Woodridge Elementary, Spokane WA

Original Research by School Decision on Woodridge Elementary

Woodridge Elementary sits in the northwest part of Spokane, serving children from prekindergarten through fifth grade. It is a regular public school within Spokane Public Schools, the city’s own district. The school’s enrollment is modest for an elementary building, and the student body is predominantly white, with a smaller but notable share of students who identify as Hispanic or as two or more races. A substantial proportion of families qualify for free or reduced-price meals, which gives a sense of the economic range in the attendance area.

Academically, Woodridge’s state test results from the most recent school year paint a mixed picture that parents will want to consider grade by grade. In third grade, math and English language arts proficiency rates are roughly comparable and land in a range that schools across Washington would consider solid. Fourth grade dips a bit in both subjects, though more so in math. Fifth grade presents a sharper contrast: English language arts proficiency is noticeably higher than the earlier grades, while math proficiency drops considerably. Science, tested only in fifth grade, sits between those two poles. The overall pattern across tested grades and subjects places Woodridge above the midpoint among the districts in Spokane County, a useful reference point for families comparing options within the region. This is the first year of data from the current state assessment, so there is no multi-year trend to show whether these results mark a change or a consistent picture.

Because Woodridge is an elementary school, there is no graduation rate to report. The school also does not have published data on chronic absenteeism, special education identification, or English learner services in the available records, so those are gaps a family would want to follow up on directly with the school. The school’s Title I status is not listed in the data either, which may affect how federal resources are allocated; an inquiry to the school or district would clarify that.

The community context of Spokane matters for anyone choosing a home near Woodridge. Spokane is the second-largest city in Washington and the economic anchor of the Inland Northwest, with a historic downtown centered on the Spokane River and Riverfront Park. Its economy has moved past its early reliance on mining and timber into healthcare, government, education, and logistics, with Fairchild Air Force Base, Providence Health Care, and the school district itself among the largest employers. Housing in the Spokane area is notably more affordable than in the Seattle metro area, which draws families who want a lower-cost entry point into a city with a genuine downtown and cultural amenities such as the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture and major events like Bloomsday and Hoopfest. Home values near Woodridge are consistent with that general affordability picture, though prices have been flat to slightly softening recently.

Spokane Public Schools has been in a period of physical change. A voter-approved bond financed the construction of several new middle schools that opened in the last few years, reshaping the feeder patterns that will eventually connect elementary schools like Woodridge to the next level. For a family with a child currently at Woodridge, those new middle schools represent a concrete shift in what the progression through the district looks like, and the building investments signal a district that has been spending on capacity and facilities.

What Woodridge offers is an elementary program in a stable, mid-sized city school, with academic results that are a touch above the county average overall but with a notable drop in fifth-grade math that merits a closer look. The student body is not deeply diverse, but it is not monolithic either, and the economic mix is broad enough that the school serves a range of household circumstances. Families moving to Spokane’s northwest side and weighing school options can place Woodridge as a solidly performing regular elementary school within a district that has recently reinvested in its middle school infrastructure.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 363%

School 63% · District 49% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 453%

School 53% · District 55% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 532%

School 32% · District 38% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 354%

School 54% · District 47% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 451%

School 51% · District 46% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 566%

School 66% · District 42% · ▲ 24 pts above district

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

Science

Grade 554%

School 54% · District 49% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 3 pts above state median · even with county median

This schoolSpokane School District, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income53%Higher-income54%0 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income56%Higher-income49%8 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income55%Higher-income76%21 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income37%Higher-income42%5 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income52%Higher-income70%18 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income63%Higher-income49%14 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income23%Higher-income40%17 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income53%Higher-income35%17 pp gap