📍 1213 S 5th Ave, Kelso, Cowlitz County, 98626
Wallace Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Kelso, Cowlitz County. The school has 342 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Kelso School District school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 23.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Wallace Elementary enrolls 342 students across grades K–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 23.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 58% White, 25% Hispanic or Latino and 7.6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 199 | 58% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 85 | 25% |
| Two or more races | 26 | 7.6% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 21 | 6.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 6 | 1.8% |
| Asian | 4 | 1.2% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
301 of the school's 342 students (88%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 291 qualify for free lunch and 10 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Wallace Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district WA-30, state senate district 19, state house district 19.
Wallace Elementary is one of 13 schools in Kelso School District, based in KELSO, Washington. The district serves 4,960 students district-wide and employs 284 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 342 students, Wallace Elementary is close to the district average of about 382 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small