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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
478
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530423002649
Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary
3225 - 205th PL NE, Sammamish, WA 98074 · (425) 936-2520 · King County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL478 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% of Washington public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
5%
25 students
DISTRICT 13% · 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 | 53 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 50% smaller than its 5th grade class (106).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
81.8%
WA avg 58.4% . -12.9pp since 2014
Math
80.5%
WA avg 51.2% . -11.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 13 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.8% | 80.5% |
| 2023-24 | 83.2% | 78.0% |
| 2022-23 | 84.1% | 76.9% |
| 2021-22 | 83.3% | 78.1% |
| 2018-19 | 88.5% | 83.0% |
| 2017-18 | 91.4% | 86.4% |
| 2016-17 | 91.2% | 87.4% |
| 2015-16 | 93.4% | 92.0% |
| 2014-15 | 94.7% | 91.6% |
% 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
81.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.7%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% 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 Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary
Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary's state test result (81.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary this school | 478 | 5.2% | 81.5% |
| Horace Mann Elementary Redmond | 387 | 5.9% | 85.2% |
| Bennett Elementary School Bellevue | 513 | 7.8% | 75.7% |
| Norman Rockwell Elementary Redmond | 423 | 9.5% | 76.6% |
| Christa Mcauliffe Elementary Sammamish | 472 | 1.5% | 92.1% |
| Margaret Mead Elementary Sammamish | 580 | 4.8% | 79.4% |
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 Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.5% | #39 of 936 | #33 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.5% | #40 of 1,103 ▲ 18 | #32 of 281 ▲ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.8% | #42 of 1,102 ▼ 8 | #34 of 280 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #525 of 928 | #143 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 478 | #351 of 1,268 | #96 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #720 of 1,085 | #186 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.0% | #567 of 1,088 | #229 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 5.2% | #1,157 of 1,169 | #281 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.3% | #454 of 778 | #145 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
478
-42 (-8%) vs 2020
-11% since 2000-01, when it was 536
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 478 | 28.8 | 16.6:1 | 5% (25) |
| 2023-24 | 508 | 27.5 | 18.4:1 | 5% (23) |
| 2022-23 | 508 | 27.9 | 18.2:1 | 3% (16) |
| 2020-21 | 520 | 29 | 17.9:1 | 1% (4) |
| 2017-18 | 558 | 31.2 | 17.9:1 | 2% (10) |
| 2015-16 | 535 | 26 | 20.6:1 | 2% (12) |
| 2010-11 | 520 | 25 | 20.8:1 | 2% (8) |
| 2000-01 | 536 | 26 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (558 to 478); teachers down 8% (31.2 to 28.8).
About Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary
Families in Sammamish, Washington, are served by Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. Enrollment is 478 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 5. The average for elementary schools in Washington is about 380 students, so this school is 26% bigger than average.
The district, Lake Washington School District, has 30,986 students enrolled across 55 schools.
Roughly 53% of students at Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary are Asian. Other reported shares: 36% White, 6% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. King County's residents are about 21% Asian, 33 points below the school's share. The school's diversity index is 58%, meaning two students picked at random have a 58% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary operates with 28.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 16.6:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Washington average 17.3:1. Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary reports 5% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 33 points below the 38% average for public schools in King County.
Measured against Washington public elementary schools, Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary would be expected to post about 76.7%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 81.5%.
Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary is located in King County, where the median household income is $124,746, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Besides Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary, King County has 543 other public schools.
The school nearest to Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary is Margaret Mead Elementary, at a distance of about 1.1 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary is 3rd among 7 schools close by.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment declined 8% from its 2020-21 level of 520. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 17.9:1 to 16.6:1.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Lake Washington School District
- Eastlake High SchoolHigh · 2,481 students
- Redmond High SchoolHigh · 2,304 students
- Lake Washington High SchoolHigh · 2,081 students
- Juanita High SchoolHigh · 1,778 students
- Inglewood Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,229 students
- Redmond Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,009 students
Other schools in Sammamish
- Eastlake High SchoolHigh · 2,481 students
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 2,244 students
- Inglewood Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,229 students
- Pine Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 877 students
- Margaret Mead ElementaryElementary · 580 students
- Sunny Hills ElementaryElementary · 574 students
Other Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary. Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary SchoolSchaumburg, IL · 451 students
Nearby schools
- Margaret Mead Elementary1.1 mi · 580
- Louisa May Alcott Elementary1.5 mi · 615
- Nikola Tesla STEM High School1.5 mi · 605
- John J. Audubon Elementary1.6 mi · 431
- Bennett Elementary School1.9 mi · 513
- Evergreen Middle School2.0 mi · 761
Frequently asked questions
About Elizabeth Blackwell ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary?
Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary enrolls approximately 478 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary serve?
Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary is approximately 16.6:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary?
Student demographics at Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary are roughly 36% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 53% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary public or private?
Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lake Washington School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.