Broadview-Thomson K-8 School

Broadview-Thomson K-8 School is an elementary campus of heavily attended scale in SEATTLE, Washington, run under Seattle School District No. 1, teacheing 581 students in grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 380 students per school, that is 53% above typical.

Within Seattle School District No. 1, which oversees 107 schools and 50,773 students, Broadview-Thomson K-8 School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Broadview-Thomson K-8 School reports that the largest single group is White at 31%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 27% Hispanic, 25% Black, 9% multiracial, 6% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Broadview-Thomson K-8 School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against King County (around 38%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Broadview-Thomson K-8 School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.3%; this one delivers 44.5%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for King County indicate median household earnings sit near $124,746, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Broadview-Thomson K-8 School is one of 544 public schools in King County (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students).

Ingraham High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Broadview-Thomson K-8 School at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 62.7%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Five-year trend. Broadview-Thomson K-8 School's enrollment has grew 7% since 2018, when it stood at 544 (now 581). The Asian share of enrollment declined from 12% to 6% over that span.

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