Hazel Valley Elementary

Hazel Valley Elementary operates as a mid-tier elementary-level community in Burien, Washington, run under Highline School District. Current enrollment sits at 469 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 23% above the state mean of about 380.

Hazel Valley Elementary is one of 36 schools operated by Highline School District, a district that instructs 18,072 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hazel Valley Elementary lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 64% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 15% White, 7% Black, 7% Asian, 6% multiracial. By comparison, King County as a whole is about 11% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Hazel Valley Elementary logs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.8:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 67% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above King County's rate of about 38%.

After controlling for student poverty, Hazel Valley Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 35.3%; this one comes in at 24.2%, -11.1 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for King County indicate the typical household earns roughly $124,746 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across King County's 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), Hazel Valley Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Cedarhurst Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Hazel Valley Elementary comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 23.2%.

Hazel Valley Elementary operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Hazel Valley Elementary's enrollment has declined 32% since 2018, when it stood at 688 (now 469). Hispanic enrollment moved from 51% to 64% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.