Challenger Elementary

Challenger Elementary is one of the high-enrollment K-5 schools in Everett, Washington, operated by Mukilteo School District, with 658 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 73% bigger than the state mean of about 380.

Challenger Elementary is one of 23 schools operated by Mukilteo School District, a district that serves 15,175 students overall.

Demographically, Challenger Elementary records that 41% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 29% White, 10% Asian, 10% Black, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 12% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. An estimated 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Snohomish County's rate of about 41%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Challenger Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.6%, the actual is 36.7%, a residual of +2.1 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Snohomish County put median household earnings sit near $111,246, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Snohomish County's 227 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,688 students), Challenger Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: ACES High School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Challenger Elementary at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 36.1%.

Challenger Elementary operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Challenger Elementary has decreased 4%, going from 685 students in 2018 to 658 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

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