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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Cedar Way Elementary administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
522
Elementary
DISTRICT 462 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDMONDS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530240000334
Cedar Way Elementary
22222 39TH AVE W, MTLK TERRACE, WA 98043 · (425) 431-7864 · Snohomish County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL522 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
316 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 83 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 27% smaller than its 6th grade class (83).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
36.6%
WA avg 58.4% . -27.8pp since 2014
Math
33.9%
WA avg 51.2% . -26.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 28 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 27 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.6% | 33.9% |
| 2023-24 | 38.9% | 30.7% |
| 2022-23 | 42.3% | 33.7% |
| 2021-22 | 43.8% | 37.7% |
| 2018-19 | 50.8% | 44.7% |
| 2017-18 | 46.8% | 41.9% |
| 2016-17 | 53.6% | 51.7% |
| 2015-16 | 60.1% | 58.4% |
| 2014-15 | 64.3% | 60.4% |
% 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
34.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.6%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Way Elementary
Cedar Way Elementary's state test result (34.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Way Elementary this school | 522 | 60.5% | 34.7% |
| Frederickson Elementary PUYALLUP | 527 | 59.0% | 32.2% |
| Fairmount Elementary Everett | 510 | 61.4% | 35.6% |
| Naches Trail Elementary Tacoma | 519 | 57.4% | 43.0% |
| Olympic Hills Elementary School SEATTLE | 486 | 52.3% | 53.7% |
| Katherine G. Johnson Elementary School Tacoma | 592 | 54.9% | 58.0% |
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 Cedar Way Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #722 of 936 | #91 of 105 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.9% | #801 of 1,103 ▲ 42 | #86 of 106 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #833 of 1,102 ▼ 73 | #90 of 106 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.5pp | #127 of 928 | #4 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 522 | #237 of 1,268 | #45 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #157 of 1,085 | #9 of 109 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.2% | #286 of 1,088 | #39 of 110 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.5% | #439 of 1,169 | #27 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.0% | #631 of 778 | #50 of 68 |
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
522
-33 (-6%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 586
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 522 | 37.1 | 14.1:1 | 61% (316) |
| 2023-24 | 545 | 35.9 | 15.2:1 | 64% (348) |
| 2022-23 | 520 | 36.5 | 14.3:1 | 56% (292) |
| 2020-21 | 555 | 38 | 14.6:1 | 47% (261) |
| 2017-18 | 561 | 29.5 | 19.0:1 | 52% (291) |
| 2015-16 | 468 | 27 | 17.3:1 | 47% (219) |
| 2010-11 | 392 | 20 | 19.6:1 | 25% (97) |
| 2000-01 | 518 | 24 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 586 | 30 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cedar Way Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (561 to 522); teachers up 26% (29.5 to 37.1).
About Cedar Way Elementary
As a medium-sized elementary school, Cedar Way Elementary serves students in MTLK TERRACE, Washington. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 6, with 522 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in Washington is roughly 380 students; this school is 37% bigger than that.
Cedar Way Elementary reports to Edmonds School District, which has 37 schools and 20,955 students.
At Cedar Way Elementary, the largest share of students is White, at 47%. It is also 21% Hispanic, 15% Black, 9% Asian, and 7% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Snohomish County is roughly 64% White. Cedar Way Elementary's diversity index is 70%, against a US figure of 70%.
Cedar Way Elementary employs 37.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 14.1:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Cedar Way Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 61%. For comparison, public schools in Snohomish County average 41%.
Schools in Washington with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 39.6%. Cedar Way Elementary scores 34.7%.
Federal survey data for Snohomish County show that the median household income is $111,246, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 227 public schools in Snohomish County, enrolling about 118,688 students in all.
Mountlake Terrace High School is located about 0.3 miles from Cedar Way Elementary. The five-mile area around Cedar Way Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Cedar Way Elementary comes in 8th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Cedar Way Elementary as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Cedar Way Elementary declined 6% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 555 to 522 students.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Snohomish County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
844,430
Census ACS
Median income
$111,246
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
227
118,688 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Edmonds School District
- Edmonds Woodway High SchoolHigh · 1,605 students
- Meadowdale High SchoolHigh · 1,491 students
- Mountlake Terrace High SchoolHigh · 1,456 students
- Lynnwood High SchoolHigh · 1,335 students
- Meadowdale Middle SchoolMiddle · 740 students
- Alderwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
Other schools in MTLK TERRACE
- Mountlake Terrace High SchoolHigh · 1,456 students
- Challenge ElementaryElementary · 414 students
- Terrace Park ElementaryElementary · 295 students
Nearby schools
- Mountlake Terrace High School0.3 mi · 1,456
- Brier Terrace Middle School0.5 mi · 649
- Brier Elementary0.6 mi · 389
- Mountlake Terrace Elementary0.7 mi · 426
- Challenge Elementary0.9 mi · 414
- Terrace Park Elementary0.9 mi · 295
Frequently asked questions
About Cedar Way ElementaryHow many students attend Cedar Way Elementary?
Cedar Way Elementary enrolls approximately 522 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Cedar Way Elementary serve?
Cedar Way Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Cedar Way Elementary have?
Cedar Way Elementary employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Cedar Way Elementary?
Student demographics at Cedar Way Elementary are roughly 47% White, 21% Hispanic, 15% Black, 9% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Cedar Way Elementary in?
Cedar Way Elementary is part of Edmonds School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.