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What tradition at Echo Lake Elementary School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
416
Elementary
DISTRICT 369 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHORELINE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530792001302
Echo Lake Elementary School
19345 Wallingford Ave. N., Shoreline, WA 98133 · (206) 393-4338 · King County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL416 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.3:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
193 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 | 83 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 24% larger than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
49.3%
WA avg 58.4% . -20.2pp since 2014
Math
52.9%
WA avg 51.2% . -12.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 20 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 12 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.3% | 52.9% |
| 2023-24 | 50.5% | 50.3% |
| 2022-23 | 52.4% | 51.7% |
| 2021-22 | 49.5% | 49.5% |
| 2018-19 | 62.1% | 58.2% |
| 2017-18 | 60.6% | 57.2% |
| 2016-17 | 65.5% | 63.5% |
| 2015-16 | 69.0% | 69.2% |
| 2014-15 | 69.5% | 65.2% |
% 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
51.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Echo Lake Elementary School
Echo Lake Elementary School's state test result (51.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Echo Lake Elementary School this school | 416 | 46.4% | 51.6% |
| Beverly Elementary Lynnwood | 413 | 47.7% | 35.4% |
| Parkwood Elementary Shoreline | 390 | 43.3% | 65.5% |
| Crescent Heights Elementary School Tacoma | 451 | 48.8% | 58.7% |
| Carter Lake Elementary School JBLM McChord Field | 420 | 46.7% | 50.0% |
| Hazelwood Elementary LYNNWOOD | 419 | 49.2% | 42.7% |
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 Echo Lake Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #399 of 936 | #158 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #389 of 1,103 ▲ 40 | #151 of 281 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #524 of 1,102 ▼ 39 | #168 of 280 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.6pp | #462 of 928 | #122 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 416 | #565 of 1,268 | #154 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #374 of 1,085 | #89 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.0% | #143 of 1,088 | #84 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.4% | #705 of 1,169 | #121 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.1% | #519 of 778 | #158 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
416
+15 (+4%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 469
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 416 | 27.5 | 15.2:1 | 46% (193) |
| 2023-24 | 399 | 27 | 14.8:1 | 43% (172) |
| 2022-23 | 408 | 26.6 | 15.3:1 | 42% (171) |
| 2020-21 | 401 | 27 | 14.8:1 | 34% (137) |
| 2017-18 | 473 | 27.9 | 16.9:1 | 34% (159) |
| 2015-16 | 486 | 27 | 18.0:1 | 37% (181) |
| 2010-11 | 512 | 24 | 21.3:1 | 36% (182) |
| 2000-01 | 420 | 20 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 469 | 23 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Echo Lake Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (473 to 416); teachers down 2% (27.9 to 27.5).
About Echo Lake Elementary School
Echo Lake Elementary School is an elementary school located in Shoreline, Washington, in King County. Students in kindergarten through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 416 students.
Echo Lake Elementary School falls under Shoreline School District, which has 18 schools enrolling 9,717 students.
The largest group at Echo Lake Elementary School is White students, at 38%. The remaining students are 24% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 13% Black, and 10% Asian. Census figures show King County is about 55% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 75%.
With 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.2:1. The average for elementary schools in Washington is 17.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Echo Lake Elementary School, 46% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in King County is 38%.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 49.1% at Echo Lake Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 51.6%.
For the population of King County, the median household earns about $124,746 a year, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Echo Lake Elementary School shares King County with 543 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Echo Lake Elementary School is closest to Handicapped Contractual Services, about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 65.1% on proficiency, and Echo Lake Elementary School is below that at 51.6%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment increased 4% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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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 Shoreline School District
- Shorecrest High SchoolHigh · 1,565 students
- Shorewood High SchoolHigh · 1,544 students
- Albert Einstein Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,032 students
- Kellogg Middle SchoolMiddle · 991 students
- Meridian Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 589 students
- Briarcrest ElementaryElementary · 454 students
Other schools in Shoreline
- Shorecrest High SchoolHigh · 1,565 students
- Shorewood High SchoolHigh · 1,544 students
- Albert Einstein Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,032 students
- Kellogg Middle SchoolMiddle · 991 students
- Meridian Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 589 students
- Briarcrest ElementaryElementary · 454 students
Other Echo Lake Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Echo Lake Elementary. Echo Lake Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Echo Lake ElementaryGlen Allen, VA · 506 students
Nearby schools
- Handicapped Contractual Services0.6 mi · 155
- Meridian Park Elementary School1.0 mi · 589
- Albert Einstein Middle School1.1 mi · 1,032
- Shorewood High School1.1 mi · 1,544
- Edwin Pratt Learning Center1.2 mi · 318
- Madrona K-8 School1.2 mi · 636
Frequently asked questions
About Echo Lake Elementary SchoolHow large is Echo Lake Elementary School?
Echo Lake Elementary School enrolls approximately 416 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Echo Lake Elementary School serve?
Echo Lake Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Echo Lake Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Echo Lake Elementary School is approximately 15.2:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Echo Lake Elementary School?
At Echo Lake Elementary School, the student body is approximately 38% White, 24% Hispanic, 13% Black, 10% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Echo Lake Elementary School?
Echo Lake Elementary School is overseen by Shoreline School District in King County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.