Summary:
ZIP code 98671 includes five elementary schools serving grades K–5 or K–8: four schools in the Washougal School District and the smaller Mount Pleasant School in a separate district. Together, the schools enroll about 1,189 students, with substantial differences in size, grade configuration, and achievement.
Mount Pleasant School reports the strongest current results, with 64.58% of students proficient in both English language arts and math, well above the state averages. However, it serves only 69 students in grades K–8, so its results may be more sensitive to individual student performance and are not directly comparable with the larger K–5 schools. Among the Washougal School District schools, Hathaway Elementary has the strongest overall profile, leading the group in current ELA, math, and science. Its fifth-grade ELA result is especially strong, although its all-grade ELA score declined from the prior year.
Columbia River Gorge Elementary School shows encouraging improvement in ELA and math, including the area’s strongest reported grade-level math result in third grade. Gause Elementary made the largest one-year improvement in SchoolDigger ranking and has relatively strong science results, but its math performance is a concern, particularly in fourth grade. Cape Horn Skye Elementary has comparatively lower current ELA and science results, despite stronger performance in some prior-year measures. Overall, science is the strongest subject across the Washougal schools, while achievement varies considerably by grade and year; parents should consider both current scores and these trends rather than relying on a single ranking.
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