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Enrollment
452
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530423003640
Clara Barton Elementary School
12011 172nd Ave NE, Redmond, WA 98052 · (425) 936-2480 · King County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL452 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of Washington public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
16.1:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
75 students
DISTRICT 13% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 38% smaller than its 5th grade class (99).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
80.5%
WA avg 58.4% . +6.9pp since 2018
Math
77.0%
WA avg 51.2% . +6.4pp since 2018
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 7 points since 2018, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.5% | 77.0% |
| 2023-24 | 81.6% | 75.7% |
| 2022-23 | 80.6% | 77.5% |
| 2021-22 | 79.7% | 76.8% |
| 2018-19 | 73.6% | 70.5% |
% 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
78.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Clara Barton Elementary School
Clara Barton Elementary School's state test result (78.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clara Barton Elementary School this school | 452 | 16.6% | 78.7% |
| Ella Baker Elementary School Redmond | 401 | 14.2% | 79.4% |
| Ruby Bridges Elementary Woodinville | 503 | 13.1% | 68.9% |
| Benjamin Franklin Elementary Kirkland | 452 | 10.0% | 80.7% |
| Woodridge Elementary Bellevue | 554 | 23.1% | 83.2% |
| Forest View Elementary School Everett | 634 | 14.8% | 83.0% |
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 Clara Barton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.7% | #60 of 936 | #49 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #69 of 1,103 ▲ 10 | #54 of 281 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.5% | #48 of 1,102 no change | #39 of 280 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #526 of 928 | #144 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 452 | #442 of 1,268 | #121 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #635 of 1,085 | #157 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.5% | #423 of 1,088 | #194 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.6% | #1,070 of 1,169 | #216 of 292 |
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
452
-150 (-25%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 452 | 28 | 16.1:1 | 17% (75) |
| 2023-24 | 505 | 29.9 | 16.9:1 | 17% (87) |
| 2022-23 | 541 | 37.1 | 14.6:1 | 15% (82) |
| 2020-21 | 602 | 39 | 15.4:1 | 13% (79) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clara Barton Elementary School.
About Clara Barton Elementary School
Clara Barton Elementary School is an elementary school in Redmond, Washington, and it is part of Lake Washington School District. Enrollment is 452 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 5.
Clara Barton Elementary School is one of the 55 schools that make up Lake Washington School District (30,986 students in total).
At Clara Barton Elementary School, Asian students make up 54% of the student body. Next come 20% White, 14% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 3% Black. The county population is about 21% Asian. Clara Barton Elementary School's diversity index is 65%, against a US figure of 70%.
With 28 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Clara Barton Elementary School was 16.1:1. That is lower than the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Clara Barton Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 17%. Public schools in King County average 38%.
allk12 grades Clara Barton Elementary School an A. The grade compares the school only with Washington public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with Clara Barton Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Washington is predicted to score 69.1%. Clara Barton Elementary School scores 78.7%, 9.7 points above that line.
In King County (population about 2,287,171), the median household income is $124,746, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. There are 544 public schools in King County, enrolling about 278,492 students in all.
Nearby, Albert Einstein Elementary is about 0.8 miles away. Within five miles of Clara Barton Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Clara Barton Elementary School is 3rd of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Over 4 years, Clara Barton Elementary School's enrollment dropped 25%, to 452.
Discussions about Clara Barton Elementary School may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Lake Washington School District
- Eastlake High SchoolHigh · 2,481 students
- Redmond High SchoolHigh · 2,304 students
- Lake Washington High SchoolHigh · 2,081 students
- Juanita High SchoolHigh · 1,778 students
- Inglewood Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,229 students
- Redmond Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,009 students
Other schools in Redmond
- Redmond High SchoolHigh · 2,304 students
- Redmond Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,009 students
- Rose Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 901 students
- Timberline Middle SchoolMiddle · 788 students
- Evergreen Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Benjamin Rush ElementaryElementary · 631 students
Other Clara Barton Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Clara Barton Elementary. Clara Barton Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Clara Barton ElementaryEastvale, CA · 1,136 students
- Clara Barton Elementary SchoolCHERRY HILL, NJ · 494 students
- Clara Barton Elementary SchoolWest Mifflin, PA · 229 students
- Clara Barton ElementaryBORDENTOWN, NJ · 202 students
Nearby schools
- Albert Einstein Elementary0.8 mi · 448
- Norman Rockwell Elementary0.9 mi · 423
- Redmond High School1.0 mi · 2,304
- Horace Mann Elementary1.2 mi · 387
- Redmond Middle School1.2 mi · 1,009
- Sunrise Elementary1.3 mi · 322
Frequently asked questions
About Clara Barton Elementary SchoolHow large is Clara Barton Elementary School?
Clara Barton Elementary School enrolls approximately 452 students in grades KG-05.
Is Clara Barton Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Clara Barton Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Clara Barton Elementary School have?
Clara Barton Elementary School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Clara Barton Elementary School?
Student demographics at Clara Barton Elementary School are roughly 20% White, 14% Hispanic, 3% Black, 54% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Clara Barton Elementary School in?
Clara Barton Elementary School is part of Lake Washington School District.
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