Cedar Wood Elementary

As a large elementary school in Bothell, Washington, Cedar Wood Elementary serves 682 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Everett School District. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Cedar Wood Elementary sits 79% above that benchmark.

Within Everett School District, which oversees 32 schools and 20,489 students, Cedar Wood Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Cedar Wood Elementary records that 40% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 31% White, 14% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 4% Black. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 14%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Cedar Wood Elementary has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.9:1. The state averages about 17.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 23% of students at Cedar Wood Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Snohomish County's rate of about 41%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Cedar Wood Elementary sits in the top 10% of Washington schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 65.1%; actual is 84.4%, +19.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, Snohomish County reports that the typical household earns roughly $111,246 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Snohomish County's 227 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,688 students), Cedar Wood Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Woodside Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cedar Wood Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 75.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cedar Wood Elementary has edged down 9%, going from 752 students in 2018 to 682 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 44% to 31%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 today.

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