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Waitsburg Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
184 Academy
Waitsburg, WA 99361
Phone
(509) 337-6461
District
Waitsburg School District
County
WALLA WALLA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
146
Classroom Teachers
8

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Washington

9

(10 is best)

Better than 80.7% of all WA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Waitsburg Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
45%
49%
42%
48%
47%
50%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
58%
48%
52%
49%
64%
48%
58%
48%
52%
49%
64%
48%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

100 80 60 40 20 0
76%
47%
80%
52%
72%
41%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
19
No Data
18
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 25 17.1%
Kindergarten 18 12.3%
Grade 1 23 15.8%
Grade 2 20 13.7%
Grade 3 19 13.0%
Grade 4 16 11.0%
Grade 5 25 17.1%
Total 146 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 92.8% Unreported 54.1%
Black 1.4% Unreported 5.4%
Hispanic 5.8% Unreported 27.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% Unreported 9.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% Unreported 3.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 43.8% 54.8% 49.5%
Free lunch eligible 43.8% 54.8% 41.7%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 7.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 1,389 7,812,880
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 8.9 116
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.8% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 15.8% 18.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.0% 35.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.9% 24.3%
65 OR OLDER 20.5% 16.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 593 3,020,558
Single Parent Households With Children 5.4% 7.4%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 87.8% 92.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 21.1% 38.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 11.1% 28.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 18.2% 19.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 23.8% 12.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.4% 14.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 9.3% 11.2%
$15,000 - $29,999 14.0% 7.5%
$15,000 or less 6.2% 6.5%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures Unreported $2,363,000 48.0%
Support Expenditures
Student Unreported $127,000 2.6%
Staff Unreported $202,000 4.1%
General Administration Unreported $230,000 4.7%
School Administration Unreported $380,000 7.7%
Operation Unreported $628,000 12.8%
Transportation Unreported $127,000 2.6%
Other Unreported $349,000 7.1%
Total Support Unreported $2,043,000 41.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures Unreported $519,000 10.5%
Total Expenditures Unreported $4,925,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,304 $10,161,875,000 47.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,229 $1,341,985,000 6.3%
Staff $1,102 $1,203,327,000 5.7%
General Administration $151 $165,353,000 0.8%
School Administration $933 $1,019,191,000 4.8%
Operation $1,211 $1,322,944,000 6.2%
Transportation $451 $492,914,000 2.3%
Other $727 $794,490,000 3.7%
Total Support $5,805 $6,340,204,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,311 $4,708,244,000 22.2%
Total Expenditures $19,419 $21,210,323,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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