Summary:
ZIP code 98686 has one listed elementary school, Sarah J Anderson Elementary, serving students from kindergarten through fifth grade in the Vancouver area. The school enrolls 625 students and is part of the Vancouver School District. Because it is the only elementary school in the ZIP code, families cannot make a direct school-to-school comparison within the area; the most useful comparisons are with district and Washington state results.
Overall, Sarah J Anderson’s academic performance is below state averages and generally below district averages. In 2025–2026, about 31.8% of students were proficient in English Language Arts, 29.5% in math, and 39.2% in science. Math was the school’s closest result to the district average, differing by less than one percentage point. The strongest grade-level result was fifth-grade ELA at 37.3%, while fifth-grade math was a relative bright spot at 32.0%, slightly higher than the district’s 30.9%. Science was the strongest subject overall, although its result remained below both district and state performance.
The clearest areas for families to examine are third-grade math and fourth-grade ELA. Only 26.0% of third graders were proficient in math, compared with 42.8% districtwide and 53.2% statewide. Fourth-grade ELA proficiency was 26.6%, also well below district and state results. Schoolwide proficiency declined slightly in all three subjects from the previous year, although the school’s statewide ranking improved from 969th to 920th and its percentile rose from 16th to 19th. The school has received a one-star rating in each of the last three years. Additional context includes a 16.1-to-1 student-teacher ratio, $18,282 in reported spending per student, and 51.8% participation in free or reduced-price lunch programs. Parents may want to ask about support in third-grade math, fourth-grade reading and writing, and how the school is building on its stronger fifth-grade math performance.
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