Fall City Elementary

Fall City Elementary is a mid-sized elementary-level community in FALL CITY, Washington, overseen by Snoqualmie Valley School District. The school enrolls 456 students in grades K through 5.

Fall City Elementary is one of 13 schools operated by Snoqualmie Valley School District, a district that hosts 7,145 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Fall City Elementary logs that 74% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 10% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 5% Asian. By comparison, King County as a whole is about 55% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Fall City Elementary shows 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, King County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Fall City Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.9%, the actual is 78.3%, a residual of +9.4 points.

In the area at large, King County reports that median household income runs about $124,746, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Fall City Elementary is one of 544 public schools in King County (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students).

The closest other public school is Chief Kanim Middle School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Fall City Elementary comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 74.9%.

Fall City Elementary operates from a town-center location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 19%: 562 students in 2018 compared to 456 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 81% to 74% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.