Juanita Elementary

Juanita Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school in Kirkland, Washington, overseen by Lake Washington School District, caters to 394 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

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

On the student-mix side, Juanita Elementary logs that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 19% Asian, 19% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 5% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Juanita Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 23% of students at Juanita Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below King County's rate of about 38%.

With demographic context factored in, Juanita Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.0%, the actual is 64.0%, a residual of -1.0 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (King County) shows that median household income runs about $124,746, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, King County runs 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), of which Juanita Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Juanita High School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Juanita Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Juanita Elementary at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 61.1%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Juanita Elementary's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 404 (now 394). Over the same period, the White share declined from 52% to 44%.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.