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What's one thing Allen Creek Elementary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
437
Elementary
DISTRICT 340 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARYSVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530486001191
Allen Creek Elementary School
6505 60th NE, Marysville, WA 98270 · (360) 965-1100 · Snohomish County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL437 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of Washington public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
215 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 51%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
41.2%
WA avg 58.4% . -3.2pp since 2014
Math
32.1%
WA avg 51.2% . -18.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 18 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.2% | 32.1% |
| 2023-24 | 39.3% | 33.5% |
| 2022-23 | 42.9% | 39.7% |
| 2021-22 | 44.8% | 32.2% |
| 2018-19 | 54.3% | 54.3% |
| 2017-18 | 53.1% | 48.0% |
| 2016-17 | 44.9% | 49.6% |
| 2015-16 | 48.1% | 53.0% |
| 2014-15 | 44.4% | 50.2% |
% 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
37.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.2%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Allen Creek Elementary School
Allen Creek Elementary School's state test result (37.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Creek Elementary School this school | 437 | 49.2% | 37.2% |
| Seven Oaks Elementary Lacey | 428 | 52.1% | 44.1% |
| Discovery Primary School Milton | 506 | 50.0% | N/A |
| Hedden Elementary School Edgewood | 469 | 52.0% | 48.2% |
| Pinecrest Elementary BREMERTON | 410 | 49.3% | 41.2% |
| Olympic View Elementary Lacey | 552 | 46.7% | 53.5% |
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 Allen Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #677 of 936 | #84 of 105 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #836 of 1,103 ▼ 46 | #90 of 106 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #714 of 1,102 ▲ 34 | #79 of 106 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.9pp | #286 of 928 | #22 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 437 | #492 of 1,268 | #74 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #551 of 1,085 | #53 of 109 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.1% | #186 of 1,088 | #20 of 110 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.2% | #653 of 1,169 | #46 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.8% | #472 of 778 | #25 of 68 |
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
437
-136 (-24%) vs 2020
-37% since 2000-01, when it was 694
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 437 | 27.6 | 15.8:1 | 49% (215) |
| 2023-24 | 467 | 27 | 17.3:1 | 51% (238) |
| 2022-23 | 428 | 25.4 | 16.9:1 | 50% (214) |
| 2020-21 | 573 | 36 | 15.9:1 | 43% (249) |
| 2017-18 | 507 | 30.5 | 16.6:1 | 42% (213) |
| 2015-16 | 479 | 25 | 19.2:1 | 36% (174) |
| 2010-11 | 543 | 26 | 20.9:1 | 35% (191) |
| 2000-01 | 694 | 29 | 23.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Allen Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (507 to 437); teachers down 10% (30.5 to 27.6).
About Allen Creek Elementary School
Students in Marysville, Washington, attend Allen Creek Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. The school counted 437 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5.
Across its 23 schools, Marysville School District enrolls 9,760 students. Allen Creek Elementary School is one of those schools.
About 41% of students at Allen Creek Elementary School are White, the largest single group. Other reported shares: 26% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 10% Asian, and 5% Black. Snohomish County's residents are about 64% White, 23 points above the school's share. A diversity index of 73% means there is a 73% chance two randomly chosen students at Allen Creek Elementary School are from different groups.
The school had 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 15.8:1. The gap from the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington is 1.5 students per teacher. The school reported 49% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Among Washington public elementary schools, Allen Creek Elementary School outscored 10%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Allen Creek Elementary School is -10.0 points: 37.2% actual, 47.2% predicted.
Census data for Snohomish County show median household income comes to about $111,246, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 227 public schools in the county, enrolling about 118,688, Allen Creek Elementary School among them.
Grove Elementary is about 0.7 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Allen Creek Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 33.8% proficiency; Allen Creek Elementary School posts 37.2%.
NCES assigns Allen Creek Elementary School the locale Suburb: Mid-size, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 573 (2020-21) to 437 (2024-25).
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Snohomish County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
844,430
Census ACS
Median income
$111,246
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
227
118,688 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Marysville School District
- Marysville Getchell High SchoolHigh · 1,381 students
- Marysville Pilchuck High SchoolHigh · 1,182 students
- Cedarcrest SchoolMiddle · 704 students
- Marysville Middle SchoolMiddle · 656 students
- Totem Middle SchoolMiddle · 522 students
- Quil Ceda Tulalip ElementaryElementary · 498 students
Other schools in Marysville
- Marysville Getchell High SchoolHigh · 1,381 students
- Marysville Pilchuck High SchoolHigh · 1,182 students
- Cedarcrest SchoolMiddle · 704 students
- Lakewood Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Marysville Middle SchoolMiddle · 656 students
- Totem Middle SchoolMiddle · 522 students
Nearby schools
- Grove Elementary0.7 mi · 392
- Marysville Middle School0.8 mi · 656
- Liberty Elementary1.0 mi · 398
- Totem Middle School1.2 mi · 522
- Marysville NWESD 189 Youth Engagement1.2 mi · 205
- Cedarcrest School1.3 mi · 704
Frequently asked questions
About Allen Creek Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Allen Creek Elementary School?
Allen Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 437 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Allen Creek Elementary School serve?
Allen Creek Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Allen Creek Elementary School?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at Allen Creek Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Allen Creek Elementary School?
At Allen Creek Elementary School, the student body is approximately 41% White, 26% Hispanic, 5% Black, 10% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Is Allen Creek Elementary School public or private?
Allen Creek Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Marysville School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.