Enrollment
281
Elementary
DISTRICT 433 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FEDERAL WAY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530282001120
Green Gables Elementary School
32607 47TH AVE SW, FEDERAL WAY, WA 98023 · (253) 945-2700 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL281 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% of Washington public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-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
14.4:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
163 students
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
82%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 79% · 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
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Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
49.3%
WA avg 58.4% . +4.0pp since 2014
Math
39.2%
WA avg 51.2% . -11.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.3% | 39.2% |
| 2023-24 | 45.8% | 40.6% |
| 2022-23 | 46.9% | 41.9% |
| 2021-22 | 53.7% | 42.1% |
| 2018-19 | 49.7% | 44.9% |
| 2017-18 | 49.2% | 42.3% |
| 2016-17 | 53.8% | 51.8% |
| 2015-16 | 48.7% | 42.6% |
| 2014-15 | 45.3% | 50.3% |
% 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
45.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Green Gables Elementary School
Green Gables Elementary School's state test result (45.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Gables Elementary School this school | 281 | 58.0% | 45.3% |
| Oakbrook Elementary School Lakewood | 285 | 61.8% | 41.5% |
| Whittier Elementary School Tacoma | 305 | 55.7% | 50.5% |
| Franklin Elementary School Tacoma | 260 | 61.2% | 29.7% |
| James Baldwin Elementary School SEATTLE | 262 | 53.4% | 49.3% |
| Delong Elementary School Tacoma | 349 | 62.8% | 46.5% |
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 Green Gables Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #515 of 936 | #178 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #679 of 1,103 ▼ 61 | #199 of 281 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #522 of 1,102 ▲ 60 | #167 of 280 ▲ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.6pp | #191 of 928 | #55 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 281 | #1,007 of 1,268 | #263 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #212 of 1,085 | #51 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 81.6% | #3 of 1,088 | #1 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.0% | #483 of 1,169 | #89 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.7% | #144 of 778 | #54 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
281
-66 (-19%) vs 2020
-50% since 2000-01, when it was 561
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 281 | 19.5 | 14.4:1 | 58% (163) |
| 2023-24 | 320 | 20.6 | 15.5:1 | 64% (205) |
| 2022-23 | 339 | 20.5 | 16.5:1 | 61% (206) |
| 2020-21 | 347 | 22 | 15.8:1 | 47% (164) |
| 2017-18 | 394 | 22.5 | 17.5:1 | 42% (167) |
| 2015-16 | 416 | 22 | 18.9:1 | 36% (149) |
| 2010-11 | 405 | 20 | 20.3:1 | 24% (99) |
| 2000-01 | 561 | 29 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Green Gables Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (394 to 281); teachers down 13% (22.5 to 19.5).
About Green Gables Elementary School
Green Gables Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in FEDERAL WAY, Washington. The school counted 281 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5. The school is 26% below the average for elementary schools in Washington.
Federal Way School District operates 43 schools. Combined enrollment is 22,250 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Green Gables Elementary School is White, with 26% of students. Enrollment also includes 20% Hispanic, 17% Black, 17% multiracial, and 11% Pacific Islander. The school's White share is 29 points below the 55% share among King County residents. The diversity index for Green Gables Elementary School is 82%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Green Gables Elementary School reports a ratio of 14.4 students per teacher, from 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Washington, the average ratio is 17.3:1. Lunch program data show 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 20 points above the 38% average for public schools in King County.
On the allk12 Grade, Green Gables Elementary School lands at C+, ahead of 43% of Washington public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Green Gables Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Washington schools: 45.3% actual against 41.3% predicted.
Census data for King County show the median household earns about $124,746 a year, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Public schools in King County number 544, with about 278,492 students.
A public school about 0.6 miles away, Twin Lakes Elementary School, is the closest to Green Gables Elementary School. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Green Gables Elementary School is ahead of the 43.8% nearby average, ranking 4th of 8.
The federal government classifies Green Gables Elementary School's location as Suburb: Large.
In 2020-21, Green Gables Elementary School enrolled 347 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 281. Federal data show the ratio falling from 15.8:1 to 14.4:1.
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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 Federal Way School District
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,810 students
- Federal Way High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Todd Beamer High SchoolHigh · 1,412 students
- Decatur High SchoolHigh · 1,352 students
- Evergreen Middle SchoolMiddle · 810 students
- Kilo Middle SchoolMiddle · 669 students
Other schools in FEDERAL WAY
- Federal Way High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Todd Beamer High SchoolHigh · 1,412 students
- Decatur High SchoolHigh · 1,352 students
- Sacajawea Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Illahee Middle SchoolMiddle · 655 students
- Lakota Middle SchoolMiddle · 645 students
Other Green Gables Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Green Gables Elementary. Green Gables Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Green Gables Elementary SchoolLAKEWOOD, CO · 315 students
Nearby schools
- Twin Lakes Elementary School0.6 mi · 371
- Brigadoon Elementary School1.0 mi · 366
- Meeker Middle School1.0 mi · 567
- Crescent Heights Elementary School1.0 mi · 451
- Olympic View Elementary School1.3 mi · 547
- Decatur High School1.3 mi · 1,352
Frequently asked questions
About Green Gables Elementary SchoolHow large is Green Gables Elementary School?
Green Gables Elementary School enrolls approximately 281 students in grades PK-05.
Is Green Gables Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Green Gables Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Green Gables Elementary School?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Green Gables Elementary School.
How diverse is Green Gables Elementary School?
Green Gables Elementary School reports a student body of 26% White, 20% Hispanic, 17% Black, 9% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Who oversees Green Gables Elementary School?
Green Gables Elementary School is overseen by Federal Way School District in King County.
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