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What's the biggest difference between Forest View Elementary School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
634
Elementary
DISTRICT 549 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EVERETT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530267003195
Forest View Elementary School
5601 156th St. SE, Everett, WA 98208 · (425) 385-7900 · Snohomish County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL634 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
94 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 119 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 120 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 123 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
81.9%
WA avg 58.4% . -2.2pp since 2014
Math
81.6%
WA avg 51.2% . +3.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.9% | 81.6% |
| 2023-24 | 84.3% | 81.4% |
| 2022-23 | 78.1% | 75.9% |
| 2021-22 | 78.7% | 70.8% |
| 2018-19 | 84.6% | 78.3% |
| 2017-18 | 81.6% | 80.2% |
| 2016-17 | 82.5% | 83.1% |
| 2015-16 | 84.8% | 80.3% |
| 2014-15 | 84.1% | 77.9% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
83.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 70% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 13 points, placing it in Washington's top 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 Forest View Elementary School
Forest View Elementary School's state test result (83.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest View Elementary School this school | 634 | 14.8% | 83.0% |
| Sunny Hills Elementary SAMMAMISH | 574 | 11.3% | 82.5% |
| Ruby Bridges Elementary Woodinville | 503 | 13.1% | 68.9% |
| Canyon Creek Elementary Bothell | 866 | 15.2% | 80.4% |
| Grand Ridge Elementary Issaquah | 558 | 8.6% | 82.9% |
| Woodridge Elementary Bellevue | 554 | 23.1% | 83.2% |
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 Forest View Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #31 of 936 | #4 of 105 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.6% | #33 of 1,103 ▲ 6 | #4 of 106 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.9% | #41 of 1,102 ▼ 16 | #4 of 106 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #174 of 928 | #12 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 634 | #71 of 1,268 | #20 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #999 of 1,085 | #104 of 109 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.3% | #452 of 1,088 | #67 of 110 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.8% | #1,084 of 1,169 | #107 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.0% | #351 of 778 | #13 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
634
+3 (+0%) vs 2020
+18% since 2010-11, when it was 536
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
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 | 634 | 34.4 | 18.4:1 | 15% (94) |
| 2023-24 | 641 | 35.8 | 17.9:1 | 13% (85) |
| 2022-23 | 631 | 35.4 | 17.8:1 | 11% (69) |
| 2020-21 | 631 | 35 | 18.0:1 | 14% (88) |
| 2017-18 | 773 | 37.8 | 20.4:1 | 6% (44) |
| 2015-16 | 680 | 32 | 21.3:1 | 9% (64) |
| 2010-11 | 536 | 25 | 21.4:1 | 8% (43) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Forest View Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (773 to 634); teachers down 9% (37.8 to 34.4).
About Forest View Elementary School
Forest View Elementary School runs as a large elementary school in Everett, Washington. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 634 students. It has 67% more students than the average for elementary schools in Washington (about 380).
Everett School District is the local district for Forest View Elementary School. It runs 32 schools with 20,489 students.
The share of Asian students at Forest View Elementary School is 53%, a majority. Smaller groups are 27% White, 9% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, and 2% Black. For comparison, the population of Snohomish County is roughly 14% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 63%.
Forest View Elementary School reported 34.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 18.4:1. The school's 18.4:1 compares with an average of 17.3:1 for elementary schools in Washington. Roughly 15% of students at Forest View Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 41% average among public schools in Snohomish County.
Forest View Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 83.0%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Washington are predicted to post 70.3%, so the school is 12.8 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
In Snohomish County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $111,246 a year, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Public schools in Snohomish County number 227, with about 118,688 students.
Forest View Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Gateway Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Forest View Elementary School ranks 2nd of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 83.0% against a local average of 73.0%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 631 to 634, a small change.
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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 Everett School District
- Henry M. Jackson High SchoolHigh · 2,148 students
- Cascade High SchoolHigh · 1,651 students
- Everett High SchoolHigh · 1,643 students
- Gateway Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,057 students
- Heatherwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,031 students
- Eisenhower Middle SchoolMiddle · 914 students
Other schools in Everett
- Mariner High SchoolHigh · 2,106 students
- Cascade High SchoolHigh · 1,651 students
- Everett High SchoolHigh · 1,643 students
- Gateway Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,057 students
- Eisenhower Middle SchoolMiddle · 914 students
- Voyager Middle SchoolMiddle · 902 students
Other Forest View Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Forest View Elementary. Forest View Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- Forest View ElementaryDurham, NC · 662 students
- Forest View ElemOlathe, KS · 419 students
- Forest View ElementaryFOREST LAKE, MN · 345 students
- Forest View Elementary SchoolMount Prospect, IL · 339 students
- Forest View Elementary SchoolBOON, MI · 257 students
Nearby schools
- Gateway Middle School0.2 mi · 1,057
- Silver Firs Elementary0.6 mi · 538
- Totem Falls0.9 mi · 412
- Little Cedars Elementary School1.2 mi · 646
- Glacier Peak High School1.3 mi · 1,642
- Mill Creek Elementary1.5 mi · 694
Frequently asked questions
About Forest View Elementary SchoolHow large is Forest View Elementary School?
Forest View Elementary School enrolls approximately 634 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Forest View Elementary School serve?
Forest View Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Forest View Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Forest View Elementary School is approximately 18.4:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Forest View Elementary School?
Student demographics at Forest View Elementary School are roughly 27% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Black, 53% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Forest View Elementary School in?
Forest View Elementary School is part of Everett School District.
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