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Does Clark Elementary have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
586
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ISSAQUAH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530375002107
Clark Elementary
335 First Avenue SE, ISSAQUAH, WA 98027 · (425) 837-6250 · King County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL586 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
166 students
DISTRICT 18% · 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 | 104 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 108 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (104) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (108).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
71.5%
WA avg 58.4% . +8.8pp since 2014
Math
68.0%
WA avg 51.2% . +8.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.5% | 68.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.3% | 64.4% |
| 2022-23 | 65.7% | 63.2% |
| 2021-22 | 61.9% | 63.3% |
| 2018-19 | 69.8% | 65.0% |
| 2017-18 | 69.7% | 67.5% |
| 2016-17 | 61.2% | 61.6% |
| 2015-16 | 58.9% | 52.8% |
| 2014-15 | 62.7% | 59.1% |
% 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
69.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.2%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Clark Elementary
Clark Elementary's state test result (69.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Elementary this school | 586 | 28.3% | 69.7% |
| Enatai Elementary School Bellevue | 518 | 21.4% | 65.0% |
| Cedar Wood Elementary Bothell | 682 | 22.6% | 84.4% |
| Crystal Springs Elementary Bothell | 500 | 35.0% | 61.8% |
| Spiritridge Elementary School Bellevue | 546 | 19.8% | 67.3% |
| Mill Creek Elementary Mill Creek | 694 | 25.2% | 78.3% |
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 Clark Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #142 of 936 | #96 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #150 of 1,103 ▲ 39 | #94 of 281 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.5% | #136 of 1,102 ▲ 59 | #89 of 280 ▲ 19 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.1pp | #170 of 928 | #41 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 586 | #118 of 1,268 | #28 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #214 of 1,085 | #52 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.7% | #267 of 1,088 | #143 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.3% | #958 of 1,169 | #174 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.8% | #275 of 778 | #94 of 220 |
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
586
-132 (-18%) vs 2020
+38% since 1990-91, when it was 426
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 586 | 40.6 | 14.4:1 | 28% (166) |
| 2023-24 | 601 | 40.9 | 14.7:1 | 31% (189) |
| 2022-23 | 580 | 39.6 | 14.7:1 | 26% (150) |
| 2020-21 | 718 | 48 | 15.0:1 | 20% (145) |
| 2017-18 | 740 | 45.8 | 16.2:1 | 17% (129) |
| 2015-16 | 681 | 39 | 17.5:1 | 18% (122) |
| 2010-11 | 379 | 21 | 18.1:1 | 17% (63) |
| 2000-01 | 362 | 19 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 426 | 22 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clark Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (740 to 586); teachers down 11% (45.8 to 40.6).
About Clark Elementary
At 335 First Avenue SE in ISSAQUAH, Washington, Clark Elementary operates as a large elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 586 students. For comparison, elementary schools in Washington average about 380 students.
Clark Elementary sits within Issaquah School District, which has 30 schools and 19,098 students.
Clark Elementary has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 38%. The rest of enrollment is 35% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 4% Black. Census estimates put the White share of King County's population at about 55%. The school's diversity index is 71%, meaning two students picked at random have a 71% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Clark Elementary counts 40.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 14.4 students for each one. On average, elementary schools in Washington have 17.3:1, compared with 14.4:1 here. About 28% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 38% for public schools in King County.
The model predicts 61.2% for a school in Washington with Clark Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Clark Elementary posts 69.7%.
King County census figures show that the median household income is $124,746, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. King County is home to 544 public schools and about 278,492 public school students.
Gibson Ek High School is located less than a tenth of a mile from Clark Elementary. The five-mile area around Clark Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 69.7% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 7 nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Clark Elementary in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
2024-25 enrollment was 586, an 18% decrease from 718 in 2020-21.
Community posts for Clark Elementary can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Issaquah School District
- Issaquah High SchoolHigh · 2,419 students
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 2,244 students
- Liberty Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,495 students
- Pine Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 877 students
- Maywood Middle SchoolMiddle · 826 students
- Issaquah Middle SchoolMiddle · 808 students
Other schools in ISSAQUAH
- Issaquah High SchoolHigh · 2,419 students
- Issaquah Middle SchoolMiddle · 808 students
- Beaver Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 699 students
- Issaquah Valley ElementaryElementary · 646 students
- Cougar Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 616 students
- Pacific Cascade Middle SchoolMiddle · 605 students
Other Clark Elementary schools
20 other US public schools in 15 states are named Clark Elementary. Clark Elementary is the 5th largest of the 21.
- CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 858 students
- Clark Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 828 students
- Clark Elementary SchoolBAYTOWN, TX · 712 students
- Clark Elementary SchoolPaducah, KY · 615 students
- Clark Elementary SchoolPORTLAND, TX · 457 students
Nearby schools
- Gibson Ek High School0.0 mi · 198
- Issaquah Middle School0.3 mi · 808
- Issaquah High School0.4 mi · 2,419
- Issaquah Preschool Academy0.8 mi · 42
- Holly Street Early Learning Center0.8 mi · 89
- Issaquah Valley Elementary0.8 mi · 646
Frequently asked questions
About Clark ElementaryHow many students attend Clark Elementary?
Clark Elementary enrolls approximately 586 students in grades KG-05.
Is Clark Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Clark Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Clark Elementary?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Clark Elementary.
How diverse is Clark Elementary?
Clark Elementary reports a student body of 38% White, 11% Hispanic, 4% Black, 35% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Clark Elementary?
Clark Elementary is overseen by Issaquah School District in King County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.