Central Park’s public schools score below 79% of Washington districts
The public schools Central Park’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 79% of Washington’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
What Central Park’s schools are like
Central Park’s schools are very small
All of Central Park’s public school students add up to 111 children, with about 12 per teacher. That means real individual attention, but also that a single class can swing the scores from year to year. Every school ↓
Well below the state in reading and math
Reading proficiency is 45%, 16 points below the state. Math is 35%, 15 points below the state. Test scores ↓
Which school depends on your street
With three middle schools, the school a child attends depends on your address. After that, everyone goes to Central Park Elementary. See the path ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2018–19, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
How Central Park compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Washington’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2018–19; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Washington only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Central Park.
Parts of Central Park are served by Montesano School District.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Well below the state in reading
Every school in Central Park
1 school. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Central Park families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Central Park
There’s no college in Central Park, but 1 is within 30 miles. The closest is Grays Harbor College in Aberdeen, 4.9 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Central Park. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Washington. Stars are from neighbors.