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Alumni: what's one memory from Island View Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
453
Elementary
DISTRICT 289 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANACORTES SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530015000018
Island View Elementary
2501 J Avenue, Anacortes, WA 98221 · (360) 503-1400 · Skagit County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL453 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 67% of Washington public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
154 students
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 51%
Community
1
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 41% smaller than its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 68% · US 70%
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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Island View Elementary→Anacortes Middle School
Based on grade levels within Anacortes School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
61.7%
WA avg 58.4% . -7.7pp since 2014
Math
57.3%
WA avg 51.2% . -5.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.7% | 57.3% |
| 2023-24 | 63.7% | 63.3% |
| 2022-23 | 63.2% | 62.9% |
| 2021-22 | 63.1% | 64.4% |
| 2018-19 | 70.7% | 70.2% |
| 2017-18 | 75.1% | 70.7% |
| 2016-17 | 69.9% | 64.8% |
| 2015-16 | 73.3% | 64.3% |
| 2014-15 | 69.4% | 62.8% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
62.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Island View Elementary
Island View Elementary's state test result (62.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Island View Elementary this school | 453 | 34.0% | 62.2% |
| Twin City Elementary STANWOOD | 440 | 34.1% | 57.5% |
| Cedarhome Elementary School STANWOOD | 433 | 33.0% | 55.9% |
| Mullan Road Elementary Spokane | 477 | 35.4% | 65.3% |
| Geneva Elementary School Bellingham | 412 | 32.0% | 55.5% |
| Chinook Elementary School VANCOUVER | 440 | 32.3% | N/A |
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 Island View Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Skagit County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #228 of 936 | #2 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #305 of 1,103 ▼ 100 | #2 of 24 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #266 of 1,102 ▼ 19 | #2 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.3pp | #169 of 928 | #9 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 453 | #436 of 1,268 | #6 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #454 of 1,085 | #13 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.0% | #920 of 1,088 | #14 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.0% | #883 of 1,169 | #22 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.3% | #154 of 257 | N/A |
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 2024-25Enrollment
453
+90 (+25%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 478
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 14.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 453 | 29.3 | 15.4:1 | 34% (154) |
| 2023-24 | 463 | 30 | 15.4:1 | 33% (152) |
| 2022-23 | 438 | 28.4 | 15.4:1 | 29% (129) |
| 2020-21 | 363 | 25 | 14.5:1 | 23% (85) |
| 2017-18 | 426 | 27.4 | 15.5:1 | 35% (151) |
| 2015-16 | 450 | 23 | 19.6:1 | 37% (168) |
| 2010-11 | 435 | 24 | 18.1:1 | 43% (185) |
| 2000-01 | 466 | 25 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 478 | 20 | 23.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Island View Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (426 to 453); teachers up 7% (27.4 to 29.3).
About Island View Elementary
Island View Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school based in Anacortes, Washington. There are 453 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5.
Island View Elementary falls under Anacortes School District, which has 8 schools enrolling 2,595 students.
Federal enrollment data show Island View Elementary is 76% White. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. In Skagit County overall, the White share is about 75%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 40, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 29.3 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 15.4:1. Across elementary schools in Washington, the average ratio is 17.3:1. Roughly 34% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 56% average for public schools in Skagit County, the school's rate is lower.
Island View Elementary holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 67% of Washington public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Island View Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Washington schools: 62.2% actual against 57.4% predicted.
The school is in Skagit County, where the median household earns about $89,263 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Island View Elementary shares Skagit County with 53 other public schools.
Anacortes Middle School is the nearest public school to Island View Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Island View Elementary is 3rd of 5 on proficiency.
The school's locale code, Town: Fringe, means it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment increased by 25% across 4 years, from 363 in 2020-21 to 453 in 2024-25.
This community page is for conversations about open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Skagit County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
131,328
Census ACS
Median income
$89,263
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
18,298 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Anacortes School District
- Anacortes High SchoolHigh · 766 students
- Anacortes Middle SchoolMiddle · 617 students
- Fidalgo ElementaryElementary · 339 students
- Mount Erie ElementaryElementary · 327 students
- Cap Sante High SchoolHigh · 50 students
- Whitney Early Childhood Education CenterElementary · 36 students
Other schools in Anacortes
- Anacortes High SchoolHigh · 766 students
- Anacortes Middle SchoolMiddle · 617 students
- Fidalgo ElementaryElementary · 339 students
- Mount Erie ElementaryElementary · 327 students
- Open Doors - Youth Reengagement ProgramHigh · 63 students
- Cap Sante High SchoolHigh · 50 students
Other Island View Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Island View Elementary. Island View Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Island View ElementaryWEST POINT, UT · 820 students
Nearby schools
- Anacortes Middle School0.2 mi · 617
- Anacortes High School0.4 mi · 766
- Open Doors0.4 mi · 7
- Cap Sante High School0.4 mi · 50
- Whitney Early Childhood Education Center0.7 mi · 36
- Open Doors - Youth Reengagement Program0.8 mi · 63
Frequently asked questions
About Island View ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Island View Elementary?
Island View Elementary enrolls approximately 453 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Island View Elementary serve?
Island View Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Island View Elementary?
Approximately 15.4:1 students per teacher at Island View Elementary.
How diverse is Island View Elementary?
Island View Elementary reports a student body of 76% White, 13% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Island View Elementary?
Island View Elementary is overseen by Anacortes School District in Skagit County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.