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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Cedar River Elementary administration to hear?
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Enrollment
593
Elementary
DISTRICT 695 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TAHOMA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530876003605
Cedar River Elementary
22615 Sweeney Rd SE, Maple Valley, WA 98038 · (425) 413-5400 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL593 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
91 students
DISTRICT 21% · 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 | 66 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 135 | 23% |
| Grade 5 | 121 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 45% smaller than its 5th grade class (121).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
79.0%
WA avg 58.4% . -4.5pp since 2017
Math
75.4%
WA avg 51.2% . -5.2pp since 2017
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 5 points since 2017, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 75.4% |
| 2023-24 | 77.3% | 76.3% |
| 2022-23 | 78.7% | 77.1% |
| 2021-22 | 82.9% | 76.6% |
| 2018-19 | 81.4% | 82.3% |
| 2017-18 | 83.6% | 80.7% |
% 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
77.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.9%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Cedar River Elementary
Cedar River Elementary's state test result (77.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar River Elementary this school | 593 | 15.3% | 77.3% |
| Timber Ridge Elementary School SNOQUALMIE | 607 | 12.0% | 79.4% |
| Moorlands Elementary Kenmore | 579 | 10.7% | 75.8% |
| Seattle Hill Elementary Everett | 567 | 20.3% | 66.9% |
| Lockwood Elementary Bothell | 525 | 16.6% | 77.8% |
| Rock Creek Elementary Maple Valley | 686 | 17.1% | 71.9% |
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 Cedar River Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.3% | #71 of 936 | #58 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.4% | #81 of 1,103 ▼ 7 | #58 of 281 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #62 of 1,102 ▲ 17 | #49 of 280 ▲ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.5pp | #254 of 928 | #80 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 593 | #112 of 1,268 | #24 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #732 of 1,085 | #189 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.4% | #370 of 1,088 | #180 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.3% | #1,080 of 1,169 | #224 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.7% | #770 of 778 | #219 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
593
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 593 | 35.6 | 16.6:1 | 15% (91) |
| 2023-24 | 600 | 39.1 | 15.3:1 | 15% (90) |
| 2022-23 | 601 | 36 | 16.7:1 | 12% (75) |
| 2020-21 | 591 | 37 | 16.0:1 | 11% (63) |
| 2017-18 | 597 | 32.2 | 18.6:1 | 8% (46) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cedar River Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (597 to 593); teachers up 11% (32.2 to 35.6).
About Cedar River Elementary
Cedar River Elementary is a large elementary school in Tahoma School District, located in Maple Valley, Washington. Enrollment stands at 593 students, covering pre-K through 5. It has 56% more students than the average for elementary schools in Washington (about 380).
Cedar River Elementary is one of 9 schools in Tahoma School District, which enrolls 9,234 students in total.
The largest group at Cedar River Elementary is White students, at 51%. Other students are 23% Asian, 12% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, and 3% Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 66%.
For every teacher at Cedar River Elementary, there are about 16.6 students; the school has 35.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 15%. It compares with 38% for public schools in King County.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Cedar River Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Washington schools: 77.3% actual against 69.9% predicted.
In King County, median household income comes to about $124,746, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. King County counts 544 public schools with about 278,492 students.
Shadow Lake Elementary, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Cedar River Elementary ranks 1st in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The federal government classifies Cedar River Elementary's location as Suburb: Large.
Federal data show 591 students in 2020-21 and 593 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Tahoma School District
- Tahoma Senior High SchoolHigh · 2,919 students
- Summit Trail Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,097 students
- Maple View Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,046 students
- Lake Wilderness ElementaryElementary · 923 students
- Glacier Park ElementaryElementary · 803 students
- Tahoma ElementaryElementary · 688 students
Other schools in Maple Valley
- Tahoma Senior High SchoolHigh · 2,919 students
- Lake Wilderness ElementaryElementary · 923 students
- Glacier Park ElementaryElementary · 803 students
- Tahoma ElementaryElementary · 688 students
- Rock Creek ElementaryElementary · 686 students
- Shadow Lake ElementaryElementary · 479 students
Nearby schools
- Shadow Lake Elementary0.2 mi · 479
- Lake Wilderness Elementary1.1 mi · 923
- Tahoma Elementary1.8 mi · 688
- Rock Creek Elementary2.3 mi · 686
- Maple View Middle School2.4 mi · 1,046
- Cedar Valley Elementary School2.8 mi · 318
Frequently asked questions
About Cedar River ElementaryHow many students attend Cedar River Elementary?
Cedar River Elementary enrolls approximately 593 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Cedar River Elementary serve?
Cedar River Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cedar River Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cedar River Elementary is approximately 16.6:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Cedar River Elementary?
Student demographics at Cedar River Elementary are roughly 51% White, 11% Hispanic, 3% Black, 23% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Cedar River Elementary?
Cedar River Elementary is overseen by Tahoma School District in King County.
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