Alpac Elementary School

Alpac Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in PACIFIC, Washington, operated by Auburn School District. The school caters to 534 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 380 students per school, that is 41% above typical.

Within Auburn School District, which oversees 26 schools and 18,174 students, Alpac Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Alpac Elementary School lists that 37% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 30% White, 15% Asian, 8% multiracial, 5% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.6:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, King County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Alpac Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.6%, the actual is 47.9%, a residual of +9.2 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (King County) reports that median household income runs about $124,746, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Alpac Elementary School is one of 544 public schools in King County (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students).

Nearest neighbor: Ilalko Elementary School, around 1.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Alpac Elementary School at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 38.8%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Alpac Elementary School's enrollment has fell 16% since 2018, when it stood at 634 (now 534). The White share of enrollment decreased from 41% to 30% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

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