WashingtonSchoolsPark Orchard Elementary School

Park Orchard Elementary School

PublicRegular
Moses Lake, Washington · Moses Lake School District
Teachers27.0FTE
Ratio16.7:1students per teacher
Students451enrolled
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students451
Grade Span0–5
Student:Teacher16.7:1
Free/Reduced Lunch67%
Title INo
SectorPublic
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
13%vs prior yrUS avg 15.4:1
Teacher FTE
24
11.1%vs prior yr
Enrollment
454
0.7%vs prior yr
Years of Data
5
2020–2024
Counselors
ASCA max 1:250
Nurses
NASN max 1:750
Psychologists
NASP max 1:500
Social Workers
SSWAA max 1:250
Trends & 5-year history below

Pupil : Teacher Ratio — 5-Year Trend

15.1:115.9:116.7:117.6:118.4:119.2:12020202120222023202415.4:116.5:116.3:116.7:118.9:1This schoolUS public-school avg

Enrollment & Teacher FTE

427433439444450456242526272829202020212022202320244484294394514542926272724EnrollmentTeacher FTE

Year-by-year workforce

Metric20202021202220232024Nat Avg
Enrollment448429439451454
Teacher FTE2926272724
Pupil : Teacher ratio15.4:116.5:116.3:116.7:118.9:115.4:1

What These Numbers Mean

Teacher FTE

Full-Time Equivalent counts part-time teachers proportionally. One full-time teacher = 1.0 FTE; two half-time teachers also = 1.0 FTE. This is the standard federal reporting unit.

Pupil : Teacher ratio

NCES-reported ratio divides total enrollment by teacher FTE. It is NOT the same as average class size — schools with specialists, coaches, and resource teachers will show lower ratios than typical class sizes.

How to read the trend

A falling pupil:teacher ratio (line going down) means more staffing per student — generally a positive signal. A rising line can indicate budget pressure or fast enrollment growth outpacing hiring. Always compare to the US average (dashed grey).

Historical data spans 20202024 from NCES CCD.

Student Support & Wellbeing

Counselor, nurse, psychologist and social-worker staffing data will appear here once the latest CRDC (Civil Rights Data Collection) ingestion completes for this school.

Source: US Dept of Education — CRDC.