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What advice would you give to incoming students at Broadview-Thomson K-8 School?
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Enrollment
581
Elementary
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1·NCES 530771001145
Broadview-Thomson K-8 School
13052 GREENWOOD AV N, SEATTLE, WA 98133 · (206) 252-4080 · King County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL581 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
328 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 43 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 46 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 33 | 6% |
| Grade 8 | 28 | 5% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 186% larger than its 8th grade class (28).
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
40.1%
WA avg 58.4% . -11.9pp since 2014
Math
35.0%
WA avg 51.2% . -13.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 12 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 13 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.1% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.7% | 50.0% |
| 2022-23 | 49.3% | 41.7% |
| 2021-22 | 49.7% | 38.0% |
| 2018-19 | 52.1% | 42.6% |
| 2017-18 | 53.4% | 43.6% |
| 2016-17 | 52.0% | 51.2% |
| 2015-16 | 54.8% | 43.8% |
| 2014-15 | 52.0% | 48.0% |
% 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
44.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Broadview-Thomson K-8 School
Broadview-Thomson K-8 School's state test result (44.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadview-Thomson K-8 School this school | 581 | 56.5% | 44.5% |
| Olympic Hills Elementary School SEATTLE | 486 | 52.3% | 53.7% |
| Expedition Elementary PUYALLUP | 530 | 51.3% | N/A |
| Des Moines Elementary Des Moines | 500 | 62.6% | 37.1% |
| Emma L Carson Elementary Puyallup | 676 | 52.8% | 48.8% |
| Rainier Elementary School JBLM Lewis Main | 576 | 49.0% | 57.5% |
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 Broadview-Thomson K-8 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #528 of 936 | #183 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #774 of 1,103 ▼ 337 | #215 of 281 ▼ 49 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #746 of 1,102 ▼ 286 | #208 of 280 ▼ 47 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.3pp | #114 of 928 | #37 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 581 | #124 of 1,268 | #30 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #124 of 1,085 | #37 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.8% | #122 of 1,088 | #70 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.5% | #515 of 1,169 | #93 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.8% | #147 of 257 | #27 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
581
-51 (-8%) vs 2020
+44% since 1990-91, when it was 404
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 581 | 42.4 | 13.7:1 | 56% (328) |
| 2023-24 | 564 | 41.5 | 13.6:1 | 62% (347) |
| 2022-23 | 565 | 44.7 | 12.6:1 | 61% (342) |
| 2020-21 | 632 | 47 | 13.4:1 | 56% (354) |
| 2017-18 | 544 | 42.5 | 12.8:1 | 58% (316) |
| 2015-16 | 628 | 44 | 14.3:1 | 51% (321) |
| 2010-11 | 762 | 43 | 17.7:1 | 54% (413) |
| 2000-01 | 562 | 29 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 404 | 22 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Broadview-Thomson K-8 School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (544 to 581); teachers unchanged (42.5 to 42.4).
About Broadview-Thomson K-8 School
Broadview-Thomson K-8 School is one of the public schools in SEATTLE, Washington. It is a large elementary school. Its 581 students are spread across pre-K through 8. The school's enrollment is 53% above the 380 average for elementary schools in Washington.
Broadview-Thomson K-8 School belongs to Seattle School District No. 1, a district of 107 schools and 50,773 students.
White students are the largest group at Broadview-Thomson K-8 School, with 31% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 27% Hispanic, 25% Black, 9% multiracial, and 6% Asian. The school's White share is 24 points below the 55% share among King County residents. By the diversity index, Broadview-Thomson K-8 School comes in at 76%.
Teachers at the school number 42.4 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.7:1. The 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington is higher than this school's figure. Roughly 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in King County, the average is 38%.
Broadview-Thomson K-8 School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 44.5% is 2.2 points above the 42.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In the county around the school, King County, median household income is about $124,746, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. A total of 544 public schools operate in King County, serving about 278,492 students.
The closest public school to Broadview-Thomson K-8 School is Ingraham High School, about 0.8 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 62.7%, higher than Broadview-Thomson K-8 School's 44.5%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 632 to 581.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Seattle School District No. 1
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Ballard High SchoolHigh · 1,697 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,542 students
- Garfield High SchoolHigh · 1,507 students
- West Seattle High SchoolHigh · 1,479 students
- Ingraham High SchoolHigh · 1,391 students
Other schools in SEATTLE
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Ballard High SchoolHigh · 1,697 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,542 students
- Garfield High SchoolHigh · 1,507 students
- West Seattle High SchoolHigh · 1,479 students
- Ingraham High SchoolHigh · 1,391 students
Nearby schools
- Ingraham High School0.8 mi · 1,391
- Viewlands Elementary School1.3 mi · 290
- James Baldwin Elementary School1.3 mi · 262
- Parkwood Elementary1.4 mi · 390
- Highland Terrace Elementary1.5 mi · 322
- Hazel Wolf K-82.0 mi · 660
Frequently asked questions
About Broadview-Thomson K-8 SchoolHow many students attend Broadview-Thomson K-8 School?
Broadview-Thomson K-8 School enrolls approximately 581 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Broadview-Thomson K-8 School serve?
Broadview-Thomson K-8 School serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Broadview-Thomson K-8 School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Broadview-Thomson K-8 School is approximately 13.7:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Broadview-Thomson K-8 School?
Student demographics at Broadview-Thomson K-8 School are roughly 31% White, 27% Hispanic, 25% Black, 6% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Broadview-Thomson K-8 School?
Broadview-Thomson K-8 School is overseen by Seattle School District No. 1 in King County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.