was 44.50% and English Language Arts proficiency was 49.21%. All three subjects improved from the prior year. Math exceeded district and state results overall, although performance declined from third to fifth grade, with fifth-grade math at 38.05%. Parents considering these schools should view Orin C Smith as a school showing recent progress, while recognizing that comparable achievement data were not provided for Lintott.
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