Gregory Heights Elementary

Gregory Heights Elementary is a reasonably sized elementary campus in Burien, Washington, overseen by Highline School District. The school serves 488 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 28% bigger than the state mean of about 380.

Across the 36 schools in Highline School District (18,072 students total), Gregory Heights Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Gregory Heights Elementary lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 40%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 34% White, 12% multiracial, 6% Asian, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 11% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above King County's rate of about 38%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Gregory Heights Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.4%.

In the surrounding community, King County reports that the typical household earns roughly $124,746 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across King County's 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), Gregory Heights Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Sylvester Middle School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Gregory Heights Elementary comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 26.5%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gregory Heights Elementary has declined 26%, going from 656 students in 2018 to 488 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 41% to 34%. Class-load math has fell: from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

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