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Enrollment
495
Elementary
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1·NCES 530771001135
Arbor Heights Elementary School
3701 SW 104th Street, SEATTLE, WA 98146 · (206) 252-9250 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL495 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
116 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 31 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
58%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
60.8%
WA avg 58.4% . +3.7pp since 2014
Math
59.2%
WA avg 51.2% . +3.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.8% | 59.2% |
| 2023-24 | 57.9% | 50.0% |
| 2022-23 | 58.9% | 45.7% |
| 2021-22 | 63.8% | 46.6% |
| 2018-19 | 58.5% | 54.4% |
| 2017-18 | 60.3% | 52.6% |
| 2016-17 | 56.1% | 48.1% |
| 2015-16 | 56.9% | 37.0% |
| 2014-15 | 57.1% | 56.1% |
% 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
59.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Arbor Heights Elementary School
Arbor Heights Elementary School's state test result (59.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arbor Heights Elementary School this school | 495 | 23.4% | 59.1% |
| Sherwood Elementary EDMONDS | 491 | 22.8% | 61.0% |
| Stillwater Elementary Carnation | 491 | 24.0% | 62.6% |
| Poulsbo Elementary School Poulsbo | 487 | 27.1% | 69.3% |
| Centennial Elementary OLYMPIA | 434 | 21.7% | 65.8% |
| Seaview Elementary EDMONDS | 402 | 24.9% | 67.7% |
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 Arbor Heights Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.1% | #272 of 936 | #136 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #268 of 1,103 ▲ 167 | #128 of 281 ▲ 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #281 of 1,102 ▲ 56 | #126 of 280 ▲ 17 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.8pp | #274 of 928 | #69 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 495 | #307 of 1,268 | #81 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #349 of 1,085 | #83 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.9% | #570 of 1,088 | #231 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.4% | #1,000 of 1,169 | #183 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.5% | #704 of 778 | #201 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
495
-60 (-11%) vs 2020
+71% since 1990-91, when it was 290
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 495 | 32.9 | 15.1:1 | 23% (116) |
| 2023-24 | 511 | 33.8 | 15.1:1 | 23% (115) |
| 2022-23 | 512 | 35.2 | 14.6:1 | 21% (107) |
| 2020-21 | 555 | 39 | 14.2:1 | 15% (83) |
| 2017-18 | 513 | 31.7 | 16.2:1 | 23% (119) |
| 2015-16 | 408 | 24 | 17.0:1 | 24% (98) |
| 2010-11 | 376 | 20 | 18.8:1 | 40% (151) |
| 2000-01 | 433 | 22 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 290 | 14 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Arbor Heights Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (513 to 495); teachers up 4% (31.7 to 32.9).
About Arbor Heights Elementary School
Among the schools in SEATTLE, Washington, is Arbor Heights Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. It serves 495 students in pre-K through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Washington average about 380 students.
The district, Seattle School District No. 1, has 50,773 students enrolled across 107 schools.
A majority of students at Arbor Heights Elementary School, 61%, are White. The rest of enrollment is 18% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 5% Black, and 4% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at Arbor Heights Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 58%.
With 32.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Arbor Heights Elementary School was 15.1:1. Among elementary schools in Washington, the typical ratio is 17.3:1. Arbor Heights Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 23%. Among public schools in King County, the average eligibility rate is 38%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Arbor Heights Elementary School, the prediction is 64.5% and the result is 59.1%.
King County census figures show that median household income is about $124,746, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. A total of 544 public schools operate in King County, serving about 278,492 students.
The closest public school, Summit Public School: Atlas, is about 0.5 miles from Arbor Heights Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 33.3%; Arbor Heights Elementary School's is 59.1%, ranking 1st of 8.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students dropped from 555 to 495 over 4 years.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
- Summit Public School: Atlas0.5 mi · 566
- Bridges Transition0.7 mi · 109
- Shorewood Elementary0.9 mi · 400
- Mount View Elementary1.3 mi · 460
- Chief Sealth International High School1.5 mi · 1,184
- David T. Denny International Middle School1.5 mi · 722
Frequently asked questions
About Arbor Heights Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Arbor Heights Elementary School?
Arbor Heights Elementary School enrolls approximately 495 students in grades PK-05.
Is Arbor Heights Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Arbor Heights Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Arbor Heights Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Arbor Heights Elementary School is approximately 15.1:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Arbor Heights Elementary School?
At Arbor Heights Elementary School, the student body is approximately 61% White, 18% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Arbor Heights Elementary School?
Arbor Heights Elementary School is overseen by Seattle School District No. 1 in King County.
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