Echo Lake Elementary School

Echo Lake Elementary School is a mid-tier elementary-level community in Shoreline, Washington, run under Shoreline School District. The school teaches 416 students in grades K through 5.

Within Shoreline School District, which oversees 18 schools and 9,717 students, Echo Lake Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Echo Lake Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 24% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 13% Black, 10% Asian. By comparison, King County as a whole is about 55% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Echo Lake Elementary School records 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against King County (around 38%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Echo Lake Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.1%; this one delivers 51.6%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (King County) reports that median household income runs about $124,746, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Echo Lake Elementary School is one of 544 public schools in King County (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students).

Handicapped Contractual Services is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Echo Lake Elementary School comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 65.1%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Echo Lake Elementary School's enrollment has fell 12% since 2018, when it stood at 473 (now 416). Hispanic enrollment moved from 16% to 24% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.