Enrollment
366
Elementary
DISTRICT 433 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FEDERAL WAY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530282000431
Brigadoon Elementary School
3601 SW 336th ST, Federal Way, WA 98023 · (253) 945-2400 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL366 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% 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.
- B+Beats 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
16.1:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
241 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 36 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
79%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 79% · 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
41.0%
WA avg 58.4% . -6.4pp since 2014
Math
41.7%
WA avg 51.2% . -12.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 12 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 41.7% |
| 2023-24 | 44.5% | 42.3% |
| 2022-23 | 42.8% | 38.4% |
| 2021-22 | 45.6% | 35.5% |
| 2018-19 | 53.8% | 57.5% |
| 2017-18 | 56.8% | 57.1% |
| 2016-17 | 56.0% | 54.9% |
| 2015-16 | 53.6% | 49.7% |
| 2014-15 | 47.4% | 53.9% |
% 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
42.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Brigadoon Elementary School
Brigadoon Elementary School's state test result (42.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brigadoon Elementary School this school | 366 | 65.8% | 42.5% |
| Renton Park Elementary School Renton | 393 | 65.1% | 26.8% |
| Sherwood Forest Elementary School FEDERAL WAY | 325 | 68.9% | 38.3% |
| Midland Elementary Tacoma | 399 | 69.4% | 38.9% |
| Camelot Elementary School AUBURN | 292 | 69.5% | 40.8% |
| Lyon Elementary School Tacoma | 381 | 67.7% | 39.6% |
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 Brigadoon Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #570 of 936 | #189 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #608 of 1,103 ▼ 22 | #184 of 281 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #720 of 1,102 ▼ 105 | #206 of 280 ▼ 19 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.8pp | #507 of 928 | #138 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 366 | #754 of 1,268 | #210 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #626 of 1,085 | #154 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 78.9% | #44 of 1,088 | #25 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.8% | #340 of 1,169 | #69 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.1% | #759 of 778 | #214 of 220 |
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
366
+27 (+8%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 641
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 366 | 22.7 | 16.1:1 | 66% (241) |
| 2023-24 | 359 | 23.5 | 15.3:1 | 69% (248) |
| 2022-23 | 353 | 21.7 | 16.2:1 | 64% (227) |
| 2020-21 | 339 | 24 | 14.1:1 | 59% (200) |
| 2017-18 | 370 | 24.5 | 15.1:1 | 58% (213) |
| 2015-16 | 358 | 22 | 16.3:1 | 61% (217) |
| 2010-11 | 288 | 18 | 16.0:1 | 39% (112) |
| 2000-01 | 464 | 24 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 641 | 26 | 24.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brigadoon Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (370 to 366); teachers down 7% (24.5 to 22.7).
About Brigadoon Elementary School
Brigadoon Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in Federal Way, Washington. It serves 366 students in pre-K through 5.
Federal Way School District has a total of 43 schools and 22,250 students, Brigadoon Elementary School among them.
Hispanic students are the largest group at Brigadoon Elementary School, with 32% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 23% White, 14% Black, 13% multiracial, and 12% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 21 points above the 11% share among King County residents. Brigadoon Elementary School has a diversity index of 79%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at Brigadoon Elementary School is 22.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 16.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Washington is 17.3:1, higher than at this school. About 66% of students, or 241, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 38% average for public schools in King County is 28 points.
Brigadoon Elementary School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 50% of Washington public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Brigadoon Elementary School scores 42.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 36.0%.
Federal survey data for King County show that 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. Brigadoon Elementary School is among the 544 public schools in King County.
Olympic View Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Brigadoon Elementary School places 6th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES assigns Brigadoon Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students grew from 339 to 366 over 4 years. By 2024-25, the school had 16.1 students per teacher, compared with 14.1 in 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Brigadoon Elementary School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Federal Way School District
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,810 students
- Federal Way High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Todd Beamer High SchoolHigh · 1,412 students
- Decatur High SchoolHigh · 1,352 students
- Evergreen Middle SchoolMiddle · 810 students
- Kilo Middle SchoolMiddle · 669 students
Other schools in Federal Way
- Federal Way High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Todd Beamer High SchoolHigh · 1,412 students
- Decatur High SchoolHigh · 1,352 students
- Sacajawea Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Illahee Middle SchoolMiddle · 655 students
- Lakota Middle SchoolMiddle · 645 students
Nearby schools
- Olympic View Elementary School0.9 mi · 547
- Employment Transition Program0.9 mi · 62
- Green Gables Elementary School1.0 mi · 281
- Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie1.1 mi · 532
- Crescent Heights Elementary School1.1 mi · 451
- Meeker Middle School1.2 mi · 567
Frequently asked questions
About Brigadoon Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Brigadoon Elementary School?
Brigadoon Elementary School enrolls approximately 366 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Brigadoon Elementary School serve?
Brigadoon Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Brigadoon Elementary School have?
Brigadoon Elementary School employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
How diverse is Brigadoon Elementary School?
Brigadoon Elementary School reports a student body of 23% White, 32% Hispanic, 14% Black, 12% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Brigadoon Elementary School?
Brigadoon Elementary School is overseen by Federal Way School District in King County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.