Hilltop Elementary

As an average-sized elementary-level community in LYNNWOOD, Washington, Hilltop Elementary caters to 562 students from grades K through 6, one of the schools within Edmonds School District. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Hilltop Elementary sits 48% bigger than that benchmark.

Hilltop Elementary is one of 37 schools operated by Edmonds School District, a district that instructs 20,955 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Hilltop Elementary reports that the largest single group is White at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 28% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 4% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Snohomish County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hilltop Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 67.1%; this one delivers 63.8%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Snohomish County indicate median household income runs about $111,246, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Snohomish County's 227 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,688 students), Hilltop Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Early Childhood Center, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hilltop Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 52.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hilltop Elementary has rose 7%, going from 524 students in 2018 to 562 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 56% to 41% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

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