Summary:
ZIP code 99033 has one elementary school, Tekoa Elementary School, serving Pre-K through fifth grade in the small community of Tekoa. The school enrolls 91 students and has a low student-teacher ratio of 11.5 to 1, which may support more individualized attention. Because it is the only elementary school in the ZIP code, families do not have multiple local schools to compare; the most useful context comes from comparing the school with the Tekoa School District and Washington averages.
The school’s strongest current academic area is math. In 2025–2026, 41.46% of students were proficient in math, compared with 28.85% in the district and 43.11% statewide. English language arts improved from 30.77% to 39.02% between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, although the latest result remained below the district’s 41.35% and the state’s 52.81%. Fifth-grade ELA is a particular area to watch, with 23.53% proficiency. Some grade-level results, including third-grade ELA and all reported grade-level math results, were suppressed because of small-group reporting rules, so the available data cannot show every grade’s performance.
Science is the most important concern in the latest results. Proficiency fell from 54.55% in 2024–2025 to 35.29% in 2025–2026, placing the school below both the district’s 37.50% and the state’s 50.95%. The school’s ranking also dropped from the 42nd percentile to the 11th percentile, though rankings can change because of both local results and performance elsewhere. Parents should keep the school’s small enrollment in mind: results can shift noticeably when only a few students change performance levels. Reported spending was $22,984 per student, while 42.86% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025. Overall, the school offers small-school staffing advantages, improving ELA, and strong math relative to the district, but science and fifth-grade ELA merit closer attention.
Thank you for your feedback!