Enrollment
339
Elementary
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1·NCES 530771001177
Greenwood Elementary School
144 NW 80 ST, SEATTLE, WA 98117 · (206) 252-1400 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL339 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
35 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 | 10 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 62% larger than its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
48%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
87.6%
WA avg 58.4% . +10.0pp since 2014
Math
79.3%
WA avg 51.2% . +12.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 10 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.6% | 79.3% |
| 2023-24 | 86.3% | 76.7% |
| 2022-23 | 82.4% | 76.1% |
| 2021-22 | 83.5% | 70.8% |
| 2018-19 | 89.8% | 79.0% |
| 2017-18 | 81.0% | 66.1% |
| 2016-17 | 77.2% | 69.2% |
| 2015-16 | 74.0% | 65.5% |
| 2014-15 | 77.6% | 66.7% |
% 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
82.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% 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 Greenwood Elementary School
Greenwood Elementary School's state test result (82.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwood Elementary School this school | 339 | 10.3% | 82.6% |
| Whittier Elementary School SEATTLE | 346 | 8.7% | 79.2% |
| North Beach Elementary School SEATTLE | 344 | 14.0% | 71.2% |
| West Woodland Elementary School SEATTLE | 355 | 8.5% | 83.3% |
| Lawton Elementary School SEATTLE | 309 | 13.6% | 74.7% |
| Magnolia Elementary School Seattle | 320 | 12.8% | 71.1% |
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 Greenwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.6% | #33 of 936 | #28 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.3% | #50 of 1,103 ▲ 21 | #39 of 281 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.6% | #14 of 1,102 ▲ 5 | #14 of 280 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.4pp | #199 of 928 | #48 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 339 | #832 of 1,268 | #226 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #674 of 1,085 | #171 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.1% | #809 of 1,088 | #262 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.3% | #1,124 of 1,169 | #251 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.1% | #654 of 778 | #188 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
339
+15 (+5%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 310
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 339 | 20.7 | 16.4:1 | 10% (35) |
| 2023-24 | 324 | 19.8 | 16.4:1 | 8% (26) |
| 2022-23 | 337 | 19.8 | 17.0:1 | 9% (31) |
| 2020-21 | 324 | 20 | 16.2:1 | 9% (28) |
| 2017-18 | 361 | 18.2 | 19.8:1 | 13% (48) |
| 2015-16 | 362 | 19 | 19.1:1 | 17% (62) |
| 2010-11 | 353 | 19 | 18.6:1 | 36% (126) |
| 2000-01 | 261 | 15 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 310 | 18 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Greenwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (361 to 339); teachers up 14% (18.2 to 20.7).
About Greenwood Elementary School
Greenwood Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. Its address is in SEATTLE, Washington. A total of 339 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5.
Seattle School District No. 1 has a total of 107 schools and 50,773 students, Greenwood Elementary School among them.
By race and ethnicity, Greenwood Elementary School is 70% White. The rest of enrollment is 9% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 7% Asian, and 4% Black. Census estimates put the White share of King County's population at about 55%. The chance that two students picked at random at Greenwood Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 48%.
The school employs the equivalent of 20.7 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 16.4:1. Among elementary schools in Washington, the typical ratio is 17.3:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 10%. The rate at public schools in King County averages 38%, higher than here.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Greenwood Elementary School is 9.3 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 82.6% actual, 73.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Washington.
Census Bureau estimates for King County show that median household income is about $124,746, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. A total of 544 public schools operate in King County, serving about 278,492 students.
The closest public school to Greenwood Elementary School is Whittier Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 75.5%, lower than Greenwood Elementary School's 82.6%.
Greenwood Elementary School has an NCES locale of City: Large.
Federal counts put enrollment at 324 in 2020-21 and 339 in 2024-25, a 5% gain.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
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Other Greenwood Elementary schools
26 other US public schools in 21 states are named Greenwood Elementary. Greenwood Elementary School is the 16th largest of the 27.
- Greenwood Elementary SchoolMIDLAND, TX · 829 students
- GREENWOOD ELEMENTARYPLYMOUTH, MN · 762 students
- Greenwood ElementaryMontebello, CA · 746 students
- Greenwood ElementaryGlen Allen, VA · 649 students
- Greenwood ElementarySanford, NC · 571 students
Nearby schools
- Whittier Elementary School0.7 mi · 346
- Daniel Bagley Elementary School0.8 mi · 337
- Ballard High School1.0 mi · 1,697
- Robert Eagle Staff Middle School1.0 mi · 729
- Whitman Middle School1.1 mi · 633
- West Woodland Elementary School1.2 mi · 355
Frequently asked questions
About Greenwood Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Greenwood Elementary School?
Greenwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 339 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Greenwood Elementary School serve?
Greenwood Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Greenwood Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Greenwood Elementary School is approximately 16.4:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Greenwood Elementary School?
At Greenwood Elementary School, the student body is approximately 70% White, 7% Hispanic, 4% Black, 7% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Greenwood Elementary School?
Greenwood Elementary School is overseen by Seattle School District No. 1 in King County.
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