Chase Lake Elementary

Set in EDMONDS, Washington, Chase Lake Elementary is a mid-tier elementary school, one of the schools within Edmonds School District. It enrolls 413 students across grades pre-K through 6.

Edmonds School District comprises 37 schools with combined enrollment of 20,955 students; Chase Lake Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Chase Lake Elementary lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 35%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 33% White, 11% Black, 9% Asian, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Snohomish County as a whole is about 12% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Chase Lake Elementary has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Roughly 57% of students at Chase Lake Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Snohomish County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Chase Lake Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.9%, the actual is 36.5%, a residual of -5.3 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Snohomish County indicate median household income runs about $111,246, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Snohomish County's 227 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,688 students), Chase Lake Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Edmonds Woodway High School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Chase Lake Elementary. On composite proficiency, Chase Lake Elementary comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 47.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Chase Lake Elementary's enrollment has rose 11% since 2018, when it stood at 373 (now 413). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 44% to 33%.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Chase Lake Elementary typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.