Discovery Elementary

The public elementary school Discovery Elementary is located in Everett, Washington. There are 648 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in Washington enroll around 380, and this school is 71% bigger than that mark.

Discovery Elementary is run by Mukilteo School District, whose 23 schools enroll 15,175 students.

No group is above 50% at Discovery Elementary; the largest is Hispanic, at 46%. Beyond that, enrollment is 25% White, 9% Black, 8% Asian, and 7% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 12%. The diversity index for Discovery Elementary is 70%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

On staff are 46.4 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.0:1. Elementary schools in Washington have an average ratio of 17.3:1. About 63% of students at Discovery Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 41% average among public schools in Snohomish County.

Discovery Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 30.3%, compared with a predicted 37.6%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Washington schools on BeatsExpectations.

In Snohomish County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $111,246 a year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Snohomish County number 227, with about 118,688 students.

Voyager Middle School is about 0.1 miles from Discovery Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Discovery Elementary places 7th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.

The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.

Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 6%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.8:1 to 14.0:1 over the same years.

Discovery Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.