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What advice would you give to incoming students at Columbia Elementary?
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Enrollment
596
Elementary
DISTRICT 507 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MUKILTEO SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530543002263
Columbia Elementary
10520 Harbour Pointe Blvd, Mukilteo, WA 98275 · (425) 366-2600 · Snohomish County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL596 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
198 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 89 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
55.1%
WA avg 58.4% . -3.9pp since 2014
Math
57.8%
WA avg 51.2% . +3.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.1% | 57.8% |
| 2023-24 | 61.4% | 55.7% |
| 2022-23 | 62.2% | 54.2% |
| 2021-22 | 64.0% | 53.3% |
| 2018-19 | 65.2% | 58.5% |
| 2017-18 | 68.0% | 63.8% |
| 2016-17 | 61.3% | 59.3% |
| 2015-16 | 62.6% | 55.9% |
| 2014-15 | 59.0% | 54.5% |
% 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
58.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.9%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Columbia Elementary
Columbia Elementary's state test result (58.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Elementary this school | 596 | 33.2% | 58.5% |
| Woodmoor Elementary Bothell | 643 | 38.9% | 54.1% |
| Sunnycrest Elementary School Lake Stevens | 695 | 29.6% | 59.4% |
| Alexander Graham Bell Elementary Kirkland | 503 | 29.4% | 61.6% |
| Skyline Elementary Lake Stevens | 562 | 35.2% | 61.2% |
| Picnic Point Elementary Edmonds | 454 | 33.0% | 58.8% |
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 Columbia Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #281 of 936 | #42 of 105 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #294 of 1,103 ▲ 36 | #40 of 106 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #407 of 1,102 ▼ 125 | #54 of 106 ▼ 20 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.2pp | #267 of 928 | #18 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 596 | #104 of 1,268 | #25 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #487 of 1,085 | #48 of 109 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.8% | #227 of 1,088 | #27 of 110 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.2% | #893 of 1,169 | #72 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.1% | #208 of 257 | #29 of 37 |
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
596
+65 (+12%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 775
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 596 | 38.2 | 15.6:1 | 33% (198) |
| 2023-24 | 593 | 35.8 | 16.6:1 | 39% (233) |
| 2022-23 | 590 | 35.7 | 16.6:1 | 41% (242) |
| 2020-21 | 531 | 36 | 14.8:1 | 29% (153) |
| 2017-18 | 578 | 35.6 | 16.2:1 | 27% (156) |
| 2015-16 | 572 | 32 | 17.9:1 | 27% (154) |
| 2010-11 | 693 | 35 | 19.8:1 | 26% (183) |
| 2000-01 | 614 | 34 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 775 | 34 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Columbia Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (578 to 596); teachers up 7% (35.6 to 38.2).
About Columbia Elementary
A large elementary school in Mukilteo, Washington, Columbia Elementary is part of Mukilteo School District. School enrollment was 596 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Washington average about 380 students.
Mukilteo School District includes 23 schools. Together they enroll 15,175 students.
White students are the largest group at Columbia Elementary, with 44% of enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 21% Hispanic, 19% Asian, 9% multiracial, and 6% Black. Among all residents of Snohomish County, the White share is about 64%. The chance that two students picked at random at Columbia Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 72%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1 at Columbia Elementary, with 38.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Washington, the typical ratio is 17.3:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 33% of enrollment. Among public schools in Snohomish County, the average eligibility rate is 41%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Columbia Elementary is within a point of the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 58.5% actual, 57.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Washington.
Snohomish County census figures show that median household income is about $111,246, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. A total of 227 public schools operate in Snohomish County, serving about 118,688 students.
The closest other public school is Kamiak High School, about 0.1 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Columbia Elementary is ahead of the 55.8% nearby average, ranking 4th of 7.
Under the NCES locale system, Columbia Elementary is Suburb: Large.
The number of students grew from 531 to 596 over 4 years.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Mukilteo School District
- Kamiak High SchoolHigh · 2,384 students
- Mariner High SchoolHigh · 2,106 students
- Voyager Middle SchoolMiddle · 902 students
- Olympic View Middle SchoolMiddle · 851 students
- Harbour Pointe Middle SchoolMiddle · 803 students
- Explorer Middle SchoolMiddle · 777 students
Other schools in Mukilteo
- Kamiak High SchoolHigh · 2,384 students
- Olympic View Middle SchoolMiddle · 851 students
- Harbour Pointe Middle SchoolMiddle · 803 students
- Mukilteo ElementaryElementary · 521 students
- Endeavour ElementaryElementary · 436 students
- ECEAPElementary · 118 students
Other Columbia Elementary schools
24 other US public schools in 13 states are named Columbia Elementary. Columbia Elementary is the 6th largest of the 25.
- Columbia ElementaryBURBANK, WA · 367 students
- Columbia Elementary SchoolWoodland, WA · 365 students
- Columbia Elementary SchoolWENATCHEE, WA · 339 students
- Columbia Elementary SchoolBellingham, WA · 187 students
- Columbia ElementaryEl Monte, CA · 706 students
Nearby schools
- Kamiak High School0.1 mi · 2,384
- Harbour Pointe Middle School0.2 mi · 803
- Endeavour Elementary1.3 mi · 436
- ECEAP1.7 mi · 118
- Fairmount Elementary1.7 mi · 510
- Pathfinder Kindergarten Center1.7 mi · 437
Frequently asked questions
About Columbia ElementaryHow many students attend Columbia Elementary?
Columbia Elementary enrolls approximately 596 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Columbia Elementary serve?
Columbia Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Columbia Elementary have?
Columbia Elementary employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
How diverse is Columbia Elementary?
Columbia Elementary reports a student body of 44% White, 21% Hispanic, 6% Black, 19% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Columbia Elementary public or private?
Columbia Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Mukilteo School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.