Mary M. Knight School

Mary M. Knight School serves a small, tight-knit rural community in Elma, tucked into the forested foothills of Mason County where life moves at a slower pace and neighbors genuinely know each other. Families who value that small-school feel — where teachers know every student by name and community ties run deep — will find a lot to appreciate here, even as the academic scores suggest there's room to grow. It's the kind of place where kids grow up connected to the land and to each other, which counts for a lot in a community like this one.