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School districts in Grays Harbor County, WA

Grays Harbor County has 13 regular public school districts, enrolling 10,564 students in 2024–25. The largest is Aberdeen School District (3,183 students, 30% of the county), followed by Elma School District and Hoquiam School District. All 13 offer kindergarten. Washington's kindergarten cutoff: turn 5 by August 31.

The 13 districts, largest first

School districts in Grays Harbor County, WA by 2024–25 enrollment
District and officeGradesSchoolsStudentsKindergartenDistrict office contact
Aberdeen School District
216 N G ST, ABERDEEN
Pre-K–12123,183179
(360) 538-2000
Elma School District
1235 MONTE ELMA RD, ELMA
also serves Mason County
Pre-K–1261,677115
No website listed by NCES (2025–26)
(360) 482-2822
Hoquiam School District
325 W. Chenault Avenue, HOQUIAM
Pre-K–1261,56691
(360) 538-8200
Montesano School District
502 E. Spruce Ave, MONTESANO
Pre-K–1231,433141
(360) 249-3942
North Beach School District No. 64
336 STATE ROUTE 115, OCEAN SHORES
Pre-K–12463862
(360) 289-2447
Ocosta School District
2580 S MONTESANO ST, WESTPORT
also serves Pacific County
Pre-K–12260028
(360) 268-9125
McCleary School District
611 S MAIN ST, MCCLEARY
also serves Mason County
Pre-K–8133234
(360) 495-3204
Oakville School District
103 SCHOOL ST, OAKVILLE
also serves Lewis County
Pre-K–12432042
No website listed by NCES (2025–26)
(360) 273-0171
Lake Quinault School District
6130 HWY 101 N, AMANDA PARK
K–12120713
No website listed by NCES (2025–26)
(360) 288-2260
Taholah School District
600 CHITWHIN DR, TAHOLAH
K–12219212
(360) 276-4780
Wishkah Valley School District
4640 Wishkah Road, Aberdeen
K–12117823
(360) 532-3128
Cosmopolis School District
1439 FOURTH STREET, COSMOPOLIS
K–6117533
(360) 532-7181
Satsop School District
853 MONTE ELMA RD, SATSOP
K–61639
No website listed by NCES (2025–26)
(360) 482-5330

Grays Harbor County at a glance

Together the 13 districts run 44 schools from offices in 13 towns. The smallest by enrollment is Satsop School District, with 63 students; the median Grays Harbor County district has 332. By grade span: 7 Pre-K–12, 3 K–12, 2 K–6 and 1 Pre-K–8.

Kindergarten in 2024–25, counting the 13 districts that report a K grade: 782 children. The biggest kindergarten was Aberdeen School District's, with 179; Montesano School District had 141, and the smallest, Satsop School District, had 9.

Grays Harbor County holds 13 of Washington's 298 regular districts (4.4%) and 1.0% of its 1,087,695 public school students, ranking 6th of 39 counties by number of districts and 20th by enrollment. By size, 4 enroll 1,000 to 4,999 and 9 have fewer than 1,000 students, and the average school here has about 240 students.

4 districts reach past the county line: Elma School District (into Mason County), Ocosta School District (into Pacific County), McCleary School District (into Mason County) and Oakville School District (into Lewis County).

Which district am I in?

Each district draws its own attendance zones, so your home address decides it, and with 4 of Grays Harbor County's districts crossing county lines the county alone won't. There is no address lookup here; ask the district. 4 of the 13 have no website on file with NCES; their office phone numbers are in the table. Websites for the rest:

Aberdeen School District · Hoquiam School District · Montesano School District · North Beach School District No. 64 · Ocosta School District · McCleary School District · Taholah School District · Wishkah Valley School District · Cosmopolis School District

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Most US states use a September 1 cutoff. Year-stamped for the 2026–27 school year.

More in Washington

Every Washington district by county · Washington kindergarten cutoff

More Washington county directories: Clark County (11) · King County (18) · Klickitat County (10) · Lewis County (13) · Snohomish County (15) · Spokane County (14)

Sources

District list, grades, school counts and websites: NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) LEA Universe Directory, SY 2025-26 (preliminary, v0a), published July 1, 2026. Regular public districts only (NCES LEA types 1 and 2); charter-only, state-run and regional service agencies are not listed.
Enrollment: NCES CCD LEA Membership, SY 2024-25 (v1a), published December 29, 2025 — the newest year NCES has released.
Counties: NCES EDGE Public LEA Geocodes, SY 2024-25 (district office location) and NCES EDGE Geographic Relationship Files 2025 (grf25_lea_county) (counties each district boundary covers).
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