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Beverly Park Elem at Glendale
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 38 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (61).
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardWhat this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.7% | 23.1% |
| 2023-24 | 24.2% | 23.6% |
| 2022-23 | 23.5% | 23.0% |
| 2021-22 | 24.8% | 20.4% |
| 2018-19 | 27.0% | 24.1% |
| 2017-18 | 25.2% | 22.6% |
| 2016-17 | 23.0% | 23.4% |
| 2015-16 | 24.7% | 19.0% |
| 2014-15 | 32.4% | 26.1% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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%.
Schools most like Beverly Park Elem at Glendale
Beverly Park Elem at Glendale's state test result (26.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beverly Park Elem at Glendale this school | 411 | 77.1% | 26.0% |
| Federal Way Public School ECEAP Federal Way | 348 | 80.7% | N/A |
| Tukwila Elementary TUKWILA | 458 | 71.4% | 39.9% |
| Mirror Lake Elementary School FEDERAL WAY | 491 | 82.3% | 21.9% |
| Silver Lake Elementary School FEDERAL WAY | 382 | 74.6% | 28.9% |
| Midway Elementary Des Moines | 548 | 78.1% | 13.9% |
Where Beverly Park Elem at Glendale ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #858 of 936 | #257 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #991 of 1,103 ▼ 10 | #262 of 281 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.7% | #998 of 1,102 ▲ 33 | #254 of 280 ▲ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.3pp | #417 of 928 | #109 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 411 | #595 of 1,268 | #161 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #834 of 1,085 | #215 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 78.2% | #62 of 1,088 | #35 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.1% | #152 of 1,169 | #20 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.2% | #646 of 778 | #187 of 220 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 411 | 24.1 | 17.1:1 | 77% (317) |
| 2023-24 | 370 | 23.3 | 15.9:1 | 81% (301) |
| 2022-23 | 428 | 22.4 | 19.1:1 | 80% (341) |
| 2020-21 | 343 | 20 | 17.1:1 | 70% (241) |
| 2017-18 | 438 | 23 | 19.0:1 | 80% (352) |
| 2015-16 | 444 | 27 | 16.4:1 | 85% (378) |
| 2010-11 | 516 | 29 | 17.8:1 | 70% (363) |
| 2000-01 | 511 | 26 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 354 | 14 | 25.3:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (438 to 411); teachers up 5% (23 to 24.1).
About Beverly Park Elem at Glendale
Beverly Park Elem at Glendale is a medium-sized elementary school located in Seattle, Washington. The school enrolls 411 students, from pre-K through 5.
Beverly Park Elem at Glendale is part of a district of 36 schools: Highline School District, with 18,072 students.
Beverly Park Elem at Glendale's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 35%. Other students are 20% Black, 16% Asian, 12% White, and 11% multiracial. By comparison, King County residents are about 11% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Beverly Park Elem at Glendale belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 78%.
The count of teachers at Beverly Park Elem at Glendale is 24.1 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 17.1:1. Elementary schools in Washington average about 17.3:1, a similar figure. Around 77% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in King County average 38%.
Schools in Washington with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 28.4%. Beverly Park Elem at Glendale scores 26.0%.
In King County (population about 2,287,171), median household income is about $124,746, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 544 public schools operate in King County, serving about 278,492 students.
The closest other public school is Rainier Prep, about 0.2 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Beverly Park Elem at Glendale is behind the 28.8% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 6.
The NCES locale for Beverly Park Elem at Glendale is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 411, 20% above the 343 of 2020-21.
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