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If you could change one rule at Highland Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
557
Elementary
DISTRICT 601 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE STEVENS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530420002756
Highland Elementary
3220 113th Ave NE, Lake Stevens, WA 98258 · (425) 335-1585 · Snohomish County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL557 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.1:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
159 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
66.2%
WA avg 58.4% . -3.9pp since 2014
Math
61.6%
WA avg 51.2% . -2.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.2% | 61.6% |
| 2023-24 | 60.6% | 55.3% |
| 2022-23 | 60.6% | 59.3% |
| 2021-22 | 61.0% | 51.8% |
| 2018-19 | 71.2% | 63.5% |
| 2017-18 | 78.6% | 72.0% |
| 2016-17 | 75.3% | 71.2% |
| 2015-16 | 74.2% | 69.3% |
| 2014-15 | 70.1% | 64.2% |
% 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
61.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Highland Elementary
Highland Elementary's state test result (61.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Elementary this school | 557 | 28.5% | 61.7% |
| Fruitland Elementary Puyallup | 566 | 29.7% | 62.4% |
| Emerald Hills Elementary Bonney Lake | 551 | 28.9% | 69.9% |
| Salem Woods Elementary School Monroe | 516 | 29.5% | 70.6% |
| Poulsbo Elementary School Poulsbo | 487 | 27.1% | 69.3% |
| Woodburn Elementary Camas | 553 | 24.6% | N/A |
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 Highland Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #234 of 936 | #31 of 105 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.6% | #236 of 1,103 ▲ 100 | #28 of 106 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.2% | #208 of 1,102 ▲ 86 | #25 of 106 ▲ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.6pp | #149 of 928 | #11 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 557 | #159 of 1,268 | #33 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #469 of 1,085 | #46 of 109 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.5% | #732 of 1,088 | #88 of 110 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.5% | #953 of 1,169 | #81 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.5% | #483 of 778 | #29 of 68 |
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
557
+42 (+8%) vs 2020
-3% since 2000-01, when it was 576
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 557 | 35.8 | 15.6:1 | 29% (159) |
| 2023-24 | 564 | 33.6 | 16.8:1 | 28% (158) |
| 2022-23 | 590 | 36 | 16.4:1 | 26% (153) |
| 2020-21 | 515 | 33 | 15.6:1 | 19% (100) |
| 2017-18 | 644 | 33.8 | 19.1:1 | 18% (118) |
| 2015-16 | 700 | 31 | 22.6:1 | 26% (179) |
| 2010-11 | 593 | 26 | 22.8:1 | 18% (109) |
| 2000-01 | 576 | 26 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Highland Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (644 to 557); teachers up 6% (33.8 to 35.8).
About Highland Elementary
Families in Lake Stevens, Washington, are served by Highland Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. It reports enrollment of 557 students in pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in Washington enroll around 380, and this school is 47% bigger than that mark.
District-wide, Lake Stevens School District has 14 schools and 10,117 students.
More than half of the students at Highland Elementary are White (68%). Next come 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 8% Asian, and 4% Black. That is in line with Snohomish County, where about 64% of residents are White. The diversity index for Highland Elementary is 52%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 35.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1. Compared with the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington, this school's ratio is lower. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 29% of the student body. It compares with 41% for public schools in Snohomish County.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Highland Elementary is within a point of its prediction. Actual: 61.7%. Predicted: 61.0%.
The school's county is Snohomish County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $111,246, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 227 public schools in the county, enrolling about 118,688, Highland Elementary among them.
Of the public schools around it, Highland Elementary is closest to Homelink, about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Highland Elementary is 2nd of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES assigns Highland Elementary the locale Suburb: Mid-size, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 515 to 557, an 8% gain.
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Snohomish County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
844,430
Census ACS
Median income
$111,246
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
227
118,688 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lake Stevens School District
- Lake Stevens Sr High SchoolHigh · 2,205 students
- Cavelero Mid High SchoolHigh · 1,490 students
- North Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 856 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolElementary · 842 students
- Lake Stevens Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
- Stevens Creek ElementaryElementary · 701 students
Other schools in Lake Stevens
- Lake Stevens Sr High SchoolHigh · 2,205 students
- Cavelero Mid High SchoolHigh · 1,490 students
- North Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 856 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolElementary · 842 students
- Lake Stevens Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
- Stevens Creek ElementaryElementary · 701 students
Other Highland Elementary schools
55 other US public schools in 26 states are named Highland Elementary. Highland Elementary is the 16th largest of the 56.
- Highland ElementaryClarkston, WA · 290 students
- HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLAKE WORTH, FL · 976 students
- Highland ElementarySanford, NC · 854 students
- Highland Elementary SchoolMarengo, OH · 836 students
- Highland Elementary SchoolEvansville, IN · 814 students
Nearby schools
- Homelink0.2 mi · 31
- Lake Stevens Sr High School0.2 mi · 2,205
- Sunnycrest Elementary School0.8 mi · 695
- North Lake Middle School0.9 mi · 856
- LSSD Open Doors1.0 mi · 15
- Stevens Creek Elementary1.2 mi · 701
Frequently asked questions
About Highland ElementaryHow large is Highland Elementary?
Highland Elementary enrolls approximately 557 students in grades PK-05.
Is Highland Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Highland Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Highland Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Highland Elementary is approximately 15.6:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Highland Elementary?
At Highland Elementary, the student body is approximately 68% White, 12% Hispanic, 4% Black, 8% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Highland Elementary in?
Highland Elementary is part of Lake Stevens School District.
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