Arbor Heights Elementary School

Arbor Heights Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary-level community in SEATTLE, Washington, overseen by Seattle School District No. 1. The school enrolls 495 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Arbor Heights Elementary School sits 30% larger than that benchmark.

Within Seattle School District No. 1, which oversees 107 schools and 50,773 students, Arbor Heights Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Arbor Heights Elementary School logs that White students make up the majority at 61%. Beyond that, the school logs 18% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 5% Black, 4% Asian.

On the resource side, The school employs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Roughly 23% of students at Arbor Heights Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below King County's rate of about 38%.

After controlling for student poverty, Arbor Heights Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.5%; this one delivers 59.1%.

Around the school, King County reports that median household income runs about $124,746, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across King County's 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), Arbor Heights Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Summit Public School: Atlas, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Arbor Heights Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Arbor Heights Elementary School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 33.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Arbor Heights Elementary School has contracted 4%, going from 513 students in 2018 to 495 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 12% to 18%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Arbor Heights Elementary School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.