Summary:
ZIP code 99357, which includes Royal City, has one elementary school—Red Rock Elementary—serving pre-kindergarten through Grade 3. With 513 students, the school is the only local elementary option represented in the data, so families will want to consider its academic strengths, recent changes, and student-support context.
Red Rock Elementary shows its strongest results in math. In 2025–26, 46.67% of students were proficient in math, compared with 33.37% in the Royal School District and 43.11% statewide. Math was also a relative strength the previous year, when proficiency reached 55.86%. English Language Arts is the main concern: proficiency fell from 45.05% in 2024–25 to 29.52% in 2025–26, well below the district’s 46.47% and Washington’s 52.81%. Both subjects declined year over year, but the ELA drop was considerably larger.
For families, the school’s Grade 3 results are especially important because it serves only through Grade 3 and the available tested results largely reflect that grade. In 2025–26, Grade 3 proficiency was 29.52% in ELA and 46.67% in math. The school reports a 16.8-to-1 student-teacher ratio, 53.61% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, and $19,724 in per-student spending for 2023–24. The district is ranked 147th of 238 Washington districts, at the 38th percentile. Older school rankings placed Red Rock in the lower statewide range, though they are not directly comparable to the current district ranking. Overall, parents may see math as a dependable relative strength while seeking more information about recent literacy performance and supports for Grade 3 students.
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