The top reported proficiency rate is 77% in Science. The lowest is 61% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Lacamas Lake Elementary
Lacamas Lake Elementary serves kindergarten through fifth grade in the Camas School District, a regular public school in a city that has shifted from a single-industry mill town to a more diversified economy with a substantial presence of high-tech and financial-services employers. The school sits in a community whose housing market reflects strong demand, with home values and rents well above national benchmarks, and the area has seen consistent population growth over recent decades.
The school's academic results from the 2024-25 school year place it solidly among the higher-performing elementary schools relative to other schools in Clark County. Across the tested grades, proficiency rates in both English language arts and math were above the midpoint for the county, and the school's overall proficiency index landed in the top quartile among the districts in the county. The strongest single result came in fifth-grade science, where proficiency was notably high. In English language arts, proficiency rates in third, fourth, and fifth grade were steady in the mid-sixty-percent range. In math, rates declined somewhat by grade: third grade performed at a similar level to ELA, while fourth and fifth grade showed lower proficiency, with fifth grade dropping below sixty percent. A parent may want to ask the school about how math instruction and support are structured as students move into the upper elementary grades.
Enrollment at Lacamas Lake is moderate for an elementary school serving kindergarten through fifth grade. The student body is predominantly White, with a modest share of students who identify as two or more races and a smaller but present Hispanic population, while other racial and ethnic groups are represented in low single-digit percentages. About a quarter of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which is a lower share than many schools in the region. The school does not appear to report counts for students with individualized education programs or English learners, so those figures are absent from the available data. The school is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet, and no Title I status was reported.
The school's location in Camas places it in a community that is both affluent and in a period of transition. The city was historically dominated by the Georgia-Pacific paper mill, which has significantly contracted and is slated for demolition and redevelopment into waterfront property. Major employers now include Fisher Investments, Camas School District itself, and semiconductor and technology firms like TSMC Washington and Analog Devices. This economic base has drawn a population that is more educated and higher-income than the national average. The downtown area has historic brick buildings and a walkable core, but most of the city is suburban and car-dependent, with schools on separated campuses rather than embedded downtown.
For families considering Lacamas Lake Elementary, the most pressing district-level context is facility and enrollment pressure. The Camas School District has grown substantially and projects further enrollment increases in the coming years. Two consecutive capital bond measures, one in 2024 and a revised version in 2025, failed to reach the supermajority required for passage. This leaves planned projects, including a new elementary school and additions at the high school, unbuilt. A smaller operating levy passed narrowly in 2024 to fund day-to-day operations through 2027. The district has not resolved its capacity issues, and a parent moving to the area may want to understand how these constraints affect class sizes and the physical condition of the schools their child would attend.
Lacamas Lake itself, as a K-5 building, does not have a graduation rate to report, and the absence of multi-year test data means there is no trend to evaluate. The snapshot from the most recent state assessments shows a school that performs well on state tests relative to its county peers, especially in science and early elementary literacy, with some softness in upper-grade math that warrants further inquiry. The housing market in Camas is expensive, and the community's character is that of a fast-growing suburban city whose industrial past is giving way to a tech-and-finance-driven present, with the school district operating under the strain of that growth while voters have not approved the funding to build new capacity.
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