Alexander Graham Bell Elementary

Set in Kirkland, Washington, Alexander Graham Bell Elementary is an average-sized elementary-level community, one of the schools within Lake Washington School District. It educates 503 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 380 students per school, that is 32% above typical.

Alexander Graham Bell Elementary is one of 55 schools operated by Lake Washington School District, a district that works with 30,986 students overall.

On demographics, Alexander Graham Bell Elementary lists that the most-represented group is White (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 18% Asian, 8% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, King County as a whole is about 55% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Alexander Graham Bell Elementary has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. An estimated 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against King County (around 38%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Alexander Graham Bell Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.5%, the actual is 61.6%, a residual of +1.2 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for King County indicate median household income runs about $124,746, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, King County runs 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), of which Alexander Graham Bell Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Kirkland Middle School, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Alexander Graham Bell Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 67.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 16%: 434 students in 2018 compared to 503 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 60% to 42% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.