Enrollment
402
Elementary
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1·NCES 530771001173
Bailey Gatzert Elementary School
1301 E YESLER WY, SEATTLE, WA 98122 · (206) 252-2810 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL402 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
320 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 31 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
60%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
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Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
30.4%
WA avg 58.4% . -5.3pp since 2014
Math
27.6%
WA avg 51.2% . -8.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.4% | 27.6% |
| 2023-24 | 38.8% | 34.9% |
| 2022-23 | 39.6% | 29.7% |
| 2021-22 | 25.8% | 17.7% |
| 2018-19 | 22.5% | 30.2% |
| 2017-18 | 30.3% | 40.7% |
| 2016-17 | 31.3% | 43.8% |
| 2015-16 | 34.5% | 46.2% |
| 2014-15 | 35.7% | 35.7% |
% 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
33.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.8%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Bailey Gatzert Elementary School
Bailey Gatzert Elementary School's state test result (33.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey Gatzert Elementary School this school | 402 | 79.6% | 33.6% |
| West Seattle Elementary School SEATTLE | 376 | 80.6% | 43.9% |
| Impact | Salish Sea Elementary Seattle | 385 | 66.8% | 44.5% |
| Impact Public Schools Tukwila | 505 | 69.7% | 48.0% |
| Wing Luke Elementary School SEATTLE | 334 | 71.6% | 33.8% |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School SEATTLE | 289 | 73.0% | 31.6% |
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 Bailey Gatzert Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #743 of 936 | #228 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #917 of 1,103 ▼ 168 | #244 of 281 ▼ 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #934 of 1,102 ▼ 168 | #240 of 280 ▼ 27 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.3pp | #162 of 928 | #37 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 402 | #629 of 1,268 | #168 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #30 of 1,085 | #14 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.4% | #515 of 1,088 | #220 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.6% | #120 of 1,169 | #15 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +34.9% | #19 of 257 | #6 of 54 |
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
402
+88 (+28%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 399
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 402 | 33 | 12.2:1 | 80% (320) |
| 2023-24 | 361 | 30.1 | 12.0:1 | 85% (308) |
| 2022-23 | 346 | 27.9 | 12.4:1 | 82% (282) |
| 2020-21 | 314 | 32 | 9.8:1 | 68% (215) |
| 2017-18 | 298 | 27.5 | 10.8:1 | 79% (235) |
| 2015-16 | 299 | 28 | 10.7:1 | 73% (219) |
| 2010-11 | 359 | 24 | 15.0:1 | 88% (316) |
| 2000-01 | 443 | 30 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 399 | 24 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bailey Gatzert Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 35% (298 to 402); teachers up 20% (27.5 to 33).
About Bailey Gatzert Elementary School
Bailey Gatzert Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Seattle School District No. 1 in SEATTLE, Washington. A federal count lists 402 students at the school, in pre-K through 5.
Seattle School District No. 1 counts 107 schools and 50,773 students, including Bailey Gatzert Elementary School.
At Bailey Gatzert Elementary School, Black students make up 60% of the student body. The remaining shares are 11% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 10% White, and 5% Asian. King County as a whole is about 7% Black, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 60% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
With 33 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Bailey Gatzert Elementary School was 12.2:1. On average, elementary schools in Washington have 17.3:1, compared with 12.2:1 here. Bailey Gatzert Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 80%. For comparison, public schools in King County average 38%.
The model predicts 26.8% for a school in Washington with Bailey Gatzert Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Bailey Gatzert Elementary School posts 33.6%.
King County has about 2,287,171 residents, and the median household income is $124,746, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. In all, King County has 544 public schools and roughly 278,492 students.
Interagency Detention School is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Bailey Gatzert Elementary School. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Bailey Gatzert Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment at Bailey Gatzert Elementary School grew 28% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 314 to 402 students. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.2:1) than in 2020-21 (9.8:1).
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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
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- Interagency Detention School0.2 mi · 47
- Summit Public School: Sierra0.3 mi · 214
- Washington Middle School0.6 mi · 566
- Garfield High School0.7 mi · 1,507
- Nova High School0.8 mi · 256
- Seattle World School0.9 mi · 218
Frequently asked questions
About Bailey Gatzert Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bailey Gatzert Elementary School?
Bailey Gatzert Elementary School enrolls approximately 402 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Bailey Gatzert Elementary School serve?
Bailey Gatzert Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Bailey Gatzert Elementary School?
Approximately 12.2:1 students per teacher at Bailey Gatzert Elementary School.
How diverse is Bailey Gatzert Elementary School?
Bailey Gatzert Elementary School reports a student body of 10% White, 11% Hispanic, 60% Black, 5% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Bailey Gatzert Elementary School?
Bailey Gatzert Elementary School is overseen by Seattle School District No. 1 in King County.
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