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Horace Mann Elementary

17001 NE 104th, Redmond, WA 98052 · (425) 936-2610 · King County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL387 STUDENTS
Enrollment
387
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 380
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
6%
23 students
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten4712%
Grade 1339%
Grade 26016%
Grade 38321%
Grade 48522%
Grade 57920%

This year's kindergarten class (47) is 41% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).

Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 68% · US 70%
White
11129%
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 47% · US 43%
Hispanic
267%
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 27% · US 30%
Black
62%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 5% · US 15%
Asian
20453%
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 9% · US 6%
Two+
3910%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 9% · US 5%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
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
Male
18147%
Female
20653%

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Test scores

Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded Standard
English Language Arts
89.2%
WA avg 58.4% . +7.9pp since 2014
Math
85.9%
WA avg 51.2% . +4.3pp since 2014

What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.

Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2589.2%85.9%
2023-2485.4%81.9%
2022-2383.9%76.1%
2021-2281.5%73.2%
2018-1985.6%80.7%
2017-1888.1%82.4%
2016-1784.3%79.8%
2015-1687.5%79.2%
2014-1581.3%81.7%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
85.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.2%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.9pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% 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 Horace Mann Elementary

Horace Mann Elementary's state test result (85.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Horace Mann Elementary this school3875.9%85.2%
Norman Rockwell Elementary
Redmond
4239.5%76.6%
Cascade Ridge Elementary
SAMMAMISH
3913.8%91.1%
Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary
Sammamish
4785.2%81.5%
Benjamin Franklin Elementary
Kirkland
45210.0%80.7%
Christa Mcauliffe Elementary
Sammamish
4721.5%92.1%
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 Horace Mann Elementary ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn WashingtonIn King County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
85.2%#19 of 936#17 of 280
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
85.9%#21 of 1,103
▲ 16
#19 of 281
▲ 12
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
89.2%#9 of 1,102
▲ 12
#9 of 280
▲ 10
3-year test score change
ranked biggest gain first
+10.2pp#81 of 928#17 of 274
Enrollment
ranked largest first
387#681 of 1,268#192 of 299
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
17.0:1#822 of 1,085#213 of 280
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
62.5%#473 of 1,088#207 of 281
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
5.9%#1,151 of 1,169#275 of 292
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-15.9%#407 of 778#130 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 2024-25
Enrollment
387
+35 (+10%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 577
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 14.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2538722.817.0:16% (23)
2023-2434122.315.3:16% (21)
2022-2330521.614.1:16% (19)
2020-213522514.1:13% (12)
2017-1846029.815.4:13% (15)
2015-164742419.8:16% (27)
2010-114812221.9:15% (26)
2000-014241922.3:1N/A
1990-915772721.4:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Horace Mann Elementary.

Since 2017-18: students down 16% (460 to 387); teachers down 24% (29.8 to 22.8).

About Horace Mann Elementary

Families in Redmond, Washington, are served by Horace Mann Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. The school had 387 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.

Lake Washington School District serves 30,986 students across 55 schools.

Asian students account for 53% of enrollment at Horace Mann Elementary. Other students are 29% White, 10% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. That is higher than the 21% Asian share among all King County residents. Horace Mann Elementary has a diversity index of 62%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.

The school reported 22.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 17.0:1. Elementary schools in Washington average about 17.3:1, a similar figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 6%. Across public schools in King County, the average is 38%.

When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Horace Mann Elementary is 8.9 points above its prediction. Actual: 85.2%. Predicted: 76.2%.

Within King County, median household income is about $124,746, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Federal data list 544 public schools in King County, with a combined enrollment of about 278,492.

The shortest distance from Horace Mann Elementary to another public school is about 0.3 miles, to Redmond Middle School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Horace Mann Elementary ranks 1st in a group of 7 nearby schools.

By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

The student count in 2024-25 was 387, 10% above the 352 of 2020-21. Students per teacher rose from 14.1 in 2020-21 to 17.0 in 2024-25.

Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.

King County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Horace Mann Elementary
District
Lake Washington School District
Address
17001 NE 104th, Redmond, WA 98052
Phone
(425) 936-2610
County
King County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
387
Teachers (FTE)
23
Student–teacher ratio
17.0:1
Free and reduced lunch
23 (6%)
Locale
13-City: Small
NCES ID
530423000667
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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23 other US public schools in 12 states are named Horace Mann Elementary. Horace Mann Elementary is the 8th largest of the 24.

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Frequently asked questions

About Horace Mann Elementary
How large is Horace Mann Elementary?
Horace Mann Elementary enrolls approximately 387 students in grades KG-05.
Is Horace Mann Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Horace Mann Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Horace Mann Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Horace Mann Elementary is approximately 17.0:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Horace Mann Elementary?
Student demographics at Horace Mann Elementary are roughly 29% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 53% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Horace Mann Elementary public or private?
Horace Mann Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lake Washington School District.
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