Bennett Elementary School

Bennett Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school in Bellevue, Washington, part of Bellevue School District, instructs 513 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Bennett Elementary School sits 35% bigger than that benchmark.

Bellevue School District comprises 30 schools with combined enrollment of 20,339 students; Bennett Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Bennett Elementary School records that the most-represented group is Asian (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 31% White, 11% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 3% Black. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. About 8% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, King County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bennett Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 75.0%; this one delivers 75.7%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for King County shows median household income runs about $124,746, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across King County's 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), Bennett Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is John J. Audubon Elementary, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bennett Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 58.1%.

Bennett Elementary School operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 18%: 435 students in 2018 compared to 513 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 48% to 31% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 in 2025.

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