Enrollment
32
Washington · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Palisades, WA
Palisades Elementary School
Federal NCES profile for Palisades Elementary School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 64/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 530651000959
👥 S:T ratio 57
🌟 Gifted program 70
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Palisades Elementary School earns 64/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 94% of Washington schools.
- 64
- Resource Index · Higher
- 10.7:1
- small classes for Washington
- 53.8%
- free-lunch eligible
- 32
- students enrolled
Palisades Elementary School has class sizes smaller than 94% of Washington schools. Computed live against every Washington school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Palisades School District · Washington
NCES ID 530651000959 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
3.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
10.7:1
vs 17.6:1 Washington avg
-39% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
53.8%
vs 45.0% Washington avg
+20% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Palisades Elementary School compares with Washington and U.S. medians
What stands out at Palisades Elementary School
Palisades Elementary School is a higher-need, small combined-grade school in Palisades, Washington, enrolling 32 students.
Classes run notably small here: at 10.7:1, Palisades Elementary School is leaner than roughly 94% of Washington schools and 39% under the state's 17.6:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.
Economic need runs somewhat above the state's typical profile, with 53.8% of students eligible for free meals.
This is a small campus: fewer students than 92% of Washington schools, with 32 enrolled.
Its Resource Investment Index outscores 95% of the 2,394 Washington schools with a score on record, a top-tier result on this measure.
Against 47 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks in the upper tier at #11.
Its student body is led by Hispanic or Latino (56%) and White (44%) (diversity index 49/100).
The surrounding Palisades School District spends $31,333 per pupil, 61% above the Washington average, a better-resourced district than most.
Palisades School District operates only this one school, so Palisades Elementary School has no district-mates to compare against locally. At 32 students, it is also a small operation, on the smaller end of Washington's single-school districts.
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 Palisades Elementary School compares
Palisades Elementary School on the metrics families compare, against Washington and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs Washington | Washington avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 10.7:1 | ▼ 39% | 17.6:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 53.8% | ▲ 20% | 45.0% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 32 | top 92% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
10.7:1
Leaner classes than 85% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
32
Bigger than 4% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
53.8%
free-lunch eligible
- 20% above the Washington average of 45.0%
Above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.
Staffing depth
10.7:1
students per teacher
- 39% below state mean
Top 6% in Washington - lower ratio than 94% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Funding equity
$31,333
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
Counselors0.0 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
Hispanic or Latino 56.3%
White 43.8%
Largest group: Hispanic or Latino at 56.3% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 49.1/100
Simpson diversity index - at 49.1, Palisades Elementary School is less mixed than the Washington school average of 53.3.
Programs
Gifted & talented Yes
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Palisades School District, which includes Palisades Elementary School.
$31,333
Per student
+61%
vs Washington
Avg $19,487
+89%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 11.7%
State 80.6%
Federal 7.7%
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.
Similar other 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.
Similar enrollment (~32 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~10.7:1)
Next steps
Verify locally before acting on Palisades Elementary School's federal record.
- Compare Palisades Elementary School against another school. Compare schools
- Palisades School District's spending and staffing shape this school. District profile
- Confirm current enrollment and boundaries with the school. Choosing guide
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 Palisades Elementary School
How many students attend Palisades Elementary School?
Palisades Elementary School has 32 students enrolled. It is a public school in Palisades, WA.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Palisades Elementary School?
The student-teacher ratio at Palisades Elementary School is 10.7:1, which is 39% lower than the Washington average of 17.6:1 and 32% lower 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 Palisades Elementary School?
53.8% of students at Palisades Elementary School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Washington average of 45.0%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Palisades Elementary School?
The largest demographic group at Palisades Elementary School is Hispanic or Latino at 56.3% of enrollment, in Palisades, WA.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Palisades Elementary School?
Palisades Elementary School has a Resource Investment Index of 64/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 2 factors: student-teacher ratio. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology). Limited indicators were available, so the index reflects partial data.
Is Palisades Elementary School a good school?
Palisades Elementary School earns 64/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 94% of Washington schools. 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 Palisades School District?
None reported; Palisades School District operates only Palisades Elementary School as a public school district in NCES's records.
Related tools
Every figure on PlainSchools is rendered directly from the source NCES, CRDC and F-33 federal records, no number is typed in by an editor. Each school's figures reflect its most recent NCES/CRDC submission on file. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.