Lake Forest Park Elementary

Set in Lake Forest Park, Washington, Lake Forest Park Elementary is a mid-sized elementary campus, one of the schools within Shoreline School District. It teaches 378 students across grades K through 5.

Shoreline School District runs 18 schools in total, collectively educating 9,717 students. Lake Forest Park Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Lake Forest Park Elementary lists that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 16% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 6% Black. That composition is broadly in line with King County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 27% of students at Lake Forest Park Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, King County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lake Forest Park Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.7%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for King County put median household earnings sit near $124,746, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lake Forest Park Elementary is one of 544 public schools in King County (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students).

Nearest neighbor: Brookside Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lake Forest Park Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lake Forest Park Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 63.9%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 33%: 566 students in 2018 compared to 378 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 61% to 54% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 20.5:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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