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Kokanee Elementary

23710 57 AV SE, Woodinville, WA 98072 · (425) 408-4900 · Snohomish County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL651 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% 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.
  • BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • B-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

Enrollment
651
Elementary
DISTRICT 478 · STATE 380
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
7%
44 students
DISTRICT 21% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten11017%
Grade 110817%
Grade 210216%
Grade 311518%
Grade 411117%
Grade 510516%

This year's kindergarten class (110) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (105).

Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 68% · US 70%
White
12720%
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 47% · US 43%
Hispanic
345%
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 27% · US 30%
Black
132%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 5% · US 15%
Asian
43667%
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 9% · US 6%
Two+
386%
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 9% · US 5%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
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
Male
33451%
Female
31548%

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Test scores

Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded Standard
English Language Arts
80.1%
WA avg 58.4% . -0.4pp since 2014
Math
78.7%
WA avg 51.2% . +5.5pp since 2014

What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.

Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2580.1%78.7%
2023-2481.0%78.3%
2022-2379.6%74.0%
2021-2278.1%77.2%
2018-1977.1%72.2%
2017-1872.7%74.7%
2016-1776.5%76.5%
2015-1676.3%78.1%
2014-1580.5%73.2%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
79.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.7%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% 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 Kokanee Elementary

Kokanee Elementary's state test result (79.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Kokanee Elementary this school6516.8%79.5%
Benjamin Rush Elementary
Redmond
6319.7%78.6%
Louisa May Alcott Elementary
Redmond
6155.4%86.3%
Medina Elementary School
MEDINA
5915.6%92.5%
Tambark Creek Elementary School
Bothell
74011.1%88.2%
Cherry Crest Elementary School
Bellevue
5534.7%88.3%
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 Kokanee Elementary ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn WashingtonIn Snohomish County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
79.5%#52 of 936#7 of 105
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
78.7%#57 of 1,103
▼ 2
#6 of 106
no change
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
80.1%#54 of 1,102
no change
#6 of 106
no change
3-year test score change
ranked biggest gain first
+1.8pp#450 of 928#56 of 105
Enrollment
ranked largest first
651#54 of 1,268#15 of 118
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
15.7:1#520 of 1,085#51 of 109
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
50.4%#754 of 1,088#90 of 110
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
6.8%#1,146 of 1,169#113 of 114
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-6.1%#653 of 778#55 of 68
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 2024-25
Enrollment
651
-23 (-3%) vs 2020
+37% since 2000-01, when it was 476
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 16.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2565141.415.7:17% (44)
2023-2466541.216.2:15% (36)
2022-2363946.313.8:15% (34)
2020-216744216.1:13% (19)
2017-1869345.815.1:17% (48)
2015-167224018.1:111% (77)
2010-115622820.1:114% (79)
2000-014762320.7:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kokanee Elementary.

Since 2017-18: students down 6% (693 to 651); teachers down 10% (45.8 to 41.4).

About Kokanee Elementary

Kokanee Elementary, located in Woodinville, Washington, is a large elementary school. School enrollment was 651 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 5. The average among elementary schools in Washington is roughly 380 students; this school is 71% above that.

Northshore School District is made up of 37 schools with 22,735 students in all.

By race and ethnicity, Kokanee Elementary is 67% Asian. It is also 20% White, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 2% Black. For comparison, the population of Snohomish County is roughly 14% Asian. By the diversity index, Kokanee Elementary comes in at 50%.

The ratio of students to teachers is 15.7:1, with 41.4 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington is higher than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Kokanee Elementary is 7%. That is 34 points below the 41% average for public schools in Snohomish County.

Kokanee Elementary is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 83% of Washington public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.

Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Kokanee Elementary would score about 75.7%. It scores 79.5%, 3.9 points above that figure.

According to the American Community Survey, in Snohomish County, median household income is about $111,246, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Kokanee Elementary is one of 227 public schools in Snohomish County, which together enroll about 118,688 students.

The closest public school, Woodinville HS, is about 0.7 miles from Kokanee Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 65.7%; Kokanee Elementary's is 79.5%, ranking 2nd of 7.

Kokanee Elementary is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.

A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 3%, from 674 to 651.

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Snohomish County at a glance

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Population
844,430
Census ACS
Median income
$111,246
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
227
118,688 students

Quick facts

School name
Kokanee Elementary
District
Northshore School District
Address
23710 57 AV SE, Woodinville, WA 98072
Phone
(425) 408-4900
County
Snohomish County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
651
Teachers (FTE)
41
Student–teacher ratio
15.7:1
Free and reduced lunch
44 (7%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
530591001612
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Northshore School District
Other schools in Woodinville
Nearby schools

Frequently asked questions

About Kokanee Elementary
How large is Kokanee Elementary?
Kokanee Elementary enrolls approximately 651 students in grades KG-05.
Is Kokanee Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kokanee Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Kokanee Elementary?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at Kokanee Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kokanee Elementary?
At Kokanee Elementary, the student body is approximately 20% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 67% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Kokanee Elementary?
Kokanee Elementary is overseen by Northshore School District in Snohomish County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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