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Enrollment
401
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530423003628
Ella Baker Elementary School
9595 Eastridge Drive NE, Redmond, WA 98053 · (425) 936-2790 · King County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL401 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
57 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 | 42 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 25% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 58% smaller than its 5th grade class (101).
Student demographics
60%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
80.3%
WA avg 58.4% . -6.8pp since 2018
Math
77.5%
WA avg 51.2% . -8.4pp since 2018
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 7 points since 2018, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.3% | 77.5% |
| 2023-24 | 79.6% | 77.3% |
| 2022-23 | 83.6% | 82.9% |
| 2021-22 | 82.4% | 76.8% |
| 2018-19 | 87.0% | 85.8% |
% 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
79.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.7%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Ella Baker Elementary School
Ella Baker Elementary School's state test result (79.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ella Baker Elementary School this school | 401 | 14.2% | 79.4% |
| Clara Barton Elementary School Redmond | 452 | 16.6% | 78.7% |
| Benjamin Franklin Elementary Kirkland | 452 | 10.0% | 80.7% |
| Ruby Bridges Elementary Woodinville | 503 | 13.1% | 68.9% |
| Norman Rockwell Elementary Redmond | 423 | 9.5% | 76.6% |
| Rosa Parks Elementary Redmond | 450 | 5.8% | 84.4% |
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 Ella Baker Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.4% | #57 of 936 | #46 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.5% | #65 of 1,103 no change | #50 of 281 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.3% | #53 of 1,102 ▲ 7 | #43 of 280 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.7pp | #345 of 928 | #109 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 401 | #633 of 1,268 | #170 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #332 of 1,085 | #77 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.4% | #518 of 1,088 | #221 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.2% | #1,087 of 1,169 | #227 of 292 |
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
401
-103 (-20%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 401 | 26.8 | 15.0:1 | 14% (57) |
| 2023-24 | 442 | 26.4 | 16.7:1 | 16% (72) |
| 2022-23 | 487 | 29.7 | 16.4:1 | 17% (84) |
| 2020-21 | 504 | 30 | 16.8:1 | 11% (54) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ella Baker Elementary School.
About Ella Baker Elementary School
Ella Baker Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Redmond, Washington. Federal data show 401 students enrolled in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
Lake Washington School District counts 30,986 students in its 55 schools, and Ella Baker Elementary School is one of them.
Of every 100 students at Ella Baker Elementary School, about 57 are Asian. The rest of enrollment is 22% White, 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Black. Among all residents of King County, the Asian share is about 21%. The diversity index for Ella Baker Elementary School is 60%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Ella Baker Elementary School reports a ratio of 15.0 students per teacher, from 26.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Washington is 17.3:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Ella Baker Elementary School, 14% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 38% average for public schools in King County is 24 points.
Ella Baker Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 79.4%, compared with a predicted 70.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Washington schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census data for King County show median household income comes to about $124,746, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county has 544 public schools and about 278,492 students.
About 1.0 miles separate Ella Baker Elementary School from the closest public school, Timberline Middle School. The five-mile area around Ella Baker Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Ella Baker Elementary School's average proficiency of 79.4% compares with 81.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
For locale, NCES codes Ella Baker Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
The school's enrollment fell 20% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.0:1) than in 2020-21 (16.8:1).
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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 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 Redmond
- Redmond High SchoolHigh · 2,304 students
- Redmond Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,009 students
- Rose Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 901 students
- Timberline Middle SchoolMiddle · 788 students
- Evergreen Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Benjamin Rush ElementaryElementary · 631 students
Other Ella Baker Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Ella Baker Elementary. Ella Baker Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Ella Baker ElementaryMINNEAPOLIS, MN · 512 students
Nearby schools
- Timberline Middle School1.0 mi · 788
- Rosa Parks Elementary1.1 mi · 450
- Emily Dickinson Elementary2.5 mi · 294
- Explorer Community School2.5 mi · 60
- Evergreen Middle School2.6 mi · 761
- Nikola Tesla STEM High School2.7 mi · 605
Frequently asked questions
About Ella Baker Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Ella Baker Elementary School?
Ella Baker Elementary School enrolls approximately 401 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Ella Baker Elementary School serve?
Ella Baker Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ella Baker Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ella Baker Elementary School is approximately 15.0:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Ella Baker Elementary School?
Student demographics at Ella Baker Elementary School are roughly 22% White, 13% Hispanic, 2% Black, 57% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Ella Baker Elementary School?
Ella Baker Elementary School is overseen by Lake Washington School District in King County.
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