Lake Grove Elementary School

Set in FEDERAL WAY, Washington, Lake Grove Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school, operated by Federal Way School District. It educates 390 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Federal Way School District comprises 43 schools with combined enrollment of 22,250 students; Lake Grove Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Lake Grove Elementary School records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 16% White, 15% Black, 12% multiracial, 8% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 78% of students at Lake Grove Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, King County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lake Grove Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.9%; this one delivers 27.0%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for King County indicate median household income runs about $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 Grove Elementary School is one of 544 public schools in King County (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students).

The closest other public school is Mirror Lake Elementary School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lake Grove Elementary School at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 28.3%.

Lake Grove Elementary School operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 9%: 428 students in 2018 compared to 390 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 23% to 16%. Class-load math has widened: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 in 2025.

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