Schools · Malone

Malone, WA schools

Malone’s public schools score well below Washington’s averages: 56% of students are proficient in reading against 61% statewide, and 82% of high schoolers graduate on time against 83%. Kids attend Elma Elementary School through grade 5, then Elma Middle School.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

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Malone’s School Grade: B-

The public schools Malone’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 51% of Washington’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

B-Test scoresCGraduation
Washington school districts we grade (291)Better than 49%
Lower resultsHigher results
Washington towns with similar household incomes (211)Better than 34%
High confidence. Built on 836 tested students and a graduating class of 138; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
  • Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Washington’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2018–19; graduation: class of 2020.
  • The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
  • Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Washington only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
  • Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Washington with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
  • What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why 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.
School path

Where Malone kids go to school

Grades PK–5
Elma Elementary School 688 students · Elma Elma School District
Grades 6–8
Elma Middle School 324 students · Elma Elma School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2018–19

Well below the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–8, Elma)56%
State average 61%
Math (grades PK–8, Elma)45%
State average 50.3%
Graduation · class of 2020

82% graduate on time

Graduation rate
82%
WA: 83%
Graduating class
138
students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

The district serving Malone

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Malone

There’s no college in Malone, but 5 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is The Evergreen State College in Olympia, 16.3 miles away.

Straight-line distance from the center of Malone. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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