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Endeavour Elementary School
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (83).
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardWhat this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 88.4% | 88.7% |
| 2023-24 | 83.7% | 87.3% |
| 2022-23 | 86.3% | 91.9% |
| 2021-22 | 83.5% | 85.3% |
| 2018-19 | 81.9% | 83.7% |
| 2017-18 | 83.1% | 81.8% |
| 2016-17 | 81.6% | 81.6% |
| 2015-16 | 80.6% | 75.7% |
| 2014-15 | 82.4% | 79.9% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 88% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 73% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Washington's top 10%.
Schools most like Endeavour Elementary School
Endeavour Elementary School's state test result (87.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Endeavour Elementary School this school | 473 | 10.4% | 87.6% |
| Cougar Ridge Elementary BELLEVUE | 458 | 10.7% | 82.0% |
| Bennett Elementary School Bellevue | 513 | 7.8% | 75.7% |
| Creekside Elementary Sammamish | 555 | 5.8% | 79.4% |
| John J. Audubon Elementary Redmond | 431 | 7.9% | 81.5% |
| Norman Rockwell Elementary Redmond | 423 | 9.5% | 76.6% |
Where Endeavour Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 87.6% | #11 of 936 | #10 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.7% | #10 of 1,103 ▲ 6 | #10 of 281 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.4% | #12 of 1,102 ▲ 17 | #12 of 280 ▲ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.2pp | #302 of 928 | #75 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 473 | #368 of 1,268 | #99 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #519 of 1,085 | #123 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.7% | #444 of 1,088 | #200 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.4% | #1,123 of 1,169 | #250 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.8% | #142 of 778 | #53 of 220 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 473 | 30.1 | 15.7:1 | 10% (49) |
| 2023-24 | 478 | 30.7 | 15.6:1 | 9% (43) |
| 2022-23 | 495 | 29.5 | 16.8:1 | 9% (44) |
| 2020-21 | 500 | 35 | 14.3:1 | 6% (32) |
| 2017-18 | 664 | 34.9 | 19.0:1 | 6% (39) |
| 2015-16 | 689 | 35 | 19.7:1 | 7% (47) |
| 2010-11 | 579 | 29 | 20.0:1 | 8% (46) |
| 2000-01 | 667 | 33 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (664 to 473); teachers down 14% (34.9 to 30.1).
About Endeavour Elementary School
Endeavour Elementary School is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in ISSAQUAH, Washington. A total of 473 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 5. The average for elementary schools in Washington is about 380 students, so this school is 24% larger than average.
Endeavour Elementary School sits within Issaquah School District, which has 30 schools and 19,098 students.
Federal enrollment data show Asian students as the largest group at Endeavour Elementary School, at 47%. Other reported shares: 37% White, 8% multiracial, and 8% Hispanic. King County's residents are about 21% Asian, 26 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 64% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 15.7 students per teacher and 30.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 1.6 below the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 10%. The gap from the 38% average for public schools in King County is 28 points.
allk12 grades Endeavour Elementary School an A+. The grade compares the school only with Washington public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Endeavour Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 87.6%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Washington are predicted to post 73.3%, so the school is 14.3 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
In King County (population about 2,287,171), the median household income is $124,746, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. There are 544 public schools in King County, enrolling about 278,492 students in all.
The school nearest to Endeavour Elementary School is Challenger Elementary, at a distance of about 0.9 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Endeavour Elementary School ranks 2nd in a group of 9 nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment is down 5% from 2020-21, when Endeavour Elementary School had 500 students, to 2024-25, when it had 473. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.3:1 in 2020-21, and 15.7:1 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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