Gatewood Elementary School

Gatewood Elementary School operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in SEATTLE, Washington, overseen by Seattle School District No. 1. Current enrollment sits at 400 students spanning grades K through 5.

Within Seattle School District No. 1, which oversees 107 schools and 50,773 students, Gatewood Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Gatewood Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 13% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the resource side, The school lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 13% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, King County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Gatewood Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 71.8%; this one delivers 64.1%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for King County indicate the typical household earns roughly $124,746 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Gatewood Elementary School is one of 544 public schools in King County (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students).

The closest other public school is West Seattle Elementary School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Gatewood Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Gatewood Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 42.2%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Gatewood Elementary School's enrollment has grew 6% since 2018, when it stood at 376 (now 400). White enrollment moved from 63% to 68% across the same window.

Inside the community feed, members of the Gatewood Elementary School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.