John Muir Elementary

Located at 14012 132nd AVE NE, in Kirkland, Washington, John Muir Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school that enrolls 321 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Lake Washington School District.

Lake Washington School District comprises 55 schools with combined enrollment of 30,986 students; John Muir Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, John Muir Elementary shows that 37% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 24% Asian, 17% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 7% Black. The wider county runs roughly 55% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), John Muir Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.7%, the actual is 61.5%, a residual of +1.8 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for King County indicate the typical household earns roughly $124,746 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, King County runs 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), of which John Muir Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Kamiakin Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around John Muir Elementary. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), John Muir Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 59.3%.

John Muir Elementary operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at John Muir Elementary has decreased 26%, going from 435 students in 2018 to 321 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 47% to 37%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

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