Crystal Springs Elementary

Crystal Springs Elementary is a primary school of mid-sized scale in Bothell, Washington, part of Northshore School District, serveing 500 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 380 students per school, that is 32% larger than typical.

Northshore School District comprises 37 schools with combined enrollment of 22,735 students; Crystal Springs Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Crystal Springs Elementary logs that 33% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 33% Asian, 19% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school reports having 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Crystal Springs Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.7%, the actual is 61.8%, a residual of +5.0 points.

In the area at large, Snohomish County reports that the typical household earns roughly $111,246 per year, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Snohomish County's 227 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,688 students), Crystal Springs Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Frank Love Elementary, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Crystal Springs Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 68.5%.

Crystal Springs Elementary operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 16%: 598 students in 2018 compared to 500 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 37% to 33% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.

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