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Enrollment
646
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ISSAQUAH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530375000575
Issaquah Valley Elementary
555 NW HOLLY ST, ISSAQUAH, WA 98027 · (425) 837-6600 · King County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL646 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% 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.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
15.1:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
169 students
DISTRICT 18% · 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 | 113 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 112 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 118 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (113) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (104).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
65.9%
WA avg 58.4% . -2.3pp since 2014
Math
63.2%
WA avg 51.2% . -4.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.9% | 63.2% |
| 2023-24 | 64.9% | 58.1% |
| 2022-23 | 65.8% | 63.6% |
| 2021-22 | 61.7% | 63.3% |
| 2018-19 | 63.7% | 67.3% |
| 2017-18 | 63.2% | 67.4% |
| 2016-17 | 67.7% | 70.3% |
| 2015-16 | 69.5% | 68.4% |
| 2014-15 | 68.3% | 68.0% |
% 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
65.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.6%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Issaquah Valley Elementary
Issaquah Valley Elementary's state test result (65.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Issaquah Valley Elementary this school | 646 | 26.2% | 65.1% |
| Alexander Graham Bell Elementary Kirkland | 503 | 29.4% | 61.6% |
| Frank Love Elementary Bothell | 492 | 23.6% | 60.8% |
| Mill Creek Elementary Mill Creek | 694 | 25.2% | 78.3% |
| Columbia Elementary Mukilteo | 596 | 33.2% | 58.5% |
| Glenwood Elementary Lake Stevens | 641 | 28.7% | 66.7% |
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 Issaquah Valley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.1% | #195 of 936 | #114 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.2% | #216 of 1,103 ▲ 70 | #118 of 281 ▲ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.9% | #215 of 1,102 ▲ 11 | #113 of 280 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.1pp | #429 of 928 | #111 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 646 | #59 of 1,268 | #11 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #348 of 1,085 | #82 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.5% | #275 of 1,088 | #146 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.2% | #976 of 1,169 | #179 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.7% | #199 of 257 | #40 of 54 |
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
646
+82 (+15%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 523
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 646 | 42.9 | 15.1:1 | 26% (169) |
| 2023-24 | 620 | 42 | 14.8:1 | 27% (165) |
| 2022-23 | 602 | 38.7 | 15.6:1 | 23% (139) |
| 2020-21 | 564 | 42 | 13.4:1 | 20% (115) |
| 2017-18 | 623 | 39.4 | 15.8:1 | 22% (135) |
| 2015-16 | 642 | 36 | 17.8:1 | 22% (141) |
| 2010-11 | 563 | 29 | 19.4:1 | 22% (125) |
| 2000-01 | 479 | 23 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 523 | 23 | 22.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Issaquah Valley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (623 to 646); teachers up 9% (39.4 to 42.9).
About Issaquah Valley Elementary
Issaquah Valley Elementary is a large elementary school for students in ISSAQUAH, Washington. It reported 646 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Washington average about 380 students, which makes this school 70% bigger than average.
The district, Issaquah School District, has 19,098 students enrolled across 30 schools.
At Issaquah Valley Elementary, White students make up the biggest share, 43%. Other groups make up 25% Hispanic, 18% Asian, and 10% multiracial. County-wide, 55% of King County residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 70%.
Issaquah Valley Elementary has 42.9 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1. Across elementary schools in Washington, the average ratio is 17.3:1. The school has 26% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 38% average for public schools in King County, the school's rate is lower.
Issaquah Valley Elementary earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 72% of Washington public elementary schools.
Schools in Washington with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 62.6%. Issaquah Valley Elementary scores 65.1%.
The school's county is King County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $124,746 a year, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Issaquah Valley Elementary shares King County with 543 other public schools.
Issaquah Valley Elementary's nearest public school is Issaquah Preschool Academy (about 0.1 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Issaquah Valley Elementary is 3rd of 6 nearby schools with test data.
Under the NCES locale system, Issaquah Valley Elementary is Suburb: Large.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 564 (2020-21) to 646 (2024-25). In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.1:1.
On allk12, people connected to Issaquah Valley Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
King County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
Other schools in Issaquah School District
- Issaquah High SchoolHigh · 2,419 students
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 2,244 students
- Liberty Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,495 students
- Pine Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 877 students
- Maywood Middle SchoolMiddle · 826 students
- Issaquah Middle SchoolMiddle · 808 students
Other schools in ISSAQUAH
- Issaquah High SchoolHigh · 2,419 students
- Issaquah Middle SchoolMiddle · 808 students
- Beaver Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 699 students
- Cougar Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 616 students
- Pacific Cascade Middle SchoolMiddle · 605 students
- Clark ElementaryElementary · 586 students
Nearby schools
- Issaquah Preschool Academy0.1 mi · 42
- Holly Street Early Learning Center0.1 mi · 89
- Clark Elementary0.8 mi · 586
- Gibson Ek High School0.9 mi · 198
- Cougar Mountain Middle School0.9 mi · 616
- Issaquah Middle School1.1 mi · 808
Frequently asked questions
About Issaquah Valley ElementaryHow large is Issaquah Valley Elementary?
Issaquah Valley Elementary enrolls approximately 646 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Issaquah Valley Elementary serve?
Issaquah Valley Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Issaquah Valley Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Issaquah Valley Elementary is approximately 15.1:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Issaquah Valley Elementary?
At Issaquah Valley Elementary, the student body is approximately 43% White, 25% Hispanic, 2% Black, 18% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Issaquah Valley Elementary public or private?
Issaquah Valley Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Issaquah School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.