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Enrollment
386
Elementary
DISTRICT 369 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BURLINGTON-EDISON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530078000154
Allen Elementary
17145 COOK ROAD, BOW, WA 98232 · (360) 757-3352 · Skagit County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL386 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
305 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 35 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 42 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 51 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 31% smaller than its 8th grade class (51).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
22.1%
WA avg 58.4% . -12.1pp since 2014
Math
21.2%
WA avg 51.2% . -11.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 12 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.1% | 21.2% |
| 2023-24 | 21.4% | 25.3% |
| 2022-23 | 19.8% | 20.9% |
| 2021-22 | 15.5% | 9.6% |
| 2018-19 | 19.5% | 16.3% |
| 2017-18 | 20.3% | 18.1% |
| 2016-17 | 21.4% | 18.2% |
| 2015-16 | 26.8% | 24.3% |
| 2014-15 | 34.2% | 32.5% |
% 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
23.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.2%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Elementary
Allen Elementary's state test result (23.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Elementary this school | 386 | 79.0% | 23.0% |
| Evergreen Elementary School Shelton | 378 | 81.7% | 15.2% |
| Centennial Elementary School Mount Vernon | 430 | 79.5% | 33.5% |
| Gilbert Elementary School Yakima | 415 | 77.8% | 40.1% |
| Edison Elementary School KENNEWICK | 378 | 74.9% | N/A |
| Washington Elementary School Mount Vernon | 318 | 80.2% | 26.3% |
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 Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Skagit County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #884 of 936 | #23 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.2% | #1,020 of 1,103 ▼ 69 | #21 of 24 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.1% | #1,049 of 1,102 ▲ 4 | #23 of 24 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.1pp | #101 of 928 | #3 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 386 | #683 of 1,268 | #13 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #193 of 1,085 | #4 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.2% | #740 of 1,088 | #10 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.0% | #125 of 1,169 | #3 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.8% | #471 of 778 | #8 of 16 |
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
386
-23 (-6%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 582
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 386 | 26.9 | 14.3:1 | 79% (305) |
| 2023-24 | 393 | 27.6 | 14.2:1 | 83% (327) |
| 2022-23 | 404 | 28 | 14.4:1 | 83% (337) |
| 2020-21 | 409 | 29 | 14.1:1 | 74% (301) |
| 2017-18 | 448 | 27.5 | 16.3:1 | 80% (360) |
| 2015-16 | 423 | 27 | 15.7:1 | 82% (346) |
| 2010-11 | 466 | 24 | 19.4:1 | 80% (371) |
| 2000-01 | 476 | 24 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 582 | 25 | 23.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Allen Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (448 to 386); teachers down 2% (27.5 to 26.9).
About Allen Elementary
Allen Elementary is an elementary school in BOW, Washington, according to federal school records. A total of 386 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 8.
Burlington-Edison School District is made up of 9 schools with 3,276 students in all.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Allen Elementary, at 63%. The next largest groups are 30% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. In Skagit County overall, about 19% of residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 51% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 26.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at Allen Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 14.3:1. That is lower than the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. The lunch program counts 79% of students at Allen Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 56% for public schools in Skagit County.
Allen Elementary posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 23.0%, compared with a predicted 27.2%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Washington schools on BeatsExpectations.
County data help place the school in context: in Skagit County, the median household income is $89,263, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Skagit County is home to 54 public schools and about 18,298 public school students.
The nearest public school is Bay View Elementary, at about 2.5 miles. Around the school, 7 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Allen Elementary ranks 5th in a group of 6 nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Allen Elementary as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
Over 4 years, Allen Elementary's enrollment dropped 6%, to 386.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Skagit County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
131,328
Census ACS
Median income
$89,263
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
18,298 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Burlington-Edison School District
- Burlington Edison High SchoolHigh · 1,047 students
- Lucille Umbarger ElementaryElementary · 619 students
- Bay View ElementaryElementary · 418 students
- Edison ElementaryElementary · 390 students
- West View ElementaryElementary · 353 students
- BECCElementary · 47 students
Other Allen Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 10 states are named Allen Elementary. Allen Elementary is the 7th largest of the 12.
- Allen Elementary SchoolFRISCO, TX · 677 students
- Allen ElemWichita, KS · 514 students
- Allen Elementary SchoolAllen, KY · 462 students
- Allen Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 442 students
- Allen Elementary SchoolColumbus, GA · 436 students
Nearby schools
- Bay View Elementary2.5 mi · 418
- West View Elementary2.7 mi · 353
- Burlington Edison High School2.7 mi · 1,047
- Burlington-Edison Alternative School2.7 mi · 4
- BECC3.3 mi · 47
- Lucille Umbarger Elementary3.8 mi · 619
Frequently asked questions
About Allen ElementaryHow large is Allen Elementary?
Allen Elementary enrolls approximately 386 students in grades KG-08.
Is Allen Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Allen Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Allen Elementary have?
Allen Elementary employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Allen Elementary?
Student demographics at Allen Elementary are roughly 30% White, 63% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Allen Elementary in?
Allen Elementary is part of Burlington-Edison School District.
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