📍 9612 e Cataldo, Spokane, Spokane County, 99206
Ness Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Spokane, Spokane County. The school has 254 pupils enrolled. It is part of the West Valley School District (Spokane) school district. It serves grades 1–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 16.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Ness Elementary enrolls 254 students across grades 1–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 16.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 64% White, 20% Hispanic or Latino and 9.4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 163 | 64% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 51 | 20% |
| Two or more races | 24 | 9.4% |
| Black or African American | 8 | 3.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | 1.6% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
203 of the school's 254 students (80%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 177 qualify for free lunch and 26 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Ness Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). 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-50, state senate district 4, state house district 4.
Ness Elementary is one of 13 schools in West Valley School District (Spokane), based in SPOKANE, Washington. The district serves 3,475 students district-wide and employs 190 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 254 students, Ness Elementary is close to the district average of about 267 students per school.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize