Orchard Prairie School District Calendar 2026-2027

Orchard Prairie School has served a farming community on the edge of Spokane since 1894. The district remains a single K–7 school, usually enrolling roughly sixty-five to eighty children. Kindergarten stands alone, while the older grades are organized in combined classrooms such as grades one–two, three–four and five–seven. Students learn with children of different ages and often keep the same teachers and classmates across more than one year.

Art, outdoor learning, family participation and shared school events give the small building a wider life than its enrollment suggests. Staff roles cross grade boundaries, and community members have long treated the school as one of the places that holds the neighborhood together. The transition after seventh grade is substantial: students leave Orchard Prairie for secondary education elsewhere, entering larger schedules and activity programs after years in a multigrade setting.

The district is moving into construction of a new school while preserving the historic one. Permits were completed in June 2026, the construction contract was awarded in July and work was scheduled to begin in August. The planned move is in August 2027, followed by renovation of the old school. Families in 2026–27 still use the current building while construction is scheduled to begin nearby; the future campus has entered the building phase, while the century-old school remains the place where classes meet each day.