Allen Creek Elementary School

Set in Marysville, Washington, Allen Creek Elementary School is a medium-sized primary school, run under Marysville School District. It hosts 437 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 23 schools in Marysville School District (9,760 students total), Allen Creek Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Allen Creek Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is White (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 26% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 10% Asian, 5% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

In terms of school funding signals, Allen Creek Elementary School lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.8:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Allen Creek Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.2%; this one delivers 37.2%.

In the surrounding community, Snohomish County reports that median household earnings sit near $111,246, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Snohomish County runs 227 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,688 students), of which Allen Creek Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Grove Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Allen Creek Elementary School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Allen Creek Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 33.8%.

Allen Creek Elementary School operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Allen Creek Elementary School has decreased 14%, going from 507 students in 2018 to 437 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 60% to 41% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.