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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

Wallace Elementary, Kelso, WA

CEP schoolWallace Elementary is a public elementary school in Kelso, part of Kelso School District. It enrolled 333 students in 2024-25, with 17.5 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
333
Teachers (FTE)
19.0
Students per teacher
17.5
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 18.0. The Washington average across schools is 18.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school17.5
District18.0
Washington18.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
1213 S 5th Ave, Kelso, WA 98626
Phone
(360)501-1650
District
Kelso School District
County
Cowlitz County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Small
NCES school ID
530000300596
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
224
Reduced-price lunch
59
Free or reduced-price lunch
28385.0% of enrollment.
Direct certification
199Students 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 Kelso School District

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.