Best Elementary Schools in Washington

The top 50 elementary schools (grades K-5) in Washington, ranked by enrollment from NCES data with EDFacts proficiency rates where available. Average proficiency across this list is 67%.

#	School	City	Enrollment	Proficiency
1	Washington Virtual Academy Omak Elementary	Omak, WA	1,409	51%
2	Hockinson Heights Elementary School	Brush Prairie, WA	860	66%
3	La Center Elementary	La Center, WA	790	66%
4	Glacier Park Elementary	Maple Valley, WA	768	63%
5	Meadows Elementary	Lacey, WA	759	62%
6	Fernwood Elementary	Bothell, WA	757	65%
7	Tambark Creek Elementary School	Bothell, WA	728	73%
8	Rock Creek Elementary	Maple Valley, WA	725	66%
9	Cedar Wood Elementary	Bothell, WA	707	61%
10	Tahoma Elementary	Maple Valley, WA	699	70%
11	Mark Twain Elementary	Kirkland, WA	665	68%
12	Creekside Elementary	Sammamish, WA	634	66%
13	Forest View Elementary School	Everett, WA	631	63%
14	Moorlands Elementary	Kenmore, WA	624	72%
15	Somerset Elementary School	Bellevue, WA	623	63%
16	Woodburn Elementary	Camas, WA	622	67%
17	Louisa May Alcott Elementary	Redmond, WA	615	70%
18	Margaret Mead Elementary	Sammamish, WA	607	66%
19	Issaquah Valley Elementary	Issaquah, WA	602	68%
20	Cedar River Elementary	Maple Valley, WA	601	66%
21	Peter Kirk Elementary	Kirkland, WA	600	63%
22	Elk Ridge Elementary	Buckley, WA	595	65%
23	Columbia Elementary	Mukilteo, WA	590	63%
24	Discovery Elementary	Issaquah, WA	589	75%
25	Lockwood Elementary	Bothell, WA	589	67%
26	Spiritridge Elementary School	Bellevue, WA	582	66%
27	Orting Primary School	Orting, WA	570	62%
28	Badger Mountain Elementary	Richland, WA	569	64%
29	Riverbend Elementary School	Spokane Valley, WA	569	64%
30	Rosa Parks Elementary	Redmond, WA	569	74%
31	Kennydale Elementary School	Renton, WA	568	62%
32	Sunny Hills Elementary	Sammamish, WA	559	70%
33	Hazelwood Elementary School	Newcastle, WA	550	64%
34	Cascade View Elementary School	Snoqualmie, WA	547	76%
35	Clara Barton Elementary School	Redmond, WA	541	71%
36	Lakeland Hills Elementary	Auburn, WA	536	64%
37	Sunset Elementary	Bellevue, WA	536	70%
38	Maywood Hills Elementary	Bothell, WA	534	67%
39	Chautauqua Elementary	Vashon, WA	531	65%
40	Rachel Carson Elementary	Sammamish, WA	527	69%
41	Helen Baller Elem	Camas, WA	524	68%
42	Albert Einstein Elementary	Redmond, WA	520	68%
43	Chloe Clark Elementary	Dupont, WA	520	65%
44	Genesee Hill Elementary	Seattle, WA	519	65%
45	John J. Audubon Elementary	Redmond, WA	517	74%
46	Apollo Elementary	Renton, WA	516	69%
47	Cherry Crest Elementary School	Bellevue, WA	516	75%
48	Mukilteo Elementary	Mukilteo, WA	511	68%
49	Dorothy Fox	Camas, WA	506	62%
50	Pioneer Elementary School	Gig Harbor, WA	506	62%

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best elementary school in Washington?

The largest elementary school in Washington is Washington Virtual Academy Omak Elementary in Omak with 1,409 students and a 51% proficiency rate. Rankings are based on NCES Common Core of Data enrollment and EDFacts proficiency results.

How many elementary schools are in Washington?

This page shows the top 50 elementary schools (grades K-5) in Washington by enrollment. Browse the full state directory to see all schools.

What does the proficiency rate measure?

Proficiency rate is the percentage of students meeting grade-level standards on combined math and reading assessments, as reported by EDFacts. Data is district-level and applied to each school in the district.

Where does this data come from?

Enrollment and school characteristics come from the NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results. Both are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.

The this entity category groups every U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.

For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.

Sources: NCES Common Core of Data, EDFacts

Last updated: June 2026

Schools are ranked by enrollment within the state. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results, district-level figures applied to each school in the district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.