Dearborn Park International School

Dearborn Park International School is a moderately sized K-5 school in SEATTLE, Washington, run under Seattle School District No. 1. The school educates 340 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Dearborn Park International School is one of 107 schools operated by Seattle School District No. 1, a district that enrolls 50,773 students overall.

Demographically, Dearborn Park International School lists that the largest single group is Asian at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 14% Black, 13% Hispanic, 13% White, 10% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Roughly 52% of students at Dearborn Park International School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than King County's rate of about 38%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Dearborn Park International School sits in the top 10% of Washington schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 45.5%; actual is 58.7%, +13.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (King County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $124,746 per year, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across King County's 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), Dearborn Park International School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Interagency Open Doors, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Dearborn Park International School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 48.0%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 3%: 352 students in 2018 compared to 340 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment contracted from 34% to 14% over that span.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.