Elementary school (grades K-5) · Concrete, WA

Concrete Elementary

Federal NCES profile for Concrete Elementary, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 41/100.

2024-25 NCES dataElementary school (grades K-5)NCES 530166000285
0/100100/10041/100
👥 S:T ratio
35
🌟 Gifted program
70
🎓 Counselors
0
📋 Attendance
58
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Concrete Elementary earns 41/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the Washington median.

41
Resource Index · Typical
16.2:1
students per teacher
41.2%
free-lunch eligible
308
students enrolled

Concrete Elementary has class sizes near the Washington median. Computed live against every Washington school reporting to NCES.

Enrollment

308

Washington · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

19.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

16.2:1

vs 17.6:1 Washington avg

-8% vs state

Free-lunch eligible

41.2%

vs 45.0% Washington avg

-8% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Concrete Elementary compares with Washington and U.S. medians

At or below state median
0:135:116.2:1

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Concrete Elementary

Concrete Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Concrete, Washington, enrolling 308 students.

At 16.2:1, its student-teacher ratio sits close to the Washington median, within a few percentage points of the 17.6:1 state norm, neither notably crowded nor notably small.

Its free-meal eligibility rate of 41.2% lands close to the Washington typical range, neither a high- nor low-need campus by this measure.

With 308 students, its enrollment sits close to the Washington median campus size.

Its Resource Investment Index lands in the lower third of 2,394 scored Washington schools.

Against 327 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks mid-pack at #229.

Its student body is led by White (74%) and Hispanic or Latino (13%) (diversity index 42/100).

Counselor access is stretched at roughly 581 students per counselor, well above the ASCA-recommended 250:1 ceiling.

16.9% of students were chronically absent in the 2021-22 collection, in line with the post-pandemic national range.

Concrete School District also operates Concrete High School (219 students) and Special Services School (1 students) alongside Concrete Elementary.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Concrete Elementary compares

Concrete Elementary on the metrics families compare, against Washington and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Washington Washington avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 16.2:1 ▼ 8% 17.6:1 15.7:1
Free-lunch eligible 41.2% ▼ 8% 45.0% 51.7%
Enrollment 308 top 63% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

16.2:1
Leaner classes than 36% of US schools, a middle-of-the-pack class size.
308
Bigger than 33% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
41.2%
free-lunch eligible - 8% below the Washington average of 45.0%
Above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.
Staffing depth
16.2:1
students per teacher - 8% below state mean
Top 49% in Washington - lower ratio than 51% of state schools
Between 16:1 and 20:1, squarely in the typical U.S. public-school staffing range.
Engagement
16.9%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 15-20% range, nearing the "high" absenteeism threshold.
Funding equity
$21,497
per pupil, district-wide - above Washington avg of $19,487
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors0.5 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 74.4%
Hispanic or Latino 13.0%
Two or More 8.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native 2.6%
African American 0.6%
Asian 0.6%

Largest group: White at 74.4% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 42.1/100

Simpson diversity index - at 42.1, Concrete Elementary is less mixed than the Washington school average of 53.3.

Programs

Gifted & talented Yes

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Concrete School District, which includes Concrete Elementary.

$21,497
Per student
+10%
vs Washington
Avg $19,487
+30%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 15.2%
State 72.0%
Federal 12.8%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How Concrete Elementary Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Concrete High School Smaller Similar economic need Lower S:T ratio
Special Services School Smaller No free-lunch data No ratio data

Comparisons are relative to Concrete Elementary's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Concrete School District · 2 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar elementary schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Washington, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Concrete Elementary's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Concrete Elementary

How many students attend Concrete Elementary?

Concrete Elementary has 308 students enrolled. It is an elementary school in Concrete, WA.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Concrete Elementary?

The student-teacher ratio at Concrete Elementary is 16.2:1, which is 8% lower than the Washington average of 17.6:1 and 3% higher than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Concrete Elementary?

41.2% of students at Concrete Elementary are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Washington average of 45.0%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Concrete Elementary?

The largest demographic group at Concrete Elementary is White at 74.4% of enrollment, in Concrete, WA.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Concrete Elementary?

Concrete Elementary has a Resource Investment Index of 41/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

Is Concrete Elementary a good school?

Concrete Elementary earns 41/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the Washington median. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Concrete School District?

Besides Concrete Elementary, Concrete School District also operates Concrete High School (219 students) and Special Services School (1 students). See the Concrete School District district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

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Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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