Enrollment
294
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530423000661
Emily Dickinson Elementary
7040 - 208th NE, Redmond, WA 98053 · (425) 936-2530 · King County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL294 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
39 students
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 | 57 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 36% larger than its 5th grade class (42).
Student demographics
68%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
74.3%
WA avg 58.4% . -7.5pp since 2014
Math
69.0%
WA avg 51.2% . -7.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.3% | 69.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.2% | 70.3% |
| 2022-23 | 74.8% | 72.2% |
| 2021-22 | 74.8% | 72.7% |
| 2018-19 | 76.7% | 67.7% |
| 2017-18 | 75.3% | 66.5% |
| 2016-17 | 75.6% | 70.9% |
| 2015-16 | 79.2% | 71.7% |
| 2014-15 | 81.9% | 76.2% |
% 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
73.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% 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 Emily Dickinson Elementary
Emily Dickinson Elementary's state test result (73.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emily Dickinson Elementary this school | 294 | 13.3% | 73.7% |
| Challenger Elementary ISSAQUAH | 350 | 16.9% | 71.9% |
| Cedar Trails Elementary Sammamish | 374 | 15.5% | 75.7% |
| Sunrise Elementary Redmond | 322 | 6.2% | 91.2% |
| Cougar Ridge Elementary BELLEVUE | 458 | 10.7% | 82.0% |
| John J. Audubon Elementary Redmond | 431 | 7.9% | 81.5% |
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 Emily Dickinson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.7% | #101 of 936 | #77 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #136 of 1,103 ▼ 7 | #88 of 281 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #103 of 1,102 no change | #74 of 280 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.1pp | #272 of 928 | #87 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 294 | #966 of 1,268 | #253 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #99 of 1,085 | #30 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.1% | #339 of 1,088 | #170 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.3% | #1,095 of 1,169 | #232 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -53.0% | #7 of 778 | #2 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
294
-32 (-10%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 557
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 294 | 21.8 | 13.5:1 | 13% (39) |
| 2023-24 | 318 | 21.7 | 14.7:1 | 15% (47) |
| 2022-23 | 305 | 20.9 | 14.6:1 | 11% (33) |
| 2020-21 | 326 | 29 | 11.2:1 | 6% (20) |
| 2017-18 | 626 | 42.9 | 14.6:1 | 14% (86) |
| 2015-16 | 538 | 35 | 15.4:1 | 16% (86) |
| 2010-11 | 492 | 31 | 15.9:1 | 10% (49) |
| 2000-01 | 611 | 29 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 557 | 26 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Emily Dickinson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 53% (626 to 294); teachers down 49% (42.9 to 21.8).
About Emily Dickinson Elementary
Among the schools in Redmond, Washington, is Emily Dickinson Elementary, a small elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend, and enrollment is 294 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in Washington is about 380 students.
The Lake Washington School District system has 55 schools and 30,986 students.
Enrollment at Emily Dickinson Elementary is mixed, with Asian students the largest group at 42%. The school is also 35% White, 14% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Black. That is higher than the 21% Asian share among all King County residents. By the diversity index, Emily Dickinson Elementary comes in at 68%.
The school has about 13.5 students per teacher and 21.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is under the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 13%. That is lower than the 38% average for public schools in King County.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 71.3% for Emily Dickinson Elementary. The school posts 73.7%, 2.4 points above the prediction.
Among King County residents, median household income is about $124,746, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Emily Dickinson Elementary is one of 544 public schools in King County, which together enroll about 278,492 students.
Explorer Community School is the public school closest to Emily Dickinson Elementary, less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 82.6%; Emily Dickinson Elementary's is 73.7%, ranking 7th of 7.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 326 to 294. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 11.2:1 to 13.5:1.
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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
Nearby schools
- Explorer Community School0.0 mi · 60
- Evergreen Middle School0.2 mi · 761
- Rosa Parks Elementary1.6 mi · 450
- Timberline Middle School1.8 mi · 788
- Nikola Tesla STEM High School1.8 mi · 605
- Louisa May Alcott Elementary1.9 mi · 615
Frequently asked questions
About Emily Dickinson ElementaryHow many students attend Emily Dickinson Elementary?
Emily Dickinson Elementary enrolls approximately 294 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Emily Dickinson Elementary serve?
Emily Dickinson Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Emily Dickinson Elementary?
Approximately 13.5:1 students per teacher at Emily Dickinson Elementary.
How diverse is Emily Dickinson Elementary?
Emily Dickinson Elementary reports a student body of 35% White, 14% Hispanic, 2% Black, 42% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Emily Dickinson Elementary in?
Emily Dickinson Elementary is part of Lake Washington School District.
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