College Place Elementary

Set in LYNNWOOD, Washington, College Place Elementary is a mid-tier elementary-level community, overseen by Edmonds School District. It instructs 473 students across grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 24% bigger than the state mean of about 380.

Within Edmonds School District, which oversees 37 schools and 20,955 students, College Place Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, College Place Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 58% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 19% White, 10% Black, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting College Place Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Snohomish County (around 41%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, College Place Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 29.7%, the actual is 27.5%, a residual of -2.2 points.

In the area at large, census data for Snohomish County shows the typical household earns roughly $111,246 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Snohomish County runs 227 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,688 students), of which College Place Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is College Place Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around College Place Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts College Place Elementary at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 47.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. College Place Elementary's enrollment has declined 5% since 2018, when it stood at 496 (now 473). Hispanic enrollment moved from 42% to 58% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

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