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Fairmount Elementary
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 7 | 1% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 108 | 21% |
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardWhat 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 34 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 10 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 14 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.5% | 34.3% |
| 2023-24 | 39.6% | 34.5% |
| 2022-23 | 35.1% | 37.6% |
| 2021-22 | 36.5% | 29.7% |
| 2018-19 | 43.0% | 33.0% |
| 2017-18 | 45.2% | 34.6% |
| 2016-17 | 46.1% | 42.6% |
| 2015-16 | 49.3% | 46.8% |
| 2014-15 | 49.1% | 48.4% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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%.
Where Fairmount Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.6% | #710 of 936 | #89 of 105 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #795 of 1,103 | #85 of 106 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #766 of 1,102 | #83 of 106 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.8pp | #334 of 928 | #39 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 510 | #264 of 1,268 | #49 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #71 of 1,085 | #3 of 109 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.0% | #144 of 1,088 | #8 of 110 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.4% | #422 of 1,169 | #25 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.1% | #628 of 778 | #49 of 68 |
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 | 510 | 38.9 | 13.1:1 | 61% (313) |
| 2023-24 | 515 | 36.1 | 14.3:1 | 69% (357) |
| 2022-23 | 511 | 36.6 | 14.0:1 | 66% (336) |
| 2020-21 | 505 | 38 | 13.3:1 | 60% (303) |
| 2017-18 | 549 | 34.7 | 15.8:1 | 66% (364) |
| 2015-16 | 752 | 40 | 18.8:1 | 64% (479) |
| 2010-11 | 644 | 35 | 18.4:1 | 63% (403) |
| 2000-01 | 497 | 33 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 501 | 25 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
About Fairmount Elementary
Fairmount Elementary is a public elementary school run by Mukilteo School District in Everett, Washington. The grade span is kindergarten through 5, and enrollment is 510 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Washington) has about 380 students.
Mukilteo School District has 23 schools and 15,175 students, and Fairmount Elementary is one of those schools.
Fairmount Elementary has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 32%. Smaller groups are 32% White, 16% Black, 12% Asian, and 6% multiracial. County-wide, 12% of Snohomish County residents are Hispanic. Fairmount Elementary's diversity index is 75%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.1:1, with 38.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is lower than the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Fairmount Elementary is 61%. Public schools in Snohomish County average 41%.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Fairmount Elementary is 39.0%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 35.6%.
Snohomish County has about 844,430 residents, and the median household income is $111,246, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. In all, Snohomish County has 227 public schools and roughly 118,688 students.
Pathfinder Kindergarten Center is the public school closest to Fairmount Elementary, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 38.2%; Fairmount Elementary's is 35.6%, ranking 4th of 6.
Federal data place Fairmount Elementary in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's size has been steady, with 505 students in 2020-21 and 510 in 2024-25.
The Fairmount Elementary community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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