Ella Baker Elementary School

Ella Baker Elementary School, a moderately sized primary school in Redmond, Washington, run under Lake Washington School District, hosts 401 students, covering grades K through 5.

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

On the student-mix side, Ella Baker Elementary School logs that 57% of the student body identifies as Asian. Other groups include 22% White, 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Black. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

On the income-and-resources front, Ella Baker Elementary School logs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Ella Baker Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 14% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below King County's rate of about 38%.

With demographic context factored in, Ella Baker Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.7%, the actual is 79.4%, a residual of +8.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for King County shows median household earnings sit near $124,746, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across King County's 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), Ella Baker Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Timberline Middle School, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ella Baker Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ella Baker Elementary School at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 81.8%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

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