Enrollment
372
Elementary
DISTRICT 369 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHORELINE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530792001300
Brookside Elementary
17447 37th Avenue N.E., Lake Forest Park, WA 98155 · (206) 393-4140 · King County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL372 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of Washington public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
16.4:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.3:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
126 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 | 77 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
67.4%
WA avg 58.4% . -9.0pp since 2014
Math
59.0%
WA avg 51.2% . -18.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 9 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 | 67.4% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 69.2% | 64.5% |
| 2022-23 | 64.8% | 56.6% |
| 2021-22 | 58.6% | 56.7% |
| 2018-19 | 78.2% | 76.3% |
| 2017-18 | 82.9% | 81.2% |
| 2016-17 | 77.8% | 81.4% |
| 2015-16 | 81.6% | 78.4% |
| 2014-15 | 76.4% | 77.0% |
% 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
65.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Brookside Elementary
Brookside Elementary's state test result (65.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookside Elementary this school | 372 | 33.9% | 65.7% |
| Green Lake Elementary School SEATTLE | 367 | 36.2% | 54.5% |
| Crestwood Elementary School Covington | 386 | 38.9% | 56.0% |
| Olympic View Elementary School SEATTLE | 341 | 39.3% | 55.2% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Tacoma | 358 | 38.0% | 68.2% |
| Hawthorne Elementary School SEATTLE | 393 | 26.2% | 68.4% |
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 Brookside Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #186 of 936 | #111 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #270 of 1,103 ▼ 83 | #130 of 281 ▼ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.4% | #194 of 1,102 ▼ 27 | #104 of 280 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.6pp | #230 of 928 | #58 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 372 | #735 of 1,268 | #206 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #673 of 1,085 | #170 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.7% | #361 of 1,088 | #177 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.9% | #886 of 1,169 | #157 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.2% | #176 of 778 | #66 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
372
-20 (-5%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 470
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 372 | 22.7 | 16.4:1 | 34% (126) |
| 2023-24 | 364 | 20.4 | 17.8:1 | 29% (104) |
| 2022-23 | 339 | 19.8 | 17.1:1 | 17% (58) |
| 2020-21 | 392 | 23 | 17.0:1 | 15% (59) |
| 2017-18 | 504 | 26.3 | 19.1:1 | 17% (85) |
| 2015-16 | 502 | 24 | 20.9:1 | 16% (81) |
| 2010-11 | 478 | 23 | 20.8:1 | 14% (69) |
| 2000-01 | 437 | 25 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 470 | 18 | 26.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brookside Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (504 to 372); teachers down 14% (26.3 to 22.7).
About Brookside Elementary
Brookside Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in Lake Forest Park, Washington. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend, and enrollment is 372 students.
Brookside Elementary is a school in Shoreline School District. The district has 18 schools and 9,717 students.
By race and ethnicity, Brookside Elementary is 53% White. After that, the student body is 13% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 11% Black, and 10% Asian. For comparison, King County is about 55% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Brookside Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 67%.
The school has about 16.4 students per teacher and 22.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is under the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 34%.
The allk12 Grade for Brookside Elementary is A. Compared with Washington public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 88% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In Washington, Brookside Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 65.7% actual against a predicted 57.5%.
Across King County, median household income is about $124,746, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Brookside Elementary is among the 544 public schools in King County.
Lake Forest Park Elementary is located about 0.6 miles from Brookside Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 62.3% proficiency; Brookside Elementary posts 65.7%.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 372 was 5% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 392.
Discussions about Brookside Elementary may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Shoreline School District
- Shorecrest High SchoolHigh · 1,565 students
- Shorewood High SchoolHigh · 1,544 students
- Albert Einstein Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,032 students
- Kellogg Middle SchoolMiddle · 991 students
- Meridian Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 589 students
- Briarcrest ElementaryElementary · 454 students
Other schools in Lake Forest Park
- Lake Forest Park ElementaryElementary · 378 students
Other Brookside Elementary schools
17 other US public schools in 12 states are named Brookside Elementary. Brookside Elementary is the 11th largest of the 18.
- Brookside ElementaryRAMSEY, MN · 779 students
- Brookside ElementaryBeaumont, CA · 691 students
- Brookside ElementaryOak Park, CA · 556 students
- Brookside Elementary SchoolNicholasville, KY · 515 students
- Brookside ElementaryGastonia, NC · 512 students
Nearby schools
- Lake Forest Park Elementary0.6 mi · 378
- Kellogg Middle School0.8 mi · 991
- Briarcrest Elementary0.9 mi · 454
- Shorecrest High School1.2 mi · 1,565
- Fircrest Residential Habilitation1.3 mi · 1
- Ridgecrest Elementary1.3 mi · 424
Frequently asked questions
About Brookside ElementaryHow large is Brookside Elementary?
Brookside Elementary enrolls approximately 372 students in grades KG-05.
Is Brookside Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Brookside Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Brookside Elementary have?
Brookside Elementary employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Brookside Elementary?
Student demographics at Brookside Elementary are roughly 53% White, 13% Hispanic, 11% Black, 10% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Brookside Elementary in?
Brookside Elementary is part of Shoreline School District.
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