Summary:
ZIP code 98680 has one elementary school, Fruit Valley Elementary School, serving kindergarten through fifth grade in Vancouver and enrolling 188 students. As the only elementary school in the ZIP code, it cannot be compared with another local school, so the most useful comparisons are with the Vancouver School District and Washington state averages.
Fruit Valley serves a community with substantial economic needs: 79.79% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025. The school reports a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 12.3 to 1 and spending of $25,637 per student, although the available data does not provide comparable spending figures for the district or state. Academic results in 2025–2026 were below both comparison groups in every reported subject. Proficiency was 15.63% in English Language Arts, 4.21% in math, and 25% in science. Math is the clearest area of concern, while science was the school’s strongest subject. Fourth- and fifth-grade math results were suppressed to protect student privacy, so those figures are unknown rather than zero.
There are some encouraging signs despite the low overall performance. English Language Arts proficiency rose from 8.16% to 15.63%, and science increased from 20% to 25% between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026. Math declined from 7.07% to 4.21%. Third grade had the strongest reported ELA result at 23.08%, while fourth- and fifth-grade ELA proficiency remained especially low. Fruit Valley’s statewide ranking improved from the 1st to the 4th percentile, but the school still ranked near the bottom statewide. For parents, the key considerations are the school’s small size, staffing ratio, recent ELA and science gains, and significant need for academic support—particularly in math and upper-grade literacy.
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