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Enrollment
458
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ISSAQUAH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530375000482
Cougar Ridge Elementary
4630 167TH AVE SE, BELLEVUE, WA 98006 · (425) 837-7300 · King County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL458 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
49 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 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
68%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
83.3%
WA avg 58.4% . -3.7pp since 2014
Math
83.0%
WA avg 51.2% . -4.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 down about 5 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.3% | 83.0% |
| 2023-24 | 81.5% | 80.8% |
| 2022-23 | 83.4% | 83.8% |
| 2021-22 | 86.8% | 85.0% |
| 2018-19 | 88.8% | 89.5% |
| 2017-18 | 84.7% | 87.6% |
| 2016-17 | 81.1% | 87.3% |
| 2015-16 | 83.6% | 86.6% |
| 2014-15 | 87.0% | 87.6% |
% 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
82.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Cougar Ridge Elementary
Cougar Ridge Elementary's state test result (82.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cougar Ridge Elementary this school | 458 | 10.7% | 82.0% |
| Endeavour Elementary School ISSAQUAH | 473 | 10.4% | 87.6% |
| Bennett Elementary School Bellevue | 513 | 7.8% | 75.7% |
| John J. Audubon Elementary Redmond | 431 | 7.9% | 81.5% |
| Creekside Elementary Sammamish | 555 | 5.8% | 79.4% |
| Norman Rockwell Elementary Redmond | 423 | 9.5% | 76.6% |
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 Cougar Ridge Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #36 of 936 | #31 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #30 of 1,103 ▲ 11 | #25 of 281 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.3% | #34 of 1,102 ▲ 15 | #28 of 280 ▲ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.7pp | #239 of 928 | #74 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 458 | #415 of 1,268 | #113 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #530 of 1,085 | #129 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.3% | #331 of 1,088 | #167 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.7% | #1,121 of 1,169 | #248 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.4% | #259 of 778 | #89 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
458
-64 (-12%) vs 2020
-36% since 2000-01, when it was 721
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
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 | 458 | 29 | 15.8:1 | 11% (49) |
| 2023-24 | 476 | 28.9 | 16.5:1 | 11% (50) |
| 2022-23 | 474 | 33.1 | 14.3:1 | 10% (49) |
| 2020-21 | 522 | 37 | 14.1:1 | 3% (15) |
| 2017-18 | 583 | 34.1 | 17.1:1 | 3% (15) |
| 2015-16 | 589 | 32 | 18.4:1 | 1% (8) |
| 2010-11 | 564 | 31 | 18.2:1 | 2% (14) |
| 2000-01 | 721 | 34 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cougar Ridge Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (583 to 458); teachers down 15% (34.1 to 29).
About Cougar Ridge Elementary
Students in BELLEVUE, Washington, attend Cougar Ridge Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 458 students in kindergarten through 5. The average for elementary schools in Washington is about 380 students, so this school is 21% bigger than average.
Issaquah School District (30 schools, 19,098 students) runs Cougar Ridge Elementary.
Asian students form the largest group at Cougar Ridge Elementary, 43% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 34% White, 12% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, and 2% Black. In King County overall, about 21% of residents are Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at Cougar Ridge Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 68%.
Cougar Ridge Elementary's 29 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 15.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Washington average 17.3:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 11%. The gap from the 38% average for public schools in King County is 27 points.
In Washington, Cougar Ridge Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 82.0% actual against a predicted 73.0%.
Census Bureau estimates for King County show that median household income is about $124,746, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cougar Ridge Elementary is one of 544 public schools in King County, which together enroll about 278,492 students.
Nearby, Sunset Elementary is about 0.9 miles away. Cougar Ridge Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 73.4% on proficiency, and Cougar Ridge Elementary is above that at 82.0%.
The federal government classifies Cougar Ridge Elementary's location as City: Mid-size.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Cougar Ridge Elementary went from 522 students to 458. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.1:1 in 2020-21 to 15.8:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 BELLEVUE
- Newport Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,850 students
- Bellevue High SchoolHigh · 1,683 students
- Interlake Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,611 students
- Sammamish Senior HighHigh · 1,363 students
- Tyee Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,007 students
- Odle Middle SchoolMiddle · 974 students
Nearby schools
- Sunset Elementary0.9 mi · 499
- Somerset Elementary School1.6 mi · 741
- Spiritridge Elementary School1.8 mi · 546
- Tyee Middle School2.1 mi · 1,007
- Bellevue Big Picture School2.4 mi · 346
- Newport Senior High School2.6 mi · 1,850
Frequently asked questions
About Cougar Ridge ElementaryHow large is Cougar Ridge Elementary?
Cougar Ridge Elementary enrolls approximately 458 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Cougar Ridge Elementary serve?
Cougar Ridge Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Cougar Ridge Elementary?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at Cougar Ridge Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cougar Ridge Elementary?
At Cougar Ridge Elementary, the student body is approximately 34% White, 9% Hispanic, 2% Black, 43% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Cougar Ridge Elementary public or private?
Cougar Ridge Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Issaquah School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.