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Enrollment
404
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530423000684
Henry David Thoreau Elementary
8224 NE 138th, Kirkland, WA 98034 · (425) 936-2720 · King County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL404 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
65 students
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 51%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
73.4%
WA avg 58.4% . -9.5pp since 2014
Math
64.9%
WA avg 51.2% . -4.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 10 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.4% | 64.9% |
| 2023-24 | 76.8% | 68.6% |
| 2022-23 | 77.8% | 72.7% |
| 2021-22 | 77.6% | 67.7% |
| 2018-19 | 83.1% | 73.7% |
| 2017-18 | 82.8% | 77.4% |
| 2016-17 | 87.9% | 75.4% |
| 2015-16 | 79.3% | 65.9% |
| 2014-15 | 83.0% | 68.9% |
% 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
72.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Henry David Thoreau Elementary
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry David Thoreau Elementary this school | 404 | 16.1% | 72.2% |
| Grass Valley Elementary Camas | 445 | 16.6% | N/A |
| Fishers Landing Elementary School Vancouver | 402 | 17.9% | N/A |
| Totem Falls Snohomish | 412 | 10.9% | 71.4% |
| Prune Hill Elem Camas | 406 | 17.7% | N/A |
| Wellington Elementary Woodinville | 380 | 12.9% | 75.5% |
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 Henry David Thoreau Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.2% | #114 of 936 | #83 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #194 of 1,103 ▼ 47 | #110 of 281 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.4% | #115 of 1,102 ▼ 32 | #80 of 280 ▼ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.5pp | #196 of 928 | #58 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 404 | #617 of 1,268 | #165 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #823 of 1,085 | #214 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.7% | #467 of 1,088 | #206 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.1% | #1,074 of 1,169 | #218 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.6% | #507 of 778 | #155 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
404
-45 (-10%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 649
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 404 | 23.8 | 17.0:1 | 16% (65) |
| 2023-24 | 429 | 27.1 | 15.8:1 | 15% (64) |
| 2022-23 | 409 | 27.3 | 15.0:1 | 13% (54) |
| 2020-21 | 449 | 30 | 15.0:1 | 9% (39) |
| 2017-18 | 462 | 29.7 | 15.6:1 | 13% (60) |
| 2015-16 | 354 | 18 | 19.7:1 | 19% (68) |
| 2010-11 | 377 | 20 | 18.9:1 | 14% (52) |
| 2000-01 | 478 | 24 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 649 | 28 | 23.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Henry David Thoreau Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (462 to 404); teachers down 20% (29.7 to 23.8).
About Henry David Thoreau Elementary
Henry David Thoreau Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school found in Kirkland, Washington. The school serves kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 404 students.
Lake Washington School District has 30,986 students spread across 55 schools.
White students are 55% of those enrolled at Henry David Thoreau Elementary. Other reported shares: 20% Asian, 12% Hispanic, and 11% multiracial. That is in line with King County, where about 55% of residents are White. A diversity index of 63% means there is a 63% chance two randomly chosen students at Henry David Thoreau Elementary are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 17.0:1. The school has 23.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Washington is similar, at 17.3:1. In all, 16% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 22 points below the 38% average for public schools in King County.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Henry David Thoreau Elementary is 2.8 points above its prediction. Actual: 72.2%. Predicted: 69.4%.
The school's county is King County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $124,746, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. There are 544 public schools in the county, enrolling about 278,492, Henry David Thoreau Elementary among them.
Environmental & Adventure School, about 0.4 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Henry David Thoreau Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Henry David Thoreau Elementary places 3rd out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 404, down from 449 in 2020-21. The school's ratio increased from 15.0:1 to 17.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Henry David Thoreau Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Lake Washington School District
- Eastlake High SchoolHigh · 2,481 students
- Redmond High SchoolHigh · 2,304 students
- Lake Washington High SchoolHigh · 2,081 students
- Juanita High SchoolHigh · 1,778 students
- Inglewood Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,229 students
- Redmond Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,009 students
Other schools in Kirkland
- Lake Washington High SchoolHigh · 2,081 students
- Juanita High SchoolHigh · 1,778 students
- Kirkland Middle SchoolMiddle · 746 students
- Finn Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 664 students
- Lakeview ElementaryElementary · 602 students
- Peter Kirk ElementaryElementary · 592 students
Nearby schools
- Environmental & Adventure School0.4 mi · 138
- Finn Hill Middle School0.4 mi · 664
- Carl Sandburg Elementary0.6 mi · 391
- Discovery Community School0.6 mi · 71
- Moorlands Elementary0.9 mi · 579
- Juanita Elementary1.1 mi · 394
Frequently asked questions
About Henry David Thoreau ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Henry David Thoreau Elementary?
Henry David Thoreau Elementary enrolls approximately 404 students in grades KG-05.
Is Henry David Thoreau Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Henry David Thoreau Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Henry David Thoreau Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Henry David Thoreau Elementary is approximately 17.0:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Henry David Thoreau Elementary?
Student demographics at Henry David Thoreau Elementary are roughly 55% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 20% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Henry David Thoreau Elementary?
Henry David Thoreau Elementary is overseen by Lake Washington School District in King County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.