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If you could change one rule at Fernwood Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
714
Elementary
DISTRICT 478 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHSHORE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530591002222
Fernwood Elementary
3933 Jewell RD, Bothell, WA 98012 · (425) 408-4500 · Snohomish County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL714 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of Washington public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
18.7:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
6%
43 students
DISTRICT 21% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 117 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 116 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 110 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 144 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 113 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 114 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (117) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (114).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
85.0%
WA avg 58.4% . +8.5pp since 2014
Math
86.3%
WA avg 51.2% . +10.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.0% | 86.3% |
| 2023-24 | 83.9% | 86.6% |
| 2022-23 | 86.9% | 87.9% |
| 2021-22 | 86.6% | 87.8% |
| 2018-19 | 81.5% | 82.4% |
| 2017-18 | 82.5% | 81.5% |
| 2016-17 | 77.5% | 78.3% |
| 2015-16 | 79.5% | 76.1% |
| 2014-15 | 76.5% | 76.3% |
% 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
85.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.2%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% 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 Fernwood Elementary
Fernwood Elementary's state test result (85.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fernwood Elementary this school | 714 | 6.0% | 85.0% |
| Somerset Elementary School Bellevue | 741 | 7.7% | 91.2% |
| Louisa May Alcott Elementary Redmond | 615 | 5.4% | 86.3% |
| Medina Elementary School MEDINA | 591 | 5.6% | 92.5% |
| Cherry Crest Elementary School Bellevue | 553 | 4.7% | 88.3% |
| Kokanee Elementary Woodinville | 651 | 6.8% | 79.5% |
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 Fernwood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #21 of 936 | #2 of 105 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.3% | #18 of 1,103 no change | #2 of 106 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #26 of 1,102 ▲ 2 | #3 of 106 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.6pp | #299 of 928 | #23 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 714 | #25 of 1,268 | #5 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #1,015 of 1,085 | #106 of 109 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.1% | #917 of 1,088 | #106 of 110 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.0% | #1,150 of 1,169 | #114 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.0% | #603 of 778 | #43 of 68 |
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
714
-43 (-6%) vs 2020
+31% since 1990-91, when it was 547
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 18.0:1
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 | 714 | 38.2 | 18.7:1 | 6% (43) |
| 2023-24 | 739 | 42.5 | 17.4:1 | 6% (43) |
| 2022-23 | 757 | 48 | 15.8:1 | 4% (31) |
| 2020-21 | 757 | 42 | 18.0:1 | 3% (20) |
| 2017-18 | 776 | 44.2 | 17.5:1 | 5% (35) |
| 2015-16 | 860 | 43 | 20.0:1 | 9% (76) |
| 2010-11 | 605 | 30 | 20.2:1 | 14% (86) |
| 2000-01 | 596 | 29 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 547 | 22 | 24.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fernwood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (776 to 714); teachers down 14% (44.2 to 38.2).
About Fernwood Elementary
Fernwood Elementary is a large elementary school in Bothell, Washington. The school counted 714 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5. It has 88% more students than the average for elementary schools in Washington (about 380).
Northshore School District is responsible for 37 schools, Fernwood Elementary included, with 22,735 students in all.
The share of Asian students at Fernwood Elementary is 76%, a majority. The remaining students are 16% White, 4% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. Census figures show Snohomish County is about 14% Asian. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 40, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Fernwood Elementary is 18.7:1, based on 38.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington, this school's ratio is higher. Lunch program data show 6% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Snohomish County, the average is 41%.
On the allk12 Grade, Fernwood Elementary lands at A, ahead of 91% of Washington public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Fernwood Elementary is 8.9 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 85.0% actual, 76.2% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Washington.
American Community Survey estimates for Snohomish County show that median household income comes to about $111,246, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Snohomish County counts 227 public schools with about 118,688 students.
Fernwood Elementary's closest public school neighbor is North Creek High School, about 0.4 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Fernwood Elementary ranks 2nd of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 85.0% against a local average of 74.2%.
Fernwood Elementary has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 6% decrease, from 757 to 714.
People who know Fernwood Elementary can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Snohomish County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
844,430
Census ACS
Median income
$111,246
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
227
118,688 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Northshore School District
- North Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,910 students
- Bothell High SchoolHigh · 1,740 students
- Woodinville HSHigh · 1,662 students
- Inglemoor HSHigh · 1,441 students
- Skyview Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,215 students
- Canyon Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 907 students
Other schools in Bothell
- North Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,910 students
- Bothell High SchoolHigh · 1,740 students
- Lynnwood High SchoolHigh · 1,335 students
- Skyview Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,215 students
- Canyon Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 907 students
- Canyon Creek ElementaryElementary · 866 students
Other Fernwood Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Fernwood Elementary. Fernwood Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Fernwood Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 259 students
Nearby schools
- North Creek High School0.4 mi · 1,910
- Ruby Bridges Elementary0.8 mi · 503
- Canyon Creek Elementary1.1 mi · 866
- Tambark Creek Elementary School1.2 mi · 740
- Skyview Middle School1.3 mi · 1,215
- Cedar Wood Elementary1.8 mi · 682
Frequently asked questions
About Fernwood ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Fernwood Elementary?
Fernwood Elementary enrolls approximately 714 students in grades PK-05.
Is Fernwood Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fernwood Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Fernwood Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Fernwood Elementary is approximately 18.7:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Fernwood Elementary?
Student demographics at Fernwood Elementary are roughly 16% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 76% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Fernwood Elementary?
Fernwood Elementary is overseen by Northshore School District in Snohomish County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.