Enrollment
269
Elementary
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1·NCES 530771001129
Alki Elementary School
3010 59 AV SW, SEATTLE, WA 98116 · (206) 252-9050 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL269 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
38 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 51%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 68% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
77.9%
WA avg 58.4% . +8.4pp since 2014
Math
68.8%
WA avg 51.2% . -1.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.9% | 68.8% |
| 2023-24 | 76.1% | 73.9% |
| 2022-23 | 77.8% | 77.2% |
| 2021-22 | 81.4% | 69.1% |
| 2018-19 | 73.9% | 70.6% |
| 2017-18 | 76.4% | 64.1% |
| 2016-17 | 77.8% | 75.3% |
| 2015-16 | 79.5% | 74.8% |
| 2014-15 | 69.5% | 70.7% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
74.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.7%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Washington's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Alki Elementary School
Alki Elementary School's state test result (74.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alki Elementary School this school | 269 | 14.1% | 74.2% |
| Lawton Elementary School SEATTLE | 309 | 13.6% | 74.7% |
| Edmonds Elementary EDMONDS | 310 | 15.2% | 66.7% |
| Ordway Elementary Bainbridge Island | 320 | 17.2% | 73.8% |
| Adams Elementary School SEATTLE | 285 | 18.6% | 77.8% |
| North Beach Elementary School SEATTLE | 344 | 14.0% | 71.2% |
Matched among Washington elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Alki Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.2% | #97 of 936 | #75 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.8% | #139 of 1,103 ▼ 45 | #90 of 281 ▼ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.9% | #71 of 1,102 ▲ 19 | #55 of 280 ▲ 18 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.9pp | #289 of 928 | #92 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 269 | #1,028 of 1,268 | #267 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #953 of 1,085 | #244 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.3% | #715 of 1,088 | #252 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.1% | #1,088 of 1,169 | #228 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.9% | #152 of 778 | #56 of 220 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
269
-55 (-17%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 296
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 15.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 269 | 15.1 | 17.8:1 | 14% (38) |
| 2023-24 | 270 | 15.2 | 17.8:1 | 14% (37) |
| 2022-23 | 296 | 18.8 | 15.7:1 | 12% (35) |
| 2020-21 | 324 | 21 | 15.4:1 | 10% (31) |
| 2017-18 | 373 | 18.9 | 19.8:1 | 18% (66) |
| 2015-16 | 413 | 21 | 19.7:1 | 16% (66) |
| 2010-11 | 374 | 19 | 19.7:1 | 34% (126) |
| 2000-01 | 335 | 19 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 296 | 17 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alki Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (373 to 269); teachers down 20% (18.9 to 15.1).
About Alki Elementary School
Alki Elementary School operates as a low-enrollment elementary school in SEATTLE, Washington. The school enrolls 269 students, from pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Washington) has about 380 students.
The district, Seattle School District No. 1, has 50,773 students enrolled across 107 schools.
Alki Elementary School is 65% White by enrollment. Smaller groups are 17% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 4% Asian, and 2% Black. County-wide, 55% of King County residents are White. The school's diversity index is 52%, meaning two students picked at random have a 52% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.8:1, with 15.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Washington average 17.3:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Alki Elementary School is 14%. Across public schools in King County, the average is 38%.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Alki Elementary School would be expected to post about 70.7%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 74.2%.
King County has these Census figures: the median household income is $124,746, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. In all, King County has 544 public schools and roughly 278,492 students.
The closest other public school is Madison Middle School, about 0.9 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Alki Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 17% enrollment decrease, from 324 in 2020-21 to 269 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.4:1 in 2020-21 to 17.8:1 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
King County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,287,171
Census ACS
Median income
$124,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
544
278,492 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Seattle School District No. 1
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Ballard High SchoolHigh · 1,697 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,542 students
- Garfield High SchoolHigh · 1,507 students
- West Seattle High SchoolHigh · 1,479 students
- Ingraham High SchoolHigh · 1,391 students
Other schools in SEATTLE
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Ballard High SchoolHigh · 1,697 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,542 students
- Garfield High SchoolHigh · 1,507 students
- West Seattle High SchoolHigh · 1,479 students
- Ingraham High SchoolHigh · 1,391 students
Nearby schools
- Madison Middle School0.9 mi · 1,017
- Genesee Hill Elementary0.9 mi · 451
- Lafayette Elementary School1.0 mi · 532
- West Seattle High School1.1 mi · 1,479
- Fairmount Park Elementary School2.1 mi · 357
- Pathfinder K-8 School2.5 mi · 402
Frequently asked questions
About Alki Elementary SchoolHow large is Alki Elementary School?
Alki Elementary School enrolls approximately 269 students in grades PK-05.
Is Alki Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Alki Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Alki Elementary School?
Approximately 17.8:1 students per teacher at Alki Elementary School.
How diverse is Alki Elementary School?
Alki Elementary School reports a student body of 65% White, 11% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Who oversees Alki Elementary School?
Alki Elementary School is overseen by Seattle School District No. 1 in King County.
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