Enrollment
415
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLEVUE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530039000058
Ardmore Elementary School
16616 NE 32nd Street, Bellevue, WA 98008 · (425) 456-4700 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL415 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
222 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 | 55 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 119% larger than its 5th grade class (37).
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
42.7%
WA avg 58.4% . -12.6pp since 2014
Math
43.1%
WA avg 51.2% . -6.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 13 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.7% | 43.1% |
| 2023-24 | 40.9% | 25.2% |
| 2022-23 | 53.2% | 44.4% |
| 2021-22 | 52.1% | 45.5% |
| 2018-19 | 52.8% | 42.8% |
| 2017-18 | 48.3% | 45.0% |
| 2016-17 | 51.2% | 47.9% |
| 2015-16 | 47.6% | 41.8% |
| 2014-15 | 55.3% | 49.3% |
% 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
38.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Ardmore Elementary School
Ardmore Elementary School's state test result (38.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ardmore Elementary School this school | 415 | 53.5% | 38.4% |
| Martin Sortun Elementary School Kent | 450 | 51.1% | 53.0% |
| Covington Elementary School Covington | 456 | 52.0% | 46.7% |
| Arthur Jacobsen Elementary Auburn | 367 | 59.9% | 32.7% |
| Tiffany Park Elementary School Renton | 379 | 62.0% | 41.7% |
| Evergreen Heights Elementary AUBURN | 457 | 54.0% | 49.1% |
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 Ardmore Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #660 of 936 | #206 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #581 of 1,103 ▲ 371 | #182 of 281 ▲ 67 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #680 of 1,102 ▲ 20 | #196 of 280 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.9pp | #120 of 928 | #39 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 415 | #567 of 1,268 | #155 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #381 of 1,085 | #90 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.2% | #109 of 1,088 | #60 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.5% | #564 of 1,169 | #101 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.2% | #756 of 778 | #213 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
415
+33 (+9%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 427
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 415 | 27.4 | 15.2:1 | 53% (222) |
| 2023-24 | 373 | 23.6 | 15.8:1 | 50% (185) |
| 2022-23 | 358 | 22.2 | 16.1:1 | 50% (180) |
| 2020-21 | 382 | 31 | 12.3:1 | 34% (129) |
| 2017-18 | 420 | 25.3 | 16.6:1 | 41% (173) |
| 2015-16 | 391 | 24 | 16.3:1 | 42% (165) |
| 2010-11 | 288 | 15 | 19.2:1 | 54% (156) |
| 2000-01 | 382 | 18 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 427 | 16 | 26.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ardmore Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (420 to 415); teachers up 8% (25.3 to 27.4).
About Ardmore Elementary School
Ardmore Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. Its address is in Bellevue, Washington. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 415 students.
In Bellevue School District, 30 schools enroll a combined 20,339 students.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Ardmore Elementary School, at 31%. Other reported shares: 30% Asian, 19% Hispanic, 11% Black, and 9% multiracial. King County's residents are about 55% White, 24 points above the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 76% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.2:1, with 27.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is lower than the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Ardmore Elementary School is 53%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in King County is 38%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Ardmore Elementary School would score about 44.3%. It scores 38.4%, 5.9 points below that figure.
Across King County, the median household income is $124,746, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. King County is home to 544 public schools and about 278,492 public school students.
The closest other public school is Sherwood Forest Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. Ardmore Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Ardmore Elementary School ranks 7th of 9 nearby schools, at 38.4% versus a 58.3% average.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment at Ardmore Elementary School climbed 9% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 382 to 415 students. Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.3:1 in 2020-21, and 15.2:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Bellevue School District
- Newport Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,850 students
- Bellevue High SchoolHigh · 1,683 students
- Interlake Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,611 students
- Sammamish Senior HighHigh · 1,363 students
- Tyee Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,007 students
- Odle Middle SchoolMiddle · 974 students
Other schools in Bellevue
- Newport Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,850 students
- Bellevue High SchoolHigh · 1,683 students
- Interlake Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,611 students
- Sammamish Senior HighHigh · 1,363 students
- Tyee Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,007 students
- Odle Middle SchoolMiddle · 974 students
Other Ardmore Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Ardmore Elementary. Ardmore Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Ardmore ElementarySpringdale, MD · 470 students
- Ardmore Elementary SchoolVilla Park, IL · 425 students
- Ardmore Elementary SchoolSAINT CLAIR SHORES, MI · 370 students
- Ardmore Elementary SchoolAddison, IL · 230 students
Nearby schools
- Sherwood Forest Elementary0.6 mi · 415
- Interlake Senior High School0.8 mi · 1,611
- John J. Audubon Elementary0.8 mi · 431
- Bennett Elementary School1.2 mi · 513
- Highland Middle School1.4 mi · 589
- Benjamin Rush Elementary1.8 mi · 631
Frequently asked questions
About Ardmore Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Ardmore Elementary School?
Ardmore Elementary School enrolls approximately 415 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Ardmore Elementary School serve?
Ardmore Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Ardmore Elementary School?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at Ardmore Elementary School.
How diverse is Ardmore Elementary School?
Ardmore Elementary School reports a student body of 31% White, 19% Hispanic, 11% Black, 30% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Ardmore Elementary School in?
Ardmore Elementary School is part of Bellevue School District.
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