Carl Sandburg Elementary

Set in Kirkland, Washington, Carl Sandburg Elementary is a mid-sized primary school, part of Lake Washington School District. It hosts 391 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 55 schools in Lake Washington School District (30,986 students total), Carl Sandburg Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Carl Sandburg Elementary shows that 55% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 16% Asian, 14% multiracial, 10% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Around 9% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, King County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Carl Sandburg Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 74.4%, the actual is 74.1%, a residual of -0.3 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (King County) logs that median household earnings sit near $124,746, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Carl Sandburg Elementary is one of 544 public schools in King County (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students).

The closest other public school is Discovery Community School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Carl Sandburg Elementary comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 64.1%.

Carl Sandburg Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 15%: 460 students in 2018 compared to 391 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 76% to 55% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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