Island View Elementary

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in Anacortes, Washington, Island View Elementary serves 453 students from grades K through 5, run under Anacortes School District.

Island View Elementary is one of 8 schools operated by Anacortes School District, a district that works with 2,595 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Island View Elementary records that White students make up the majority at 76%; the rest breaks down as 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. Compared to Skagit County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Island View Elementary records 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Island View Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Skagit County (around 56%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Island View Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.4%, the actual is 62.2%, a residual of +4.8 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Skagit County indicate the typical household earns roughly $89,263 per year, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Skagit County runs 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,298 students), of which Island View Elementary is one.

Anacortes Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Island View Elementary comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 62.1%.

Island View Elementary operates from a town-based location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 6%: 426 students in 2018 compared to 453 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 81% to 76% across the same window.

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