Enrollment
288
Elementary
DISTRICT 311 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEDRO-WOOLLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530774001272
Big Lake Elementary School
16802 Lake View Blvd., Mount Vernon, WA 98274 · (360) 855-3525 · Skagit County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL288 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% of Washington public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
19.1:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.5:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
87 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 51 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 37 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 38% larger than its 6th grade class (37).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Big Lake Elementary School→Cascade Middle School
Based on grade levels within Sedro-Woolley School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
50.9%
WA avg 58.4% . -19.4pp since 2014
Math
43.4%
WA avg 51.2% . -18.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 19 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 18 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.9% | 43.4% |
| 2023-24 | 55.7% | 47.0% |
| 2022-23 | 53.5% | 49.3% |
| 2021-22 | 47.8% | 43.3% |
| 2018-19 | 65.9% | 53.3% |
| 2017-18 | 71.7% | 58.4% |
| 2016-17 | 64.8% | 55.3% |
| 2015-16 | 70.3% | 63.0% |
| 2014-15 | 70.3% | 61.5% |
% 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
52.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.9%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Big Lake Elementary School
Big Lake Elementary School's state test result (52.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Lake Elementary School this school | 288 | 30.2% | 52.6% |
| Lake Shore Elementary VANCOUVER | 300 | 31.3% | N/A |
| Vancouver Innovation Technology and Arts Elementary Vancouver | 300 | 31.7% | N/A |
| Littlerock Elementary School Olympia | 343 | 33.8% | 57.8% |
| Maltby Elementary Snohomish | 334 | 25.7% | 60.8% |
| Wilkeson Elementary School Wilkeson | 253 | 27.7% | 59.5% |
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 Big Lake Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Skagit County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #390 of 936 | #6 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #576 of 1,103 ▼ 82 | #8 of 24 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #492 of 1,102 ▼ 109 | #9 of 24 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.7pp | #454 of 928 | #9 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 288 | #993 of 1,268 | #21 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #1,044 of 1,085 | #21 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.6% | #945 of 1,088 | #15 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.2% | #932 of 1,169 | #23 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.8% | #473 of 778 | #9 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
288
+34 (+13%) vs 2020
+79% since 1990-91, when it was 161
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 288 | 15.1 | 19.1:1 | 30% (87) |
| 2023-24 | 271 | 15.4 | 17.6:1 | 27% (74) |
| 2022-23 | 271 | 14.8 | 18.3:1 | 26% (71) |
| 2020-21 | 254 | 16 | 15.9:1 | 23% (59) |
| 2017-18 | 334 | 18.3 | 18.2:1 | 19% (63) |
| 2015-16 | 350 | 16 | 21.9:1 | 19% (67) |
| 2010-11 | 288 | 14 | 20.6:1 | 26% (74) |
| 2000-01 | 175 | 8 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 161 | 7 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Big Lake Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (334 to 288); teachers down 18% (18.3 to 15.1).
About Big Lake Elementary School
This page covers Big Lake Elementary School, a small elementary school in Mount Vernon, Washington. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 6, with 288 students on the rolls. On average, elementary schools in Washington enroll around 380, and this school is 24% below that mark.
Within Sedro-Woolley School District, Big Lake Elementary School is one of 11 schools. The district enrolls 4,600 students.
The student body at Big Lake Elementary School is 77% White. The school is also 15% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Among Skagit County residents, the White share is about 75%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 39%.
Staffing at Big Lake Elementary School comes to 15.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 19.1:1. The school's 19.1:1 compares with an average of 17.3:1 for elementary schools in Washington. On the income side, 30% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Skagit County averages 56%, higher than here.
On the allk12 Grade, Big Lake Elementary School lands at C+, ahead of 35% of Washington public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Big Lake Elementary School would score about 59.9%. It scores 52.6%, 7.3 points below that figure.
Looking at the county, Skagit County, the median household earns about $89,263 a year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Big Lake Elementary School, Skagit County has 54 public schools.
Harriet Rowley is about 2.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Big Lake Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: Big Lake Elementary School ranks 1st of 7 nearby schools, at 52.6% versus a 31.0% average.
The federal government classifies Big Lake Elementary School's location as Rural: Fringe.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Big Lake Elementary School had a net gain of 34 students, or 13%. The school's ratio increased from 15.9:1 to 19.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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 Sedro-Woolley School District
- Sedro Woolley Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,280 students
- Cascade Middle SchoolMiddle · 670 students
- Evergreen Elementary SchoolElementary · 511 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
- Mary Purcell Elementary SchoolElementary · 465 students
- Clear Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 314 students
Other schools in Mount Vernon
- Mount Vernon High SchoolHigh · 1,849 students
- La Venture Middle SchoolMiddle · 663 students
- Mount Baker Middle SchoolMiddle · 569 students
- Madison ElementaryElementary · 498 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 445 students
- Harriet RowleyElementary · 440 students
Other Big Lake Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Big Lake Elementary. Big Lake Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Big Lake ElementaryBig Lake, AK · 362 students
Nearby schools
- Harriet Rowley2.1 mi · 440
- Little Mountain Elementary3.3 mi · 381
- Mount Baker Middle School3.3 mi · 569
- Jefferson Elementary3.5 mi · 445
- La Venture Middle School3.8 mi · 663
- Centennial Elementary School3.8 mi · 430
Frequently asked questions
About Big Lake Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Big Lake Elementary School?
Big Lake Elementary School enrolls approximately 288 students in grades KG-06.
Is Big Lake Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Big Lake Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Big Lake Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Big Lake Elementary School is approximately 19.1:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Big Lake Elementary School?
Student demographics at Big Lake Elementary School are roughly 77% White, 15% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Big Lake Elementary School?
Big Lake Elementary School is overseen by Sedro-Woolley School District in Skagit County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.