Enrollment
367
Elementary
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1·NCES 530771001176
Green Lake Elementary School
2400 N 65 ST, SEATTLE, WA 98103 · (206) 252-5320 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL367 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
133 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 4 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 77 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 22% larger than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
71%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
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Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
52.5%
WA avg 58.4% . -16.6pp since 2014
Math
55.6%
WA avg 51.2% . -6.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 17 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.5% | 55.6% |
| 2023-24 | 52.9% | 54.8% |
| 2022-23 | 52.8% | 56.1% |
| 2021-22 | 57.1% | 53.4% |
| 2018-19 | 71.1% | 63.0% |
| 2017-18 | 72.3% | 70.2% |
| 2016-17 | 65.9% | 64.4% |
| 2015-16 | 62.4% | 60.0% |
| 2014-15 | 69.0% | 62.2% |
% 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
54.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.9%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Lake Elementary School
Green Lake Elementary School's state test result (54.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Lake Elementary School this school | 367 | 36.2% | 54.5% |
| Brookside Elementary Lake Forest Park | 372 | 33.9% | 65.7% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Tacoma | 358 | 38.0% | 68.2% |
| Crestwood Elementary School Covington | 386 | 38.9% | 56.0% |
| Olympic View Elementary School SEATTLE | 341 | 39.3% | 55.2% |
| Ridgecrest Elementary Shoreline | 424 | 38.0% | 53.9% |
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 Lake Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #356 of 936 | #150 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #328 of 1,103 ▲ 19 | #138 of 281 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #457 of 1,102 ▼ 18 | #155 of 280 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.3pp | #312 of 928 | #101 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 367 | #753 of 1,268 | #209 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #176 of 1,085 | #45 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.3% | #242 of 1,088 | #131 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.2% | #853 of 1,169 | #145 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.0% | #405 of 778 | #129 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
367
+15 (+4%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 330
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 367 | 25.8 | 14.2:1 | 36% (133) |
| 2023-24 | 322 | 26 | 12.4:1 | 31% (100) |
| 2022-23 | 328 | 24.6 | 13.3:1 | 23% (76) |
| 2020-21 | 352 | 29 | 12.1:1 | 9% (30) |
| 2017-18 | 437 | 27 | 16.2:1 | 12% (52) |
| 2015-16 | 337 | 19 | 17.7:1 | 11% (37) |
| 2010-11 | 288 | 17 | 16.9:1 | 15% (44) |
| 2000-01 | 305 | 19 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 330 | 16 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Green Lake Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (437 to 367); teachers down 4% (27 to 25.8).
About Green Lake Elementary School
Green Lake Elementary School is a public elementary school in SEATTLE, Washington. The school enrolls 367 students, from pre-K through 5.
District-wide, Seattle School District No. 1 has 107 schools and 50,773 students.
Green Lake Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 46%. After that, the student body is 17% multiracial, 16% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 9% Asian. Among all residents of King County, the White share is about 55%. The chance that two students picked at random at Green Lake Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 71%.
A ratio of 14.2:1 comes from the school's 25.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Washington average 17.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 36% in 2024-25. That is close to the 38% average for public schools in King County.
Green Lake Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Washington schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 54.5% and a predicted 55.9%.
In King County (population about 2,287,171), median household income is about $124,746, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 544 public schools operate in King County, serving about 278,492 students.
McDonald International School is the closest public school, about 0.6 miles away in a straight line. Green Lake Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 78.0%, higher than Green Lake Elementary School's 54.5%.
Green Lake Elementary School falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 367, 4% above the 352 of 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 14.2 students per teacher, compared with 12.1 in 2020-21.
The Green Lake Elementary School community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- 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
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
Other Green Lake Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Green Lake Elementary. Green Lake Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Green Lake ElementaryGreen Lake, WI · 137 students
Nearby schools
- McDonald International School0.6 mi · 443
- Roosevelt High School0.7 mi · 1,542
- Daniel Bagley Elementary School1.0 mi · 337
- Lincoln High School1.2 mi · 1,770
- John Stanford International School1.3 mi · 422
- Cascadia Elementary1.4 mi · 531
Frequently asked questions
About Green Lake Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Green Lake Elementary School?
Green Lake Elementary School enrolls approximately 367 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Green Lake Elementary School serve?
Green Lake Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Green Lake Elementary School have?
Green Lake Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Green Lake Elementary School?
Student demographics at Green Lake Elementary School are roughly 46% White, 16% Hispanic, 9% Black, 9% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Is Green Lake Elementary School public or private?
Green Lake Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Seattle School District No. 1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.