James Baldwin Elementary School

James Baldwin Elementary School is one of the small elementary campuss in SEATTLE, Washington, part of Seattle School District No. 1, with 262 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so James Baldwin Elementary School sits 31% below that benchmark.

Across the 107 schools in Seattle School District No. 1 (50,773 students total), James Baldwin Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, James Baldwin Elementary School logs that 32% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 31% Hispanic, 16% Black, 10% multiracial, 9% Asian. By comparison, King County as a whole is about 55% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, James Baldwin Elementary School has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting James Baldwin Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against King County (around 38%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), James Baldwin Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.4%; this one delivers 49.3%.

In the area at large, census data for King County shows median household income runs about $124,746, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. James Baldwin Elementary School is one of 544 public schools in King County (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students).

Hazel Wolf K-8 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around James Baldwin Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), James Baldwin Elementary School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 61.5%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 3%: 255 students in 2018 compared to 262 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked up from 18% to 32% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

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