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Enrollment
451
Elementary
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1·NCES 530771001245
Genesee Hill Elementary
5013 SW Dakota Street, SEATTLE, WA 98116 · (206) 252-9700 · King County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL451 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
50 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
50%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
73.9%
WA avg 58.4% . +0.9pp since 2014
Math
73.4%
WA avg 51.2% . +1.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.9% | 73.4% |
| 2023-24 | 78.1% | 73.5% |
| 2022-23 | 77.2% | 72.3% |
| 2021-22 | 73.0% | 66.5% |
| 2018-19 | 81.6% | 76.7% |
| 2017-18 | 76.7% | 74.1% |
| 2016-17 | 75.2% | 74.9% |
| 2015-16 | 77.9% | 75.3% |
| 2014-15 | 73.0% | 72.2% |
% 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
75.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.8%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Genesee Hill Elementary
Genesee Hill Elementary's state test result (75.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesee Hill Elementary this school | 451 | 11.1% | 75.0% |
| Maple Hills Elementary RENTON | 460 | 13.0% | 75.8% |
| Gatewood Elementary School SEATTLE | 400 | 12.5% | 64.1% |
| North Bend Elementary School NORTH BEND | 466 | 13.7% | 73.0% |
| Pioneer Elementary School Gig Harbor | 481 | 13.3% | 67.2% |
| Swift Water Elementary Gig Harbor | 519 | 13.5% | 69.1% |
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 Genesee Hill Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #89 of 936 | #70 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.4% | #101 of 1,103 ▼ 3 | #68 of 281 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.9% | #107 of 1,102 ▼ 34 | #75 of 280 ▼ 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.9pp | #330 of 928 | #85 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 451 | #448 of 1,268 | #123 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #838 of 1,085 | #217 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.1% | #764 of 1,088 | #256 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.1% | #1,115 of 1,169 | #245 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.2% | #47 of 778 | #22 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
451
-143 (-24%) vs 2020
+43% since 1990-91, when it was 316
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 451 | 26.4 | 17.1:1 | 11% (50) |
| 2023-24 | 477 | 27.9 | 17.1:1 | 11% (52) |
| 2022-23 | 519 | 31.7 | 16.4:1 | 9% (46) |
| 2020-21 | 594 | 36 | 16.5:1 | 8% (46) |
| 2017-18 | 718 | 38.2 | 18.8:1 | 9% (64) |
| 2015-16 | 639 | 31 | 20.6:1 | 8% (52) |
| 2010-11 | 414 | 19 | 21.8:1 | 10% (40) |
| 2000-01 | 321 | 14 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 316 | 14 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Genesee Hill Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (718 to 451); teachers down 31% (38.2 to 26.4).
About Genesee Hill Elementary
Genesee Hill Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school for students in SEATTLE, Washington. The school serves 451 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
The 107 schools in Seattle School District No. 1 enroll 50,773 students altogether, Genesee Hill Elementary among them.
At Genesee Hill Elementary, White students make up 68% of the student body. The school is also 16% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, and 4% Asian. That is higher than the 55% White share among all King County residents. The school's diversity index is 50%, meaning two students picked at random have a 50% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.1:1 at Genesee Hill Elementary, with 26.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Washington average 17.3:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 11%. The average for public schools in King County is 38%.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 75.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 72.8%.
In the county around the school, King County, the median household income is $124,746, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 544 public schools in King County, enrolling about 278,492 students in all.
The closest public school to Genesee Hill Elementary is Madison Middle School, about 0.5 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 75.0% is above the 64.6% average for nearby schools.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Genesee Hill Elementary's enrollment dropped 24%, to 451.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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- 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
Nearby schools
- Madison Middle School0.5 mi · 1,017
- West Seattle High School0.9 mi · 1,479
- Alki Elementary School0.9 mi · 269
- Lafayette Elementary School1.0 mi · 532
- Fairmount Park Elementary School1.2 mi · 357
- Pathfinder K-8 School1.8 mi · 402
Frequently asked questions
About Genesee Hill ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Genesee Hill Elementary?
Genesee Hill Elementary enrolls approximately 451 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Genesee Hill Elementary serve?
Genesee Hill Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Genesee Hill Elementary?
Approximately 17.1:1 students per teacher at Genesee Hill Elementary.
How diverse is Genesee Hill Elementary?
Genesee Hill Elementary reports a student body of 68% White, 10% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Who oversees Genesee Hill Elementary?
Genesee Hill Elementary is overseen by Seattle School District No. 1 in King County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.