Impact Public Schools

Impact Public Schools is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in Tukwila, Washington, part of Impact | Puget Sound Elementary. The school educates 505 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 33% above the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 380 students.

Impact | Puget Sound Elementary is the operating authority for Impact Public Schools, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Impact Public Schools reports that the largest single group is Black at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 10% White, 10% Asian, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 7% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Impact Public Schools records 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.8:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 70% of students at Impact Public Schools qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, King County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Impact Public Schools sits in the top 10% of Washington schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 33.4%; actual is 48.0%, +14.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, census data for King County shows median household income runs about $124,746, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Impact Public Schools is one of 544 public schools in King County (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students).

The closest other public school is Foster Senior High School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Impact Public Schools comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 24.7%.

The school occupies a suburban site. As a public charter, Impact Public Schools runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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