Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary

Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary is one of the middle-of-the-pack primary schools in Sammamish, Washington, operated by Lake Washington School District, with 478 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 380 students per school, that is 26% bigger than typical.

Across the 55 schools in Lake Washington School District (30,986 students total), Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary shows that 53% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 36% White, 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

On the resource side, The school lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. The state averages about 17.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 5% of students at Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against King County (around 38%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 76.7%, the actual is 81.5%, a residual of +4.8 points.

Across the wider county, census data for King County shows median household earnings sit near $124,746, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, King County runs 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), of which Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Margaret Mead Elementary, around 1.1 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), Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 80.0%.

Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary has declined 14%, going from 558 students in 2018 to 478 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment increased from 40% to 53% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

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