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Enrollment
431
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530423000657
John J. Audubon Elementary
3045 180th NE, Redmond, WA 98052 · (425) 936-2500 · King County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL431 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
34 students
DISTRICT 13% · 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 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
82.3%
WA avg 58.4% . -4.7pp since 2014
Math
81.4%
WA avg 51.2% . -6.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 5 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 | 82.3% | 81.4% |
| 2023-24 | 82.4% | 78.8% |
| 2022-23 | 81.4% | 80.0% |
| 2021-22 | 85.8% | 81.2% |
| 2018-19 | 83.5% | 82.3% |
| 2017-18 | 84.4% | 84.5% |
| 2016-17 | 83.8% | 84.8% |
| 2015-16 | 83.5% | 86.9% |
| 2014-15 | 87.1% | 87.7% |
% 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
81.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.9%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% 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 John J. Audubon Elementary
John J. Audubon Elementary's state test result (81.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John J. Audubon Elementary this school | 431 | 7.9% | 81.5% |
| Endeavour Elementary School ISSAQUAH | 473 | 10.4% | 87.6% |
| Cougar Ridge Elementary BELLEVUE | 458 | 10.7% | 82.0% |
| Creekside Elementary Sammamish | 555 | 5.8% | 79.4% |
| Sunrise Elementary Redmond | 322 | 6.2% | 91.2% |
| West Mercer Elementary Mercer Island | 431 | 7.9% | 84.5% |
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 John J. Audubon Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.5% | #38 of 936 | #32 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.4% | #36 of 1,103 ▲ 15 | #29 of 281 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.3% | #39 of 1,102 ▲ 3 | #32 of 280 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.7pp | #294 of 928 | #94 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 431 | #513 of 1,268 | #140 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #556 of 1,085 | #137 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.0% | #503 of 1,088 | #215 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.9% | #1,138 of 1,169 | #264 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.3% | #159 of 778 | #59 of 220 |
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
431
-77 (-15%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 506
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 431 | 27.2 | 15.8:1 | 8% (34) |
| 2023-24 | 456 | 27.5 | 16.6:1 | 7% (31) |
| 2022-23 | 517 | 31.3 | 16.5:1 | 9% (47) |
| 2020-21 | 508 | 30 | 16.9:1 | 3% (17) |
| 2017-18 | 593 | 34.3 | 17.3:1 | 3% (19) |
| 2015-16 | 564 | 29 | 19.4:1 | 5% (28) |
| 2010-11 | 524 | 28 | 18.7:1 | 5% (27) |
| 2000-01 | 395 | 18 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 506 | 23 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John J. Audubon Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (593 to 431); teachers down 21% (34.3 to 27.2).
About John J. Audubon Elementary
John J. Audubon Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in Redmond, Washington. A total of 431 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 5.
Lake Washington School District runs John J. Audubon Elementary along with 54 other schools, enrolling 30,986 students in total.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at John J. Audubon Elementary is White (45%). Other students are 42% Asian, 7% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. That is lower than the 55% White share among all King County residents. John J. Audubon Elementary has a diversity index of 61%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 27.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.8:1. The 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington is higher than this school's figure. Roughly 8% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in King County average 38%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 74.9% for John J. Audubon Elementary. The school posts 81.5%, 6.6 points above the prediction.
Within King County, median household income is about $124,746, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Federal data list 544 public schools in King County, with a combined enrollment of about 278,492.
The next-closest public school is Ardmore Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. John J. Audubon Elementary ranks 1st of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 81.5% against a local average of 60.9%.
Federal data place John J. Audubon Elementary in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
John J. Audubon Elementary saw enrollment fall 15% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 15.8 students per teacher, compared with 16.9 in 2020-21.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at John J. Audubon Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Lake Washington School District
- Eastlake High SchoolHigh · 2,481 students
- Redmond High SchoolHigh · 2,304 students
- Lake Washington High SchoolHigh · 2,081 students
- Juanita High SchoolHigh · 1,778 students
- Inglewood Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,229 students
- Redmond Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,009 students
Other schools in Redmond
- Redmond High SchoolHigh · 2,304 students
- Redmond Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,009 students
- Rose Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 901 students
- Timberline Middle SchoolMiddle · 788 students
- Evergreen Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Benjamin Rush ElementaryElementary · 631 students
Nearby schools
- Ardmore Elementary School0.8 mi · 415
- Bennett Elementary School0.9 mi · 513
- Sherwood Forest Elementary1.0 mi · 415
- Interlake Senior High School1.2 mi · 1,611
- Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary1.6 mi · 478
- Highland Middle School2.0 mi · 589
Frequently asked questions
About John J. Audubon ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at John J. Audubon Elementary?
John J. Audubon Elementary enrolls approximately 431 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does John J. Audubon Elementary serve?
John J. Audubon Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at John J. Audubon Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at John J. Audubon Elementary is approximately 15.8:1 (27 FTE teachers).
How diverse is John J. Audubon Elementary?
John J. Audubon Elementary reports a student body of 45% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 42% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees John J. Audubon Elementary?
John J. Audubon Elementary is overseen by Lake Washington School District in King County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.