Emily Dickinson Elementary

Emily Dickinson Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in Redmond, Washington, operated by Lake Washington School District. The school enrolls 294 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 380 students per school, that is 23% leaner than typical.

Lake Washington School District comprises 55 schools with combined enrollment of 30,986 students; Emily Dickinson Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Emily Dickinson Elementary logs that 42% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 35% White, 14% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Black. That is visibly more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.5:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 13% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against King County (around 38%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Emily Dickinson Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 71.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 73.7%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for King County put median household income runs about $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. In all, King County runs 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), of which Emily Dickinson Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Explorer Community School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Emily Dickinson Elementary. On composite proficiency, Emily Dickinson Elementary comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 82.6%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 53%: 626 students in 2018 compared to 294 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 43% to 35% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

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