The top reported proficiency rate is 55% in English language arts. The lowest is 36% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Harrington Elementary School
Harrington Elementary serves students from prekindergarten through sixth grade in the Harrington School District, a small rural system in Lincoln County’s wheat country. The school sits at 100 South First in the town of Harrington, a very small agricultural community roughly an hour west of Spokane. The town has no traffic lights, parking meters, or self-checkouts, and the local Chamber of Commerce describes a revitalized historic downtown with locally owned shops and a coffee shop. Agriculture, particularly wheat farming, is central to the local economy and culture. The area is experiencing very slow population growth, with modest investment in preserving and reopening existing commercial spaces rather than large-scale new housing development.
The school building is integrated into the town center rather than separated on a campus, and the district offices share a similar downtown address. A search for recent district changes or major parent-relevant developments turned up little of lasting impact, so a family moving here should expect continuity in programming and operations rather than a system in transition.
Enrollment is quite small, as the grade-by-grade counts show a handful of students at each level. The student body is overwhelmingly white, with a very small share of students who are Black, Hispanic, or of two or more races. More than half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a school that serves a community with modest household incomes. Data on students with individualized education plans and English learners were not available in the source materials.
State testing results are thin for a school this size. For the 2024-25 school year, only fourth-grade math and English language arts results were reported without suppression; proficiency rates in the other tested grades were suppressed, likely because the number of students tested was too small to report publicly. Fourth-grade math proficiency was below the midpoint compared to other grade-level cohorts in the district, while fourth-grade English language arts proficiency was higher. The school’s overall proficiency index across tested subjects and grades lands above the midpoint among districts in Lincoln County. Because the available data comes from a single year and many grade-level results are suppressed, a family should consider this a partial snapshot rather than a complete academic profile. The school has no high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to report.
Program offerings beyond the core curriculum were not detailed in the available information. The school is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet, and its Title I status was not reported.
For a family considering Harrington Elementary, the takeaway is a very small, rural elementary school in a tight-knit agricultural town with slow growth and limited turnover. The academic picture is incomplete because of the small testing cohort, but what is visible shows a school performing about in the middle of the county. A parent who values a small environment where teachers know every student and the community is woven into daily life may find this a natural fit. A parent looking for extensive program offerings, a diverse peer environment, or a rapidly growing housing market would not find those here. Because the school is small and testing data is sparse, a family would be wise to visit, talk with current families, and ask about classroom instruction and how the school supports students at different academic levels.
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