NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools WA

Best-Resourced Schools in Elma, WA

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7 public K-12 schools in Elma from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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7
Schools
1,861
Students
49.7/100
Avg Resource Index
14:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Elma has more public-school enrollment than 10% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Elma Elementary School enrolls 37.0% of Elma's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

3 of Elma's 7 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Elma lists only 7 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 4 to 688 students, a 172-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 90%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
86th percentile
Teacher staffing
67th percentile

Elma Elementary School accounts for 37.0% of all Elma public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Elma-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Elma school enrollment varies 172× across entities

Elma school enrollment ranges from 4 students (lowest) to 688 students (highest), a spread of 684 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Elma reports 71.4% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Elma student-teacher ratio is 14.0:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Elma is typically wider than the Elma-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. East Grays Harbor High School 64
2. Mary M. Knight School 55
3. Elma High School 47
4. East Grays Harbor Open Doors 47
5. Elma Elementary School 44
6. Elma Middle School 41
7. Eagle Virtual Sky Academy -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Elma

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Eagle Virtual Sky Academy 59.9/100
  2. 2 Elma Middle School 51.8/100
  3. 3 Elma High School 50.7/100
  4. 4 East Grays Harbor Open Doors 49.3/100
  5. 5 Elma Elementary School 48.6/100

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Which Elma school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

East Grays Harbor High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Elma schools in this federal-data comparison at 64/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Elma, WA? ▼

Elma has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,861 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.