Enrollment
413
Elementary
DISTRICT 462 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDMONDS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530240000335
Chase Lake Elementary
21603 84TH AVE W, EDMONDS, WA 98020 · (425) 431-7495 · Snohomish County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL413 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
236 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 | 57 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 43 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 28% larger than its 6th grade class (43).
Student demographics
73%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
36.9%
WA avg 58.4% . -12.3pp since 2014
Math
30.2%
WA avg 51.2% . -9.7pp 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 30 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 12 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 10 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.9% | 30.2% |
| 2023-24 | 41.5% | 39.8% |
| 2022-23 | 41.0% | 35.6% |
| 2021-22 | 32.8% | 28.5% |
| 2018-19 | 47.4% | 41.8% |
| 2017-18 | 49.2% | 47.5% |
| 2016-17 | 46.5% | 44.1% |
| 2015-16 | 55.3% | 45.6% |
| 2014-15 | 49.2% | 39.9% |
% 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
36.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.9%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Chase Lake Elementary
Chase Lake Elementary's state test result (36.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chase Lake Elementary this school | 413 | 57.1% | 36.5% |
| Central Avenue Elementary Tacoma | 355 | 59.2% | 36.2% |
| Mountlake Terrace Elementary Mountlake Terrace | 426 | 55.4% | 40.1% |
| Lynndale Elementary EDMONDS | 442 | 53.8% | 47.1% |
| Evergreen Elementary School JBLM Lewis Main | 442 | 56.1% | 40.9% |
| Ilalko Elementary School AUBURN | 468 | 63.0% | 42.1% |
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 Chase Lake Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #692 of 936 | #86 of 105 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.2% | #877 of 1,103 ▼ 242 | #94 of 106 ▼ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.9% | #827 of 1,102 ▼ 145 | #88 of 106 ▼ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.9pp | #376 of 928 | #46 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 413 | #581 of 1,268 | #89 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #456 of 1,085 | #44 of 109 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.2% | #182 of 1,088 | #18 of 110 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.1% | #501 of 1,169 | #31 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.7% | #121 of 257 | #16 of 37 |
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
413
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 482
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
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 | 413 | 26.7 | 15.4:1 | 57% (236) |
| 2023-24 | 387 | 28 | 13.8:1 | 59% (227) |
| 2022-23 | 355 | 26.8 | 13.3:1 | 59% (208) |
| 2020-21 | 409 | 31 | 13.2:1 | 53% (216) |
| 2017-18 | 373 | 24.6 | 15.2:1 | 51% (189) |
| 2015-16 | 387 | 26 | 14.9:1 | 56% (217) |
| 2010-11 | 380 | 20 | 19.0:1 | 35% (132) |
| 2000-01 | 390 | 24 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 482 | 23 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chase Lake Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (373 to 413); teachers up 9% (24.6 to 26.7).
About Chase Lake Elementary
Chase Lake Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in EDMONDS, Washington, administered by Edmonds School District. It had 413 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 6.
Chase Lake Elementary is in Edmonds School District, a district with 20,955 students across 37 schools.
No group is above 50% at Chase Lake Elementary; the largest is Hispanic, at 35%. It is also 33% White, 11% Black, 9% Asian, and 9% multiracial. Snohomish County's residents are about 12% Hispanic, 23 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 73%.
There are 26.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Chase Lake Elementary, giving a ratio of 15.4:1. Elementary schools in Washington have an average ratio of 17.3:1. By family income, 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Snohomish County report 41%.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Chase Lake Elementary is 41.9%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 36.5%.
In Snohomish County, the median household earns about $111,246 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Across Snohomish County, 227 public schools serve about 118,688 students.
Measured in a straight line, Edmonds Woodway High School is about 0.4 miles from Chase Lake Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Chase Lake Elementary ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Chase Lake Elementary in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 409 to 413. Students per teacher increased from 13.2 in 2020-21 to 15.4 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Chase Lake Elementary. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates 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 EDMONDS
- Edmonds Woodway High SchoolHigh · 1,605 students
- Madrona K-8 SchoolElementary · 636 students
- Edmonds Heights K-12Combined · 599 students
- Sherwood ElementaryElementary · 491 students
- Maplewood Parent CoopElementary · 476 students
- Westgate ElementaryElementary · 472 students
Nearby schools
- Edmonds Woodway High School0.4 mi · 1,605
- Edmonds eLearning Academy0.7 mi · 234
- College Place Middle School0.7 mi · 479
- Westgate Elementary0.9 mi · 472
- College Place Elementary0.9 mi · 473
- Maplewood Parent Coop1.0 mi · 476
Frequently asked questions
About Chase Lake ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Chase Lake Elementary?
Chase Lake Elementary enrolls approximately 413 students in grades PK-06.
Is Chase Lake Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Chase Lake Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Chase Lake Elementary have?
Chase Lake Elementary employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Chase Lake Elementary?
Student demographics at Chase Lake Elementary are roughly 33% White, 35% Hispanic, 11% Black, 9% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Chase Lake Elementary in?
Chase Lake Elementary is part of Edmonds School District.
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