Chinook Elementary School

Chinook Elementary School is one of the well-populated elementary schools in AUBURN, Washington, one of the schools within Auburn School District, with 700 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Chinook Elementary School sits 84% larger than that benchmark.

Auburn School District comprises 26 schools with combined enrollment of 18,174 students; Chinook Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Chinook Elementary School records that 46% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 18% White, 11% Native American, 9% multiracial, 6% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Chinook Elementary School lists 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.5:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 63% of students at Chinook Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, King County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Chinook Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.6%.

Around the school, King County reports that median household earnings sit near $124,746, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across King County's 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), Chinook Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Pioneer Elementary School, roughly 1.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Chinook Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 36.2%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Chinook Elementary School has increased 29%, going from 543 students in 2018 to 700 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 37% to 46%.

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