Ilalko Elementary School

Located at 301 ORAVETZ PL SE, in AUBURN, Washington, Ilalko Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community that serves 468 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Auburn School District. That puts it 23% bigger than the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 380 students.

Ilalko Elementary School is one of 26 schools operated by Auburn School District, a district that enrolls 18,174 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Ilalko Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 31%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 30% White, 11% Asian, 10% Black, 9% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 11% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Ilalko Elementary School has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, King County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Ilalko Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.9%, the actual is 42.1%, a residual of +4.2 points.

In the surrounding community, King County reports that the typical household earns roughly $124,746 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, King County runs 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), of which Ilalko Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Auburn Riverside High School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Ilalko Elementary School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 41.5%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ilalko Elementary School has fell 26%, going from 632 students in 2018 to 468 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 5% to 10% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

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