Fairmount Elementary

Set in Everett, Washington, Fairmount Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school, operated by Mukilteo School District. It caters to 510 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 34% bigger than the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 380 students.

Fairmount Elementary is one of 23 schools operated by Mukilteo School District, a district that serves 15,175 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Fairmount Elementary lists that 32% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 32% White, 16% Black, 12% Asian, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Snohomish County as a whole is about 12% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Fairmount Elementary has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Fairmount Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 61% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Snohomish County (around 41%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Fairmount Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.0%; this one delivers 35.6%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Snohomish County shows median household earnings sit near $111,246, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Snohomish County's 227 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,688 students), Fairmount Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Pathfinder Kindergarten Center, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Fairmount Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 38.2%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 7%: 549 students in 2018 compared to 510 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share ticked up from 11% to 16%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

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