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Enrollment
418
Elementary
DISTRICT 369 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BURLINGTON-EDISON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530078000689
Bay View Elementary
15241 JOSH WILSON RD, BURLINGTON, WA 98233 · (360) 757-3322 · Skagit County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL418 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of Washington public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
218 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 40 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 60 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 22% smaller than its 8th grade class (60).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
36.3%
WA avg 58.4% . -16.7pp since 2014
Math
31.2%
WA avg 51.2% . -8.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 17 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.3% | 31.2% |
| 2023-24 | 34.8% | 31.0% |
| 2022-23 | 38.2% | 32.9% |
| 2021-22 | 40.5% | 35.5% |
| 2018-19 | 47.9% | 38.3% |
| 2017-18 | 45.8% | 38.5% |
| 2016-17 | 51.8% | 41.6% |
| 2015-16 | 57.1% | 48.1% |
| 2014-15 | 53.0% | 40.1% |
% 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
34.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.2%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Bay View Elementary
Bay View Elementary's state test result (34.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bay View Elementary this school | 418 | 52.2% | 34.9% |
| Nooksack Elementary Everson | 412 | 55.1% | 53.8% |
| Tapteal Elementary School West Richland | 458 | 53.5% | N/A |
| Columbia Elementary BURBANK | 367 | 53.1% | 35.1% |
| Fryelands Elementary Monroe | 414 | 48.8% | 50.9% |
| Vicki I. Groff Elementary School Moses Lake | 413 | 48.9% | 46.2% |
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 Bay View Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Skagit County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #721 of 936 | #15 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #855 of 1,103 ▼ 20 | #15 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #838 of 1,102 ▲ 12 | #13 of 24 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.2pp | #173 of 928 | #11 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 418 | #554 of 1,268 | #11 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #496 of 1,085 | #14 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.8% | #701 of 1,088 | #8 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.2% | #597 of 1,169 | #16 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.8% | #293 of 778 | #5 of 16 |
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
418
-10 (-2%) vs 2020
-14% since 2000-01, when it was 486
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 418 | 26.7 | 15.6:1 | 52% (218) |
| 2023-24 | 406 | 27.3 | 14.9:1 | 53% (215) |
| 2022-23 | 409 | 30.6 | 13.3:1 | 47% (194) |
| 2020-21 | 428 | 27 | 15.8:1 | 34% (147) |
| 2017-18 | 521 | 29.6 | 17.6:1 | 34% (177) |
| 2015-16 | 526 | 29 | 18.1:1 | 34% (180) |
| 2010-11 | 560 | 26 | 21.5:1 | 34% (189) |
| 2000-01 | 486 | 22 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bay View Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (521 to 418); teachers down 10% (29.6 to 26.7).
About Bay View Elementary
At 15241 JOSH WILSON RD in BURLINGTON, Washington, Bay View Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary school. Enrollment is 418 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 8.
Bay View Elementary reports to Burlington-Edison School District, which has 9 schools and 3,276 students.
Roughly 59% of students at Bay View Elementary are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 35% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 75%. Bay View Elementary's diversity index is 53%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 26.7 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 15.6:1. That is 1.7 students per teacher below the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Bay View Elementary reports 52% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for Bay View Elementary is D. Compared with Washington public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 6% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Bay View Elementary's average proficiency rate on state tests of 34.9% is 10.3 points below the 45.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
According to the American Community Survey, in Skagit County, the median household income is $89,263, roughly 30% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. There are 54 public schools in Skagit County, enrolling about 18,298 students in all.
The school nearest to Bay View Elementary is Allen Elementary, at a distance of about 2.5 miles. Other public schools within five miles number 6. Bay View Elementary is 3rd of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Under the NCES locale system, Bay View Elementary is Rural: Fringe.
The school's size has been steady, with 428 students in 2020-21 and 418 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Bay View Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Skagit County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
131,328
Census ACS
Median income
$89,263
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
18,298 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Burlington-Edison School District
- Burlington Edison High SchoolHigh · 1,047 students
- Lucille Umbarger ElementaryElementary · 619 students
- Edison ElementaryElementary · 390 students
- Allen ElementaryElementary · 386 students
- West View ElementaryElementary · 353 students
- BECCElementary · 47 students
Other schools in BURLINGTON
- Burlington Edison High SchoolHigh · 1,047 students
- Lucille Umbarger ElementaryElementary · 619 students
- West View ElementaryElementary · 353 students
- BECCElementary · 47 students
- Burlington-Edison Alternative SchoolHigh · 4 students
Other Bay View Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Bay View Elementary. Bay View Elementary is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Bay View ElementaryDULUTH, MN · 529 students
- Bay View ElementaryNorth East, MD · 506 students
- Bay View ElementaryNorfolk, VA · 500 students
- Bay View ElementarySanta Cruz, CA · 394 students
Nearby schools
- Allen Elementary2.5 mi · 386
- West View Elementary3.6 mi · 353
- Burlington Edison High School3.7 mi · 1,047
- Burlington-Edison Alternative School3.7 mi · 4
- BECC4.4 mi · 47
- Lucille Umbarger Elementary4.8 mi · 619
Frequently asked questions
About Bay View ElementaryHow many students attend Bay View Elementary?
Bay View Elementary enrolls approximately 418 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Bay View Elementary serve?
Bay View Elementary serves grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Bay View Elementary have?
Bay View Elementary employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Bay View Elementary?
Student demographics at Bay View Elementary are roughly 59% White, 35% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Bay View Elementary in?
Bay View Elementary is part of Burlington-Edison School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.