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Enrollment
438
Elementary
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1·NCES 530771002017
Catharine Blaine K-8 School
2550 34 AV W, SEATTLE, WA 98199 · (206) 252-1920 · King County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL438 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% 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.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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
18.2:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
7%
30 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 51 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 8% smaller than its 8th grade class (51).
Student demographics
48%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
82.0%
WA avg 58.4% . +7.4pp since 2014
Math
79.7%
WA avg 51.2% . +5.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.0% | 79.7% |
| 2023-24 | 79.2% | 78.9% |
| 2022-23 | 79.4% | 73.5% |
| 2021-22 | 81.3% | 72.2% |
| 2018-19 | 80.3% | 75.7% |
| 2017-18 | 79.5% | 79.5% |
| 2016-17 | 78.7% | 78.8% |
| 2015-16 | 80.7% | 79.1% |
| 2014-15 | 74.6% | 74.7% |
% 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
80.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.6%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% 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 Catharine Blaine K-8 School
Catharine Blaine K-8 School's state test result (80.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catharine Blaine K-8 School this school | 438 | 6.8% | 80.3% |
| East Ridge Elementary Woodinville | 427 | 7.5% | 80.7% |
| Bryant Elementary School SEATTLE | 470 | 5.3% | 80.4% |
| West Woodland Elementary School SEATTLE | 355 | 8.5% | 83.3% |
| Frantz Coe Elementary School SEATTLE | 467 | 11.1% | 88.6% |
| Genesee Hill Elementary SEATTLE | 451 | 11.1% | 75.0% |
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 Catharine Blaine K-8 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.3% | #46 of 936 | #38 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.7% | #47 of 1,103 ▲ 3 | #37 of 281 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #40 of 1,102 ▲ 27 | #33 of 280 ▲ 21 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.2pp | #306 of 928 | #77 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 438 | #489 of 1,268 | #136 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #988 of 1,085 | #253 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.7% | #810 of 1,088 | #263 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.8% | #1,145 of 1,169 | #271 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -44.0% | #17 of 778 | #11 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
438
-95 (-18%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 465
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 438 | 24.1 | 18.2:1 | 7% (30) |
| 2023-24 | 436 | 24.3 | 17.9:1 | 8% (35) |
| 2022-23 | 450 | 24.6 | 18.3:1 | 6% (29) |
| 2020-21 | 533 | 31 | 17.2:1 | 3% (18) |
| 2017-18 | 782 | 39.8 | 19.7:1 | 7% (51) |
| 2015-16 | 738 | 34 | 21.7:1 | 5% (38) |
| 2010-11 | 547 | 29 | 18.9:1 | 13% (69) |
| 2000-01 | 508 | 23 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 465 | 19 | 24.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Catharine Blaine K-8 School.
Since 2017-18: students down 44% (782 to 438); teachers down 39% (39.8 to 24.1).
About Catharine Blaine K-8 School
Catharine Blaine K-8 School is a mid-sized elementary school located in SEATTLE, Washington. The school has 438 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 8.
Catharine Blaine K-8 School is part of Seattle School District No. 1, where 107 schools serve 50,773 students.
The student body at Catharine Blaine K-8 School is 70% White. Other reported shares: 10% multiracial, 10% Asian, and 8% Hispanic. King County's residents are about 55% White, 15 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 48, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 18.2 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Catharine Blaine K-8 School, which has 24.1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Washington is 17.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Catharine Blaine K-8 School is about 7%. The 38% average for public schools in King County is 31 points higher.
Among Washington public elementary schools, Catharine Blaine K-8 School outscored 89%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
In Washington, Catharine Blaine K-8 School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 80.3% actual against a predicted 75.6%.
The school's county is King County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $124,746 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Public schools in King County number 544, with about 278,492 students.
Magnolia Elementary School sits about 0.4 miles from Catharine Blaine K-8 School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Catharine Blaine K-8 School places 2nd of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Locale data from NCES put Catharine Blaine K-8 School inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Catharine Blaine K-8 School had a net loss of 95 students, or 18%.
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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
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Nearby schools
- Magnolia Elementary School0.4 mi · 320
- Lawton Elementary School1.1 mi · 309
- Frantz Coe Elementary School1.6 mi · 467
- Cascade Parent Partnership Program2.0 mi · 375
- McClure Middle School2.0 mi · 474
- Adams Elementary School2.2 mi · 285
Frequently asked questions
About Catharine Blaine K-8 SchoolHow many students attend Catharine Blaine K-8 School?
Catharine Blaine K-8 School enrolls approximately 438 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Catharine Blaine K-8 School serve?
Catharine Blaine K-8 School serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many teachers does Catharine Blaine K-8 School have?
Catharine Blaine K-8 School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Catharine Blaine K-8 School?
Student demographics at Catharine Blaine K-8 School are roughly 70% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 10% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Catharine Blaine K-8 School public or private?
Catharine Blaine K-8 School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Seattle School District No. 1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.