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Enrollment
450
Elementary
DISTRICT 433 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FEDERAL WAY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530282001380
Enterprise Elementary School
35101 5TH AVE SW, FEDERAL WAY, WA 98023 · (253) 945-2600 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL450 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Washington public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
305 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 24 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 19% larger than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
80%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 79% · 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
39.4%
WA avg 58.4% . -7.7pp since 2014
Math
34.5%
WA avg 51.2% . -11.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 12 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.4% | 34.5% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 26.4% |
| 2022-23 | 35.8% | 28.8% |
| 2021-22 | 32.7% | 22.1% |
| 2018-19 | 48.2% | 47.7% |
| 2017-18 | 51.2% | 54.3% |
| 2016-17 | 51.8% | 58.0% |
| 2015-16 | 48.0% | 48.9% |
| 2014-15 | 47.1% | 46.5% |
% 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
32.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.7%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Enterprise Elementary School
Enterprise Elementary School's state test result (32.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enterprise Elementary School this school | 450 | 67.8% | 32.2% |
| Cascade Elementary School Renton | 434 | 63.8% | 38.8% |
| Des Moines Elementary Des Moines | 500 | 62.6% | 37.1% |
| Tukwila Elementary TUKWILA | 458 | 71.4% | 39.9% |
| Lake Hills Elementary Bellevue | 498 | 66.3% | 36.9% |
| Renton Park Elementary School Renton | 393 | 65.1% | 26.8% |
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 Enterprise Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #768 of 936 | #234 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #782 of 1,103 ▲ 142 | #217 of 281 ▲ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #767 of 1,102 ▲ 99 | #212 of 280 ▲ 21 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.5pp | #94 of 928 | #21 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 450 | #451 of 1,268 | #124 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #641 of 1,085 | #160 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 80.2% | #20 of 1,088 | #11 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.8% | #302 of 1,169 | #60 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.5% | #216 of 257 | #46 of 54 |
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
450
+6 (+1%) vs 2020
-16% since 2000-01, when it was 537
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 450 | 27.8 | 16.2:1 | 68% (305) |
| 2023-24 | 424 | 28 | 15.1:1 | 71% (301) |
| 2022-23 | 448 | 26.3 | 17.0:1 | 71% (318) |
| 2020-21 | 444 | 29 | 15.3:1 | 55% (242) |
| 2017-18 | 439 | 28 | 15.7:1 | 54% (238) |
| 2015-16 | 484 | 28 | 17.3:1 | 59% (285) |
| 2010-11 | 481 | 27 | 17.8:1 | 35% (169) |
| 2000-01 | 537 | 28 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Enterprise Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (439 to 450); teachers down 1% (28 to 27.8).
About Enterprise Elementary School
Enterprise Elementary School is an elementary school in FEDERAL WAY, Washington, reachable at (253) 945-2600. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 450 students.
Enterprise Elementary School is part of Federal Way School District, where 43 schools serve 22,250 students.
Hispanic students form the largest group at Enterprise Elementary School, 28% of enrollment. Other groups include 21% White, 20% Black, 15% Asian, and 8% multiracial. By comparison, King County residents are about 11% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Enterprise Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 80%.
Dividing enrollment by its 27.8 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 16.2:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Washington is 17.3:1, higher than at this school. Enterprise Elementary School reports 68% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in King County report 38%.
allk12 grades Enterprise Elementary School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Washington public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Enterprise Elementary School would score about 34.7%. It scores 32.2%, 2.5 points below that figure.
Within King County, median household income is about $124,746, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of King County number 544 and enroll about 278,492.
The closest public school to Enterprise Elementary School is Sherwood Forest Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of Enterprise Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Enterprise Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Enterprise Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 444 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 450.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Federal Way School District
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,810 students
- Federal Way High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Todd Beamer High SchoolHigh · 1,412 students
- Decatur High SchoolHigh · 1,352 students
- Evergreen Middle SchoolMiddle · 810 students
- Kilo Middle SchoolMiddle · 669 students
Other schools in FEDERAL WAY
- Federal Way High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Todd Beamer High SchoolHigh · 1,412 students
- Decatur High SchoolHigh · 1,352 students
- Sacajawea Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Illahee Middle SchoolMiddle · 655 students
- Lakota Middle SchoolMiddle · 645 students
Other Enterprise Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 7 states are named Enterprise Elementary. Enterprise Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 9.
- Enterprise ElementaryLancaster, CA · 646 students
- ENTERPRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCOCOA, FL · 597 students
- ENTERPRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLENTERPRISE, FL · 544 students
- Enterprise ElemWichita, KS · 424 students
- Enterprise ElementaryWoodbridge, VA · 414 students
Nearby schools
- Sherwood Forest Elementary School0.5 mi · 325
- Panther Lake Elementary School0.6 mi · 427
- Illahee Middle School0.7 mi · 655
- Federal Way Public Academy0.9 mi · 309
- Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie1.0 mi · 532
- Todd Beamer High School1.4 mi · 1,412
Frequently asked questions
About Enterprise Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Enterprise Elementary School?
Enterprise Elementary School enrolls approximately 450 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Enterprise Elementary School serve?
Enterprise Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Enterprise Elementary School?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at Enterprise Elementary School.
How diverse is Enterprise Elementary School?
Enterprise Elementary School reports a student body of 21% White, 28% Hispanic, 20% Black, 15% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Enterprise Elementary School?
Enterprise Elementary School is overseen by Federal Way School District in King County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.