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What's the one class at Chinook Elementary School every student should take?
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Enrollment
700
Elementary
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUBURN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530030000034
Chinook Elementary School
3502 Auburn Way S, AUBURN, WA 98092 · (253) 931-4980 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL700 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of Washington public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
439 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 | 64 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 113 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 117 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (113) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 77% · 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
39.8%
WA avg 58.4% . -9.9pp since 2014
Math
29.7%
WA avg 51.2% . -23.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 40 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 10 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 24 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.8% | 29.7% |
| 2023-24 | 37.7% | 28.5% |
| 2022-23 | 38.4% | 31.3% |
| 2021-22 | 37.0% | 29.6% |
| 2018-19 | 47.5% | 43.4% |
| 2017-18 | 50.8% | 54.4% |
| 2016-17 | 50.2% | 51.4% |
| 2015-16 | 51.7% | 52.4% |
| 2014-15 | 49.7% | 53.3% |
% 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
33.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Chinook Elementary School
Chinook Elementary School's state test result (33.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinook Elementary School this school | 700 | 62.7% | 33.6% |
| Chester H Thompson Elementary TACOMA | 688 | 67.2% | 38.7% |
| Discovery Elementary Everett | 648 | 63.4% | 30.3% |
| Lydia Hawk Elementary Lacey | 496 | 66.9% | 33.4% |
| Armin Jahr Elementary Bremerton | 495 | 65.5% | 27.6% |
| Challenger Elementary Everett | 658 | 67.9% | 36.7% |
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 Chinook Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #742 of 936 | #227 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #880 of 1,103 ▼ 1 | #234 of 281 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #752 of 1,102 ▲ 39 | #210 of 280 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.4pp | #467 of 928 | #126 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 700 | #29 of 1,268 | #4 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #707 of 1,085 | #182 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.1% | #185 of 1,088 | #102 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.7% | #393 of 1,169 | #76 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +28.9% | #32 of 257 | #12 of 54 |
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
700
+175 (+33%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 543
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 700 | 42.4 | 16.5:1 | 63% (439) |
| 2023-24 | 638 | 42.8 | 14.9:1 | 65% (414) |
| 2022-23 | 562 | 36.5 | 15.4:1 | 70% (395) |
| 2020-21 | 525 | 38 | 13.8:1 | 66% (349) |
| 2017-18 | 543 | 32 | 17.0:1 | 67% (365) |
| 2015-16 | 471 | 29 | 16.2:1 | 70% (332) |
| 2010-11 | 339 | 21 | 16.1:1 | 50% (171) |
| 2000-01 | 504 | 27 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 543 | 26 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chinook Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 29% (543 to 700); teachers up 32% (32 to 42.4).
About Chinook Elementary School
Chinook Elementary School runs as a large elementary school in AUBURN, Washington. There are 700 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 84% bigger than the 380-student average for elementary schools in Washington.
A total of 26 schools make up Auburn School District, with 18,174 students enrolled.
No group is above 50% at Chinook Elementary School; the largest is Hispanic, at 46%. It is also 18% White, 11% Native American, 9% multiracial, and 6% Asian. King County's residents are about 11% Hispanic, 35 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 73%.
The school's 42.4 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1. Elementary schools in Washington average 17.3:1, 0.8 more students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 63% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 38% average among public schools in King County.
Among Washington public elementary schools, Chinook Elementary School outscored 14%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, Chinook Elementary School is 4.5 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Washington schools.
In King County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $124,746, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. There are 544 public schools in the county, enrolling about 278,492, Chinook Elementary School among them.
Of the public schools around it, Chinook Elementary School is closest to Pioneer Elementary School, about 1.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Chinook Elementary School places 6th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Chinook Elementary School falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 525 to 700, a 33% rise. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.5:1) than in 2020-21 (13.8:1).
People who know Chinook Elementary School can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
King County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,287,171
Census ACS
Median income
$124,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
544
278,492 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Auburn School District
- Auburn Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,918 students
- Auburn Riverside High SchoolHigh · 1,852 students
- Auburn Mountainview High SchoolHigh · 1,560 students
- Cascade Middle SchoolMiddle · 966 students
- Olympic Middle SchoolMiddle · 956 students
- Mt Baker Middle SchoolMiddle · 917 students
Other schools in AUBURN
- Auburn Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,918 students
- Auburn Riverside High SchoolHigh · 1,852 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,810 students
- Auburn Mountainview High SchoolHigh · 1,560 students
- Cascade Middle SchoolMiddle · 966 students
- Olympic Middle SchoolMiddle · 956 students
Other Chinook Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Chinook Elementary. Chinook Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Chinook Elementary SchoolVANCOUVER, WA · 440 students
- Chinook ElementaryAnchorage, AK · 365 students
Nearby schools
- Pioneer Elementary School1.5 mi · 621
- Olympic Middle School1.7 mi · 956
- Gildo Rey Elementary School1.8 mi · 416
- Mt Baker Middle School2.1 mi · 917
- Terminal Park Elementary School2.1 mi · 610
- Bowman Creek Elementary2.2 mi · 440
Frequently asked questions
About Chinook Elementary SchoolHow large is Chinook Elementary School?
Chinook Elementary School enrolls approximately 700 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Chinook Elementary School serve?
Chinook Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Chinook Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Chinook Elementary School is approximately 16.5:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Chinook Elementary School?
At Chinook Elementary School, the student body is approximately 18% White, 46% Hispanic, 5% Black, 6% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Chinook Elementary School public or private?
Chinook Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Auburn School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.