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What's something Chain Lake Elementary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
434
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONROE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530513002316
Chain Lake Elementary School
12125 Chain Lake Rd., Snohomish, WA 98290 · (360) 804-3100 · Snohomish County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL434 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
112 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 3 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
59.0%
WA avg 58.4% . -0.2pp since 2014
Math
54.5%
WA avg 51.2% . -4.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 54.5% |
| 2023-24 | 57.1% | 53.3% |
| 2022-23 | 58.1% | 52.6% |
| 2021-22 | 58.3% | 52.6% |
| 2018-19 | 67.7% | 52.8% |
| 2017-18 | 67.7% | 55.6% |
| 2016-17 | 58.3% | 49.1% |
| 2015-16 | 64.1% | 57.8% |
| 2014-15 | 59.2% | 58.5% |
% 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
56.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.9%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Chain Lake Elementary School
Chain Lake Elementary School's state test result (56.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chain Lake Elementary School this school | 434 | 25.8% | 56.0% |
| Frank Love Elementary Bothell | 492 | 23.6% | 60.8% |
| Mukilteo Elementary Mukilteo | 521 | 21.7% | 71.5% |
| Silver Firs Elementary Everett | 538 | 22.1% | 79.8% |
| Seattle Hill Elementary Everett | 567 | 20.3% | 66.9% |
| Hazelwood Elementary School Newcastle | 478 | 20.3% | 72.6% |
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 Chain Lake Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #323 of 936 | #47 of 105 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #355 of 1,103 ▲ 22 | #48 of 106 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #322 of 1,102 ▲ 30 | #41 of 106 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.3pp | #482 of 928 | #62 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 434 | #503 of 1,268 | #77 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #837 of 1,085 | #81 of 109 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.4% | #425 of 1,088 | #65 of 110 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.8% | #978 of 1,169 | #85 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.4% | #340 of 778 | #12 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
434
+96 (+28%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 456
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 434 | 25.4 | 17.1:1 | 26% (112) |
| 2023-24 | 428 | 26.7 | 16.0:1 | 18% (76) |
| 2022-23 | 433 | 26.3 | 16.4:1 | 18% (79) |
| 2020-21 | 338 | 22 | 15.4:1 | 11% (36) |
| 2017-18 | 532 | 29.4 | 18.1:1 | 16% (85) |
| 2015-16 | 545 | 28 | 19.5:1 | 21% (117) |
| 2010-11 | 588 | 25 | 23.5:1 | 17% (99) |
| 2000-01 | 444 | 21 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 456 | 20 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chain Lake Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (532 to 434); teachers down 14% (29.4 to 25.4).
About Chain Lake Elementary School
Chain Lake Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Snohomish, Washington, one of the schools in Monroe School District. The school counted 434 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5.
Enrollment across the 12 schools in Monroe School District totals 5,874 students.
About 53% of the student body at Chain Lake Elementary School is White. Other groups include 24% Asian, 11% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. By comparison, Snohomish County residents are about 64% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 64, compared with 70 nationally.
The school lists 25.4 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.1:1. It is about the same as the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. A total of 112 students, or 26%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Snohomish County, the average is 41%.
After adjusting for student poverty, Chain Lake Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Washington schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 56.0%; the prediction is 62.9%.
In the surrounding county, Snohomish County, the median household earns about $111,246 a year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Chain Lake Elementary School, Snohomish County has 227 public schools.
Salem Woods Elementary School is the nearest public school to Chain Lake Elementary School, about 1.5 miles away. Within five miles of Chain Lake Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Chain Lake Elementary School is 2nd of 5 on proficiency.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
In 2020-21, Chain Lake Elementary School enrolled 338 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 434. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (17.1:1) than in 2020-21 (15.4:1).
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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 Monroe School District
- Monroe High SchoolHigh · 1,515 students
- Sky Valley Education CenterCombined · 985 students
- Park Place Middle SchoolMiddle · 755 students
- Frank Wagner ElementaryElementary · 545 students
- Salem Woods Elementary SchoolElementary · 516 students
- Fryelands ElementaryElementary · 414 students
Other schools in Snohomish
- Glacier Peak High SchoolHigh · 1,642 students
- Snohomish High SchoolHigh · 1,496 students
- Centennial Middle SchoolMiddle · 734 students
- Dutch Hill ElementaryElementary · 694 students
- Little Cedars Elementary SchoolElementary · 646 students
- Valley View Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
Nearby schools
- Salem Woods Elementary School1.5 mi · 516
- Sky Valley Education Center2.2 mi · 985
- Out Of District Special Ed2.3 mi · 18
- Monroe Special Ed Preschool2.3 mi · 6
- Frank Wagner Elementary2.5 mi · 545
- Park Place Middle School2.8 mi · 755
Frequently asked questions
About Chain Lake Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Chain Lake Elementary School?
Chain Lake Elementary School enrolls approximately 434 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Chain Lake Elementary School serve?
Chain Lake Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Chain Lake Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Chain Lake Elementary School is approximately 17.1:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Chain Lake Elementary School?
At Chain Lake Elementary School, the student body is approximately 53% White, 11% Hispanic, 2% Black, 24% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Chain Lake Elementary School public or private?
Chain Lake Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Monroe School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.