Summary:
Elementary schools in ZIP code 99026 include three schools serving grades PK–8 through the Nine Mile Falls School District in the Spokane-area community, with 648 students combined across two traditional elementary schools and one alternative family-partnership program.
Lake Spokane Elementary is the largest school, serving PK–5 with 461 students, and appears to be the strongest overall traditional elementary option. It ranks in the 79th percentile statewide for 2025–26 and posted 63.09% proficiency in English language arts, 59.48% in math, and 66.23% in science. Its math and science results were the best among the traditional schools, and its student-teacher ratio was the lowest at 15.3. The school also improved in all three subjects year over year, with especially strong science growth. Nine Mile Falls Elementary serves grades K–5 and 136 students. It had similar ELA performance at 63.38%, while math was 54.93% and science was 51.85%. Its ranking rebounded to the 73rd percentile after a weaker prior year, and its science score improved substantially, although it remains an area to watch.
Nine Mile Family Partnership Program serves 51 students in grades K–8 through a different educational model, so its results are not directly comparable with the K–5 schools. It reported the highest ELA proficiency, at 71.05%, but math was 50%, and its known fifth-grade math result was 33.33%; many grade-level results are suppressed because of small cohorts. Across the area, every reported school-subject result exceeded Washington averages, and the district ranked in the state’s 90th percentile. Parents comparing schools should consider grade span, program structure, enrollment size, staffing ratios, and year-to-year trends rather than relying on one score alone.
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