Hazelwood Elementary School

As a moderately sized elementary campus in AUBURN, Washington, Hazelwood Elementary School enrolls 502 students from grades K through 5, run under Auburn School District. That puts it 32% bigger than the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 380 students.

Across the 26 schools in Auburn School District (18,174 students total), Hazelwood Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Hazelwood Elementary School reports that 35% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 26% Hispanic, 22% Asian, 8% multiracial, 7% Black. By comparison, King County as a whole is about 55% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Hazelwood Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against King County (around 38%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hazelwood Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.2%, the actual is 47.8%, a residual of +2.6 points.

In the area at large, census data for King County shows median household income runs about $124,746, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Hazelwood Elementary School is one of 544 public schools in King County (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students).

Nearest neighbor: Rainier Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hazelwood Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hazelwood Elementary School at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 34.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 12%: 572 students in 2018 compared to 502 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 8% to 22% across the same window.

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