Canyon Creek Elementary

Canyon Creek Elementary is a well-populated elementary-level community in Bothell, Washington, one of the schools within Northshore School District. The school hosts 866 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 128% bigger than the state mean of about 380.

Within Northshore School District, which oversees 37 schools and 22,735 students, Canyon Creek Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Canyon Creek Elementary records that 50% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 29% White, 9% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 3% Black. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 14%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 15% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Snohomish County (around 41%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Canyon Creek Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.0%, the actual is 80.4%, a residual of +10.4 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Snohomish County indicate median household earnings sit near $111,246, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Snohomish County runs 227 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,688 students), of which Canyon Creek Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Skyview Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Canyon Creek Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Canyon Creek Elementary at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 68.7%.

Canyon Creek Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 24%: 696 students in 2018 compared to 866 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 31% to 50% across the same window.

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