Cougar Creek Elementary School

Cougar Creek Elementary School is an elementary-level community of mid-tier scale in Arlington, Washington, one of the schools within Lakewood School District, educateing 422 students in grades K through 5.

Within Lakewood School District, which oversees 5 schools and 2,713 students, Cougar Creek Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Cougar Creek Elementary School logs that 63% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 20% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 2% Asian. Compared to Snohomish County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Snohomish County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cougar Creek Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.5%, the actual is 41.3%, a residual of -5.2 points.

In the broader community, Snohomish County reports that median household earnings sit near $111,246, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Cougar Creek Elementary School is one of 227 public schools in Snohomish County (combined enrollment of about 118,688 students).

Nearest neighbor: English Crossing Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cougar Creek Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 32.4%.

Cougar Creek Elementary School operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cougar Creek Elementary School has rose 6%, going from 400 students in 2018 to 422 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 67% to 63% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

On this page, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.