Arthur Jacobsen Elementary

Set in Auburn, Washington, Arthur Jacobsen Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack primary school, operated by Auburn School District. It works with 367 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 26 schools in Auburn School District (18,174 students total), Arthur Jacobsen Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Arthur Jacobsen Elementary logs that 32% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 26% White, 21% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 8% Black. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

In terms of school funding signals, Arthur Jacobsen Elementary lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than King County's rate of about 38%.

After controlling for student poverty, Arthur Jacobsen Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.0%, the actual is 32.7%, a residual of -7.2 points.

Around the school, census data for King County shows the typical household earns roughly $124,746 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Arthur Jacobsen Elementary is one of 544 public schools in King County (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students).

Nearest neighbor: Auburn Mountainview High School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Arthur Jacobsen Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Arthur Jacobsen Elementary at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 37.9%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Arthur Jacobsen Elementary has decreased 36%, going from 571 students in 2018 to 367 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share ticked up from 13% to 32%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Arthur Jacobsen Elementary community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.