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Enrollment
473
Elementary
DISTRICT 462 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDMONDS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530240000336
College Place Elementary
20401 76TH AVE W, LYNNWOOD, WA 98036 · (425) 431-7620 · Snohomish County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL473 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of Washington public elementary schools
- DTest 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.
- 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
14.2:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
356 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 71 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (71).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
31.2%
WA avg 58.4% . -16.2pp since 2014
Math
21.0%
WA avg 51.2% . -17.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 16 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 17 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.2% | 21.0% |
| 2023-24 | 30.9% | 25.2% |
| 2022-23 | 32.6% | 21.5% |
| 2021-22 | 33.9% | 18.4% |
| 2018-19 | 48.1% | 39.3% |
| 2017-18 | 38.7% | 34.3% |
| 2016-17 | 48.8% | 45.7% |
| 2015-16 | 51.3% | 37.8% |
| 2014-15 | 47.4% | 38.5% |
% 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
27.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.7%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 College Place Elementary
College Place Elementary's state test result (27.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| College Place Elementary this school | 473 | 75.3% | 27.5% |
| Harvard Elementary Tacoma | 445 | 75.7% | 27.3% |
| Cedar Valley Elementary LYNNWOOD | 427 | 73.8% | 21.6% |
| Horizon Elementary Everett | 550 | 74.5% | 23.3% |
| Gildo Rey Elementary School AUBURN | 416 | 72.6% | 36.3% |
| Valhalla Elementary School AUBURN | 517 | 75.2% | 35.4% |
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 College Place Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #837 of 936 | #99 of 105 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #1,025 of 1,103 ▼ 70 | #103 of 106 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #917 of 1,102 ▲ 4 | #95 of 106 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.1pp | #371 of 928 | #31 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 473 | #367 of 1,268 | #64 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #175 of 1,085 | #11 of 109 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.5% | #514 of 1,088 | #75 of 110 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.3% | #175 of 1,169 | #5 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.6% | #679 of 778 | #58 of 68 |
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
473
+8 (+2%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 488
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 473 | 33.3 | 14.2:1 | 75% (356) |
| 2023-24 | 436 | 31.6 | 13.8:1 | 77% (337) |
| 2022-23 | 431 | 34.5 | 12.5:1 | 74% (317) |
| 2020-21 | 465 | 33 | 14.1:1 | 63% (292) |
| 2017-18 | 496 | 32.1 | 15.4:1 | 68% (335) |
| 2015-16 | 470 | 30 | 15.7:1 | 76% (355) |
| 2010-11 | 505 | 27 | 18.7:1 | 48% (243) |
| 2000-01 | 608 | 32 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 488 | 25 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for College Place Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (496 to 473); teachers up 4% (32.1 to 33.3).
About College Place Elementary
College Place Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school. Its address is in LYNNWOOD, Washington. It educates 473 students in kindergarten through 6. The typical figure for elementary schools in Washington is about 380 students.
College Place Elementary is part of Edmonds School District, where 37 schools serve 20,955 students.
College Place Elementary's enrollment is 58% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 19% White, 10% Black, 5% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Snohomish County's population at about 12%. By the diversity index, College Place Elementary comes in at 60%.
The count of teachers at College Place Elementary is 33.3 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 14.2:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Washington is 17.3:1, higher than at this school. Around 75% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Snohomish County is 41%.
Measured against Washington public elementary schools, College Place Elementary receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, College Place Elementary is 2.2 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Washington schools.
Across Snohomish County, median household income is about $111,246, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. College Place Elementary is among the 227 public schools in Snohomish County.
The nearest public school is College Place Middle School, at about 0.1 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, College Place Elementary is 6th among 6 schools close by.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show 465 students in 2020-21 and 473 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
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Snohomish County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
844,430
Census ACS
Median income
$111,246
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
227
118,688 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Edmonds School District
- Edmonds Woodway High SchoolHigh · 1,605 students
- Meadowdale High SchoolHigh · 1,491 students
- Mountlake Terrace High SchoolHigh · 1,456 students
- Lynnwood High SchoolHigh · 1,335 students
- Meadowdale Middle SchoolMiddle · 740 students
- Alderwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
Other schools in LYNNWOOD
- Meadowdale High SchoolHigh · 1,491 students
- Meadowdale Middle SchoolMiddle · 740 students
- Alderwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- Spruce ElementaryElementary · 632 students
- Lake Stickney Elementary SchoolElementary · 628 students
- Lynnwood ElementaryElementary · 578 students
Nearby schools
- College Place Middle School0.1 mi · 479
- Edmonds eLearning Academy0.2 mi · 234
- Contracted Schools0.4 mi · 18
- Edmonds Career Access Program0.4 mi · 383
- Edmonds Woodway High School0.5 mi · 1,605
- Maplewood Parent Coop0.7 mi · 476
Frequently asked questions
About College Place ElementaryHow large is College Place Elementary?
College Place Elementary enrolls approximately 473 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does College Place Elementary serve?
College Place Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at College Place Elementary?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at College Place Elementary.
How diverse is College Place Elementary?
College Place Elementary reports a student body of 19% White, 58% Hispanic, 10% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees College Place Elementary?
College Place Elementary is overseen by Edmonds School District in Snohomish County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.