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Enrollment
658
Elementary
DISTRICT 507 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MUKILTEO SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530543002128
Challenger Elementary
9600 Holly Drive, Everett, WA 98204 · (425) 366-2500 · Snohomish County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL658 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
447 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 68 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
38.9%
WA avg 58.4% . +5.6pp since 2014
Math
36.4%
WA avg 51.2% . +2.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.9% | 36.4% |
| 2023-24 | 37.3% | 28.4% |
| 2022-23 | 40.0% | 33.1% |
| 2021-22 | 33.9% | 31.7% |
| 2018-19 | 54.2% | 45.8% |
| 2017-18 | 53.9% | 44.9% |
| 2016-17 | 47.7% | 40.8% |
| 2015-16 | 48.0% | 41.9% |
| 2014-15 | 33.3% | 34.3% |
% 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
36.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.6%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Challenger Elementary
Challenger Elementary's state test result (36.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Challenger Elementary this school | 658 | 67.9% | 36.7% |
| Terminal Park Elementary School AUBURN | 610 | 69.3% | 41.8% |
| Discovery Elementary Everett | 648 | 63.4% | 30.3% |
| Emerson Elementary School Everett | 662 | 74.5% | 42.5% |
| Hillside Elementary School JBLM Lewis Main | 567 | 64.4% | 38.1% |
| Sheridan Elementary School Tacoma | 525 | 69.1% | 30.7% |
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 Challenger Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #690 of 936 | #85 of 105 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #745 of 1,103 ▲ 136 | #80 of 106 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #778 of 1,102 ▲ 19 | #84 of 106 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.8pp | #271 of 928 | #31 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 658 | #50 of 1,268 | #14 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #81 of 1,085 | #4 of 109 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.6% | #204 of 1,088 | #23 of 110 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.9% | #297 of 1,169 | #17 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.9% | #694 of 778 | #59 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
658
+51 (+8%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 647
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 658 | 49.7 | 13.2:1 | 68% (447) |
| 2023-24 | 654 | 46.1 | 14.2:1 | 72% (471) |
| 2022-23 | 609 | 45.4 | 13.4:1 | 73% (445) |
| 2020-21 | 607 | 46 | 13.2:1 | 69% (416) |
| 2017-18 | 685 | 47.2 | 14.5:1 | 73% (497) |
| 2015-16 | 826 | 43 | 19.2:1 | 70% (579) |
| 2010-11 | 594 | 31 | 19.2:1 | 65% (386) |
| 2000-01 | 665 | 35 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 647 | 28 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Challenger Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (685 to 658); teachers up 5% (47.2 to 49.7).
About Challenger Elementary
Challenger Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Everett, Washington. The student body numbers 658 students, from pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Washington is about 380, so this school runs 73% above that.
Mukilteo School District serves 15,175 students across 23 schools.
Challenger Elementary has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 41%. The rest of enrollment is 29% White, 10% Asian, 10% Black, and 6% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Snohomish County's population at about 12%. The school's diversity index is 73%, meaning two students picked at random have a 73% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 13.2:1 comes from the school's 49.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. The lunch program counts 68% of students at Challenger Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Snohomish County is 41%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Challenger Elementary would score about 34.6%. It scores 36.7%, 2.1 points above that figure.
Snohomish County census figures show that the median household income is $111,246, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Snohomish County is home to 227 public schools and about 118,688 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, ACES High School is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. Challenger Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 36.1% proficiency; Challenger Elementary posts 36.7%.
The NCES locale for Challenger Elementary is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school enrolled 658 students in 2024-25, 51 more than the 607 it had in 2020-21.
Posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Mukilteo School District
- Kamiak High SchoolHigh · 2,384 students
- Mariner High SchoolHigh · 2,106 students
- Voyager Middle SchoolMiddle · 902 students
- Olympic View Middle SchoolMiddle · 851 students
- Harbour Pointe Middle SchoolMiddle · 803 students
- Explorer Middle SchoolMiddle · 777 students
Other schools in Everett
- Mariner High SchoolHigh · 2,106 students
- Cascade High SchoolHigh · 1,651 students
- Everett High SchoolHigh · 1,643 students
- Gateway Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,057 students
- Eisenhower Middle SchoolMiddle · 914 students
- Voyager Middle SchoolMiddle · 902 students
Other Challenger Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 7 states are named Challenger Elementary. Challenger Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 9.
- Challenger ElementaryISSAQUAH, WA · 350 students
- CHALLENGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAMARAC, FL · 830 students
- CHALLENGER ELEMENTARYTHIEF RIVER FALLS, MN · 727 students
- Challenger Elementary SchoolPEARLAND, TX · 614 students
- Challenger Elementary SchoolHuntsville, AL · 491 students
Nearby schools
- ACES High School0.1 mi · 130
- Mukilteo Reengagement Academy Open Doors0.1 mi · 81
- Special Services0.2 mi · 45
- Explorer Middle School0.2 mi · 777
- Horizon Elementary0.7 mi · 550
- Olivia Park Elementary0.9 mi · 559
Frequently asked questions
About Challenger ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Challenger Elementary?
Challenger Elementary enrolls approximately 658 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Challenger Elementary serve?
Challenger Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Challenger Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Challenger Elementary is approximately 13.2:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Challenger Elementary?
At Challenger Elementary, the student body is approximately 29% White, 41% Hispanic, 10% Black, 10% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Challenger Elementary public or private?
Challenger Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Mukilteo School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.