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Enrollment
631
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530423000659
Benjamin Rush Elementary
6101 152nd Ave NE, Redmond, WA 98052 · (425) 936-2690 · King County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL631 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
61 students
DISTRICT 13% · 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 | 103 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 108 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 116 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
77.5%
WA avg 58.4% . -3.5pp since 2014
Math
77.7%
WA avg 51.2% . +1.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.5% | 77.7% |
| 2023-24 | 78.9% | 77.6% |
| 2022-23 | 79.7% | 78.8% |
| 2021-22 | 85.0% | 81.2% |
| 2018-19 | 84.5% | 82.1% |
| 2017-18 | 80.2% | 76.4% |
| 2016-17 | 79.4% | 78.7% |
| 2015-16 | 82.2% | 79.6% |
| 2014-15 | 81.0% | 76.5% |
% 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
78.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.7%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Benjamin Rush Elementary
Benjamin Rush Elementary's state test result (78.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Rush Elementary this school | 631 | 9.7% | 78.6% |
| Kokanee Elementary Woodinville | 651 | 6.8% | 79.5% |
| Tambark Creek Elementary School Bothell | 740 | 11.1% | 88.2% |
| Louisa May Alcott Elementary Redmond | 615 | 5.4% | 86.3% |
| Medina Elementary School MEDINA | 591 | 5.6% | 92.5% |
| Cherry Crest Elementary School Bellevue | 553 | 4.7% | 88.3% |
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 Benjamin Rush Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.6% | #61 of 936 | #50 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.7% | #63 of 1,103 ▼ 1 | #48 of 281 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.5% | #75 of 1,102 ▼ 7 | #59 of 280 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.5pp | #128 of 928 | #43 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 631 | #74 of 1,268 | #13 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #523 of 1,085 | #125 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.6% | #780 of 1,088 | #259 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.7% | #1,130 of 1,169 | #257 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.5% | #251 of 257 | #54 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
631
-19 (-3%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 508
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
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 | 631 | 40 | 15.8:1 | 10% (61) |
| 2023-24 | 641 | 36.9 | 17.4:1 | 7% (48) |
| 2022-23 | 631 | 38.2 | 16.5:1 | 6% (38) |
| 2020-21 | 650 | 41 | 15.8:1 | 4% (27) |
| 2017-18 | 628 | 35.6 | 17.6:1 | 4% (27) |
| 2015-16 | 546 | 31 | 17.6:1 | 7% (39) |
| 2010-11 | 471 | 27 | 17.4:1 | 8% (38) |
| 2000-01 | 463 | 24 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 508 | 25 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Benjamin Rush Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (628 to 631); teachers up 12% (35.6 to 40).
About Benjamin Rush Elementary
Benjamin Rush Elementary is an elementary school in Redmond, Washington, and it is part of Lake Washington School District. The school serves 631 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in Washington average about 380 students.
Lake Washington School District oversees Benjamin Rush Elementary and 54 other schools, with 30,986 students in total.
Roughly 68% of students at Benjamin Rush Elementary are Asian. Enrollment also includes 20% White, 6% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. Among people living in King County, the Asian share is about 21%. Benjamin Rush Elementary's diversity index is 50%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.8:1, with 40 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 1.5 students per teacher below the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 10% of enrollment. That rate is below the 38% average among public schools in King County.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Benjamin Rush Elementary is 73.7%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 78.6%.
Census Bureau estimates for King County show that the median household income is $124,746, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. There are 544 public schools in King County, enrolling about 278,492 students in all.
The nearest public school is Contractual Schools, at about 1.0 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Benjamin Rush Elementary ranks 2nd on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Benjamin Rush Elementary inside a principal city with a population under 100,000 (City: Small).
Enrollment is down 3% from 2020-21, when Benjamin Rush Elementary had 650 students, to 2024-25, when it had 631.
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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 Lake Washington School District
- Eastlake High SchoolHigh · 2,481 students
- Redmond High SchoolHigh · 2,304 students
- Lake Washington High SchoolHigh · 2,081 students
- Juanita High SchoolHigh · 1,778 students
- Inglewood Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,229 students
- Redmond Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,009 students
Other schools in Redmond
- Redmond High SchoolHigh · 2,304 students
- Redmond Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,009 students
- Rose Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 901 students
- Timberline Middle SchoolMiddle · 788 students
- Evergreen Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Louisa May Alcott ElementaryElementary · 615 students
Other Benjamin Rush Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Benjamin Rush Elementary. Benjamin Rush Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Benjamin Rush Elementary SchoolBensalem, PA · 446 students
Nearby schools
- Contractual Schools1.0 mi · 10
- Stella Schola1.1 mi · 90
- Rose Hill Middle School1.1 mi · 901
- Old Redmond Schoolhouse1.3 mi · 190
- Redmond Elementary1.4 mi · 543
- Benjamin Franklin Elementary1.6 mi · 452
Frequently asked questions
About Benjamin Rush ElementaryHow many students attend Benjamin Rush Elementary?
Benjamin Rush Elementary enrolls approximately 631 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Benjamin Rush Elementary serve?
Benjamin Rush Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Benjamin Rush Elementary have?
Benjamin Rush Elementary employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Benjamin Rush Elementary?
Student demographics at Benjamin Rush Elementary are roughly 20% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 68% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Benjamin Rush Elementary?
Benjamin Rush Elementary is overseen by Lake Washington School District in King County.
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