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Enrollment
357
Elementary
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1·NCES 530771003497
Fairmount Park Elementary School
3800 SW FINDLAY ST, SEATTLE, WA 98126 · (206) 252-9290 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL357 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
82 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 16 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
69.2%
WA avg 58.4% . -13.4pp since 2014
Math
71.4%
WA avg 51.2% . -10.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 13 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.2% | 71.4% |
| 2023-24 | 73.7% | 74.2% |
| 2022-23 | 71.0% | 65.8% |
| 2021-22 | 73.1% | 65.0% |
| 2018-19 | 83.4% | 80.3% |
| 2017-18 | 85.5% | 84.8% |
| 2016-17 | 85.4% | 83.6% |
| 2015-16 | 88.3% | 86.8% |
| 2014-15 | 82.6% | 82.1% |
% 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
72.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.8%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Fairmount Park Elementary School
Fairmount Park Elementary School's state test result (72.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairmount Park Elementary School this school | 357 | 23.0% | 72.2% |
| Lake Forest Park Elementary Lake Forest Park | 378 | 26.7% | 59.7% |
| Daniel Bagley Elementary School SEATTLE | 337 | 25.5% | 68.8% |
| Brier Elementary BRIER | 389 | 22.4% | 67.7% |
| Pioneer Elementary School OLYMPIA | 384 | 19.8% | 65.2% |
| Centennial Elementary OLYMPIA | 434 | 21.7% | 65.8% |
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 Fairmount Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.2% | #113 of 936 | #82 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.4% | #114 of 1,103 ▼ 23 | #76 of 281 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.2% | #170 of 1,102 ▼ 57 | #97 of 280 ▼ 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.3pp | #484 of 928 | #132 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 357 | #784 of 1,268 | #213 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #675 of 1,085 | #172 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.2% | #409 of 1,088 | #190 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.0% | #1,003 of 1,169 | #185 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.5% | #69 of 778 | #29 of 220 |
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
357
-121 (-25%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 357 | 21.8 | 16.4:1 | 23% (82) |
| 2023-24 | 392 | 23.9 | 16.4:1 | 23% (89) |
| 2022-23 | 428 | 26.1 | 16.4:1 | 21% (89) |
| 2020-21 | 478 | 30 | 15.9:1 | 16% (76) |
| 2017-18 | 545 | 30.2 | 18.0:1 | 14% (77) |
| 2015-16 | 480 | 24 | 20.0:1 | 8% (39) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fairmount Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (545 to 357); teachers down 28% (30.2 to 21.8).
About Fairmount Park Elementary School
Fairmount Park Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Seattle School District No. 1, located in SEATTLE, Washington. The school's enrollment of 357 students covers pre-K through 5.
Seattle School District No. 1 is responsible for 107 schools, Fairmount Park Elementary School included, with 50,773 students in all.
By race and ethnicity, Fairmount Park Elementary School is 54% White. After that, the student body is 16% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, 9% Asian, and 8% Black. For comparison, King County is about 55% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Fairmount Park Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 65%.
Teachers at Fairmount Park Elementary School total 21.8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 16.4:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Washington average 17.3:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 23%. Compared with the 38% average for public schools in King County, the school's rate is lower.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Fairmount Park Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Washington schools: 72.2% actual against 64.8% predicted.
According to the American Community Survey, in King County, median household income is about $124,746, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 544 public schools operate in King County, serving about 278,492 students.
Nearby, West Seattle Elementary School is about 0.8 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Fairmount Park Elementary School places 2nd out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The student count in 2024-25 was 357, 25% below the 478 of 2020-21.
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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 Seattle School District No. 1
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Ballard High SchoolHigh · 1,697 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,542 students
- Garfield High SchoolHigh · 1,507 students
- West Seattle High SchoolHigh · 1,479 students
- Ingraham High SchoolHigh · 1,391 students
Other schools in SEATTLE
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Ballard High SchoolHigh · 1,697 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,542 students
- Garfield High SchoolHigh · 1,507 students
- West Seattle High SchoolHigh · 1,479 students
- Ingraham High SchoolHigh · 1,391 students
Other Fairmount Park Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Fairmount Park Elementary. Fairmount Park Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- FAIRMOUNT PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLST PETERSBURG, FL · 425 students
Nearby schools
- West Seattle Elementary School0.8 mi · 376
- Louisa Boren STEM K-80.9 mi · 437
- Gatewood Elementary School0.9 mi · 400
- Genesee Hill Elementary1.2 mi · 451
- Pathfinder K-8 School1.3 mi · 402
- Sanislo Elementary School1.3 mi · 145
Frequently asked questions
About Fairmount Park Elementary SchoolHow large is Fairmount Park Elementary School?
Fairmount Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 357 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Fairmount Park Elementary School serve?
Fairmount Park Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Fairmount Park Elementary School?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at Fairmount Park Elementary School.
How diverse is Fairmount Park Elementary School?
Fairmount Park Elementary School reports a student body of 54% White, 13% Hispanic, 8% Black, 9% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Is Fairmount Park Elementary School public or private?
Fairmount Park Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Seattle School District No. 1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.