Enrollment
394
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530423000669
Juanita Elementary
9635 NE 132nd, Kirkland, WA 98034 · (425) 936-2570 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL394 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% 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.
- CBeats 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
14.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
89 students
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 71 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 30% larger than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
72%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
60.8%
WA avg 58.4% . -18.2pp since 2014
Math
61.3%
WA avg 51.2% . -14.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 18 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 14 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.8% | 61.3% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 61.4% |
| 2022-23 | 65.7% | 65.7% |
| 2021-22 | 72.7% | 59.0% |
| 2018-19 | 72.3% | 68.3% |
| 2017-18 | 75.3% | 68.7% |
| 2016-17 | 71.3% | 69.6% |
| 2015-16 | 77.4% | 72.6% |
| 2014-15 | 79.0% | 75.5% |
% 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
64.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Juanita Elementary
Juanita Elementary's state test result (64.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juanita Elementary this school | 394 | 22.6% | 64.0% |
| Maywood Hills Elementary Bothell | 467 | 21.6% | 58.6% |
| Frank Love Elementary Bothell | 492 | 23.6% | 60.8% |
| Hollywood Hill Elementary Woodinville | 331 | 19.0% | 78.0% |
| Browns Point Elementary School Tacoma | 445 | 20.4% | 74.3% |
| Mukilteo Elementary Mukilteo | 521 | 21.7% | 71.5% |
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 Juanita Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #207 of 936 | #121 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #241 of 1,103 no change | #126 of 281 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #283 of 1,102 ▼ 44 | #128 of 280 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.8pp | #151 of 928 | #46 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 394 | #656 of 1,268 | #181 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #315 of 1,085 | #72 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.5% | #237 of 1,088 | #128 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.6% | #1,006 of 1,169 | #187 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.5% | #730 of 778 | #208 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
394
+34 (+9%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 605
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 394 | 26.4 | 14.9:1 | 23% (89) |
| 2023-24 | 382 | 22.4 | 17.1:1 | 24% (93) |
| 2022-23 | 358 | 21.7 | 16.5:1 | 22% (80) |
| 2020-21 | 360 | 24 | 15.0:1 | 15% (55) |
| 2017-18 | 404 | 25.5 | 15.8:1 | 22% (89) |
| 2015-16 | 387 | 22 | 17.6:1 | 26% (100) |
| 2010-11 | 385 | 23 | 16.7:1 | 20% (77) |
| 2000-01 | 357 | 17 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 605 | 30 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Juanita Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (404 to 394); teachers up 4% (25.5 to 26.4).
About Juanita Elementary
Juanita Elementary, located in Kirkland, Washington, is a mid-sized elementary school. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 394 students.
The 55 schools in Lake Washington School District enroll 30,986 students altogether, Juanita Elementary among them.
No group is above 50% at Juanita Elementary; the largest is White, at 44%. It is also 19% Asian, 19% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 5% Black. King County's residents are about 55% White, 11 points above the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 72%.
There are 26.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 14.9:1. Across elementary schools in Washington, the average ratio is 17.3:1. Of all students at Juanita Elementary, 23% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 15 points below the 38% average for public schools in King County.
Among Washington public elementary schools, Juanita Elementary outscored 53%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Juanita Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Washington schools: 64.0% actual against 65.0% predicted.
The county, King County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $124,746, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county has 544 public schools and about 278,492 students.
About 0.5 miles separate Juanita Elementary from the closest public school, Juanita High School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Juanita Elementary places 3rd out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
Under the NCES locale system, Juanita Elementary is Suburb: Large.
The school's enrollment increased 9% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Juanita Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Kirkland
- Lake Washington High SchoolHigh · 2,081 students
- Juanita High SchoolHigh · 1,778 students
- Kirkland Middle SchoolMiddle · 746 students
- Finn Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 664 students
- Lakeview ElementaryElementary · 602 students
- Peter Kirk ElementaryElementary · 592 students
Nearby schools
- Juanita High School0.5 mi · 1,778
- Helen Keller Elementary0.8 mi · 300
- Environmental & Adventure School1.0 mi · 138
- Finn Hill Middle School1.0 mi · 664
- Discovery Community School1.0 mi · 71
- Carl Sandburg Elementary1.0 mi · 391
Frequently asked questions
About Juanita ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Juanita Elementary?
Juanita Elementary enrolls approximately 394 students in grades PK-05.
Is Juanita Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Juanita Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Juanita Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Juanita Elementary is approximately 14.9:1 (26 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Juanita Elementary?
Juanita Elementary reports a student body of 44% White, 19% Hispanic, 5% Black, 19% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Juanita Elementary?
Juanita 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.