Glacier Park Elementary

Glacier Park Elementary operates as a roomy K-5 school in Maple Valley, Washington, run under Tahoma School District. Current enrollment sits at 803 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Glacier Park Elementary sits 111% above that benchmark.

Tahoma School District runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 9,234 students. Glacier Park Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Glacier Park Elementary shows that 47% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 28% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Black.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 20% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than King County's rate of about 38%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Glacier Park Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 66.9%.

In the area at large, census data for King County shows median household earnings sit near $124,746, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, King County runs 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), of which Glacier Park Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Tahoma Senior High School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Glacier Park Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Glacier Park Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 57.8%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Glacier Park Elementary has grew 21%, going from 665 students in 2018 to 803 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment edged up from 5% to 28% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 in 2025.

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