Best Elementary & Middle Schools in Ellensburg, WA
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Elementary / Middle Schools (10 ranked)
9 official · 1 provisional (Est. #, low confidence) · 6 unranked (N/A — not yet eligible)
| Rating | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valley View Elementary SchoolNeighborhood | Ellensburg School District | #395 | #624 (WA)plausibly #412–863#1 (Ellensburg metro)≈ tied with next | Typical Profile | High | ||
| Morgan Middle SchoolNeighborhood | Ellensburg School District | #867 | #638 (WA)plausibly #367–996#2 (Ellensburg metro)≈ tied with next | Typical Profile | Medium | ||
| Cle Elum Roslyn ElementaryNeighborhood | Cle Elum-Roslyn School District | #564 | #693 (WA)plausibly #459–830#3 (Ellensburg metro)≈ tied with next | Typical Profile | High | ||
| Mt. Stuart ElementaryNeighborhood | Ellensburg School District | #930 | #704 (WA)plausibly #451–967#4 (Ellensburg metro) | Typical Profile | High | ||
| Walter Strom Middle SchoolNeighborhood | Cle Elum-Roslyn School District | #824 | #841 (WA)plausibly #615–990#5 (Ellensburg metro) | Typical Profile | High | ||
| Lincoln ElementaryNeighborhood | Ellensburg School District | #698 | #1140 (WA)plausibly #839–1334#6 (Ellensburg metro) | Typical Profile | High | ||
| Ida Nason Aronica ElementaryNeighborhood | Ellensburg School District | #967 | #1337 (WA)plausibly #1108–1427#7 (Ellensburg metro)≈ tied with next | Typical Profile | Medium | ||
| Kittitas Elementary SchoolNeighborhood | Kittitas School District | #656 | #1340 (WA)plausibly #1074–1451#8 (Ellensburg metro) | Typical Profile | High | ||
| Kittitas High SchoolNeighborhood | Kittitas School District | #1087 | #1402 (WA)plausibly #1295–1445#9 (Ellensburg metro)Also HS #119 | Lower by Both Measures | High | ||
| Thorp Elem & Jr Sr HighNeighborhood | Thorp School District | — | #868 | Est. #1441 (WA)#9 (Ellensburg metro)provisional · low confidence | Typical Profile | Low | |
| Unranked (6 not yet eligible for a rank) | |||||||
| Damman Elementary | Damman School District | — | N/A | N/A | — | Rankings coming soon · View school details | |
| Early Learning Center | Ellensburg School District | — | N/A | N/A | — | Rankings coming soon · View school details | |
| Easton Secondary School | Easton School District | — | N/A | N/A | — | Rankings coming soon · View school details | |
| K-12 Ellensburg Learning Center | Ellensburg School District | — | N/A | N/A | — | Not enough data to rank | |
| Kittitas B-5 Special Ed Program | Kittitas School District | — | N/A | N/A | — | Rankings coming soon · View school details | |
| Parke Creek Treatment Ctr | Kittitas School District | — | N/A | N/A | — | Rankings coming soon · View school details | |
Rows marked ≈ are statistically tied with the row below them: on the current data the joint simulation gives the upper school less than a 65% chance of ranking above the lower one. Ties are between adjacent rows only.
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Data & sources
- Assessment data
- 2023–24 school year
- NCES CCD vintage
- 2023
- Census ACS 5-year vintage
- 2020-2024
- Last updated
- September 4, 2026
- Methodology version
- 0.14.0
Source files (3)
- NCES CCD 2023 directory (Urban Institute) (accessed 2026-09-04)
- ACS 5-year 2020-2024 (accessed 2026-09-04)
- Washington OSPI 2023-24 school-level results (accessed 2026-09-04)
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