Edison Elementary

Set in EDISON, Washington, Edison Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school, run under Burlington-Edison School District. It caters to 390 students across grades K through 8.

Within Burlington-Edison School District, which oversees 9 schools and 3,276 students, Edison Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Edison Elementary records that White students make up the majority at 78%. Beyond that, the school reports 14% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. Compared to Skagit County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 39% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Skagit County's rate of about 56%.

After controlling for student poverty, Edison Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.3%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Skagit County indicate median household income runs about $89,263, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Skagit County runs 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,298 students), of which Edison Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Allen Elementary, roughly 4.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Edison Elementary comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 29.3%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 17%: 471 students in 2018 compared to 390 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.

On this page, members of the Edison Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.