Summary:
ZIP code 98935 has one elementary school, Artz Fox Elementary, a K–6 school in Mabton serving about 375 students in an area with very high economic need. With no other elementary schools in the ZIP code, families are choosing among programs within this school rather than comparing nearby schools directly. Artz Fox has a student–teacher ratio of 17.7 to 1, and 90.4% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025.
Academic results show a mixed picture. In 2025–2026, 25.93% of students were proficient in English language arts, nearly identical to the Mabton School District rate of 25.82%, but well below Washington’s 52.81%. Math was a greater concern: 14.38% were proficient, compared with 12.87% districtwide and 43.11% statewide. Sixth-grade ELA was the school’s strongest reported area, with 36.54% proficiency, while fifth-grade ELA was lowest at 16.67%. In math, fourth grade was strongest at 21.95%, but no reported grade reached 25% proficiency. The school’s science result and fifth-grade math result were suppressed, meaning the available data cannot show whether those areas are strong or weak.
The clearest positive trend is a 6.78-point increase in overall ELA proficiency from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026. Artz Fox also rose from the 2nd to the 11th statewide percentile, although it remained ranked 1,014th of 1,138 schools. Math declined slightly year over year, making it the most urgent academic priority based on the available results. Parents may view sixth-grade literacy and the recent ELA improvement as encouraging signs, while also recognizing that overall performance remains substantially below state averages. Reported per-student spending was $21,559 in 2023–2024, though the data do not indicate how those funds were used.
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