NCES CCD 2024-25 36 schools WA

Best-Resourced Schools in Spokane Valley, WA

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

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36
Schools
14,761
Students
52.4/100
Avg Resource Index
17.5:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Resource breadth with tighter class loads

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Spokane Valley has more public-school enrollment than 88% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Spokane Valley's average Resource Investment Index ranks above most listed cities even though its student-teacher ratio is on the more crowded side of the national city distribution. That is a useful mismatch, not a contradiction: counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance can lift the composite while classroom staffing remains comparatively tight. Families should inspect the component scores on each school profile instead of reading the city index as a shorthand for small classes.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

16 of Spokane Valley's 36 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.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Spokane Valley's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 92nd percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 29th percentile. The 63-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 12%
School count
Top 6%
Resource Index average
92nd percentile
Teacher staffing
29th percentile

Spokane Valley school enrollment varies 50× across entities

Spokane Valley school enrollment ranges from 28 students (lowest) to 1,410 students (highest), a spread of 1,382 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. 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

Spokane Valley student-teacher ratio is 17.5:1 — 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 Spokane Valley is typically wider than the Spokane Valley-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Mica Peak High School 71
2. Adams Elementary 70
3. Chester Elementary School 65
4. University Elementary School 65
5. Mcdonald Elementary School 65
6. South Pines Elementary 64
7. Broadway Elementary 63
8. Spokane Valley Tech Skills Center 62
9. Progress Elementary School 61
10. School to Life 61
11. Bowdish Middle School 59
12. Ponderosa Elementary 59
13. Greenacres Elementary 58
14. North Pines Middle School 58
15. University High School 57
16. Central Valley High School 57
17. Summit School 57
18. Evergreen Middle School 55
19. Stem Academy at Svt 52
20. Sunrise Elementary 51
21. Opportunity Elementary 50
22. Riverbend Elementary School 50
23. Horizon Middle School 50
24. Continuous Curriculum School 50
25. Spokane Valley Learning Academy 50
26. Trent School 49
27. Central Valley Virtual Learning 49
28. Trentwood School 48
29. Pratt Academy 47
30. Greenacres Middle School 45
31. Central Valley Early Learning Center 43
32. West Valley Early Learning Center 39
33. East Valley High School 35
34. Ev Parent Partnership 32
35. East Valley Middle School 29
36. Ev Online 10

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Spokane Valley

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 Trent School 62.6/100
  2. 2 Broadway Elementary 57.0/100
  3. 3 Progress Elementary School 56.7/100
  4. 4 Central Valley Early Learning Center 56.4/100
  5. 5 North Pines Middle School 54.9/100

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Which Spokane Valley school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Mica Peak High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Spokane Valley schools in this federal-data comparison at 71/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Spokane Valley, WA? ▼

Spokane Valley has 36 public schools with a total enrollment of 14,761 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.5:1.

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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.