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Elementary · Regular · Grades 1 to 5

Ness Elementary, Spokane, WA

CEP schoolNess Elementary is a public elementary school in Spokane, part of West Valley School District (Spokane). It enrolled 243 students in 2024-25, with 16.2 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
243
Teachers (FTE)
15.0
Students per teacher
16.2
Grades
1 to 5

This school's ratio is 1.5 lower than the district figure of 17.7. The Washington average across schools is 18.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school16.2
District17.7
Washington18.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
9612 E Cataldo, Spokane, WA 99206
Phone
(509)922-5470
District
West Valley School District (Spokane)
County
Spokane County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Midsize
NCES school ID
530969001641
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
151
Reduced-price lunch
32
Free or reduced-price lunch
18375.3% of enrollment.
Direct certification
129Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in West Valley School District (Spokane)

Elementary schools elsewhere in Spokane

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.