Enrollment
390
Elementary
DISTRICT 433 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FEDERAL WAY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530282000440
Lake Grove Elementary School
303 SW 308TH ST, FEDERAL WAY, WA 98023 · (253) 945-2900 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL390 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% of Washington public elementary schools
- DTest 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.
- DThree-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
16.5:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
304 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 79% · 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
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Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
24.7%
WA avg 58.4% . -23.0pp since 2014
Math
21.3%
WA avg 51.2% . -14.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 23 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 | 24.7% | 21.3% |
| 2023-24 | 29.7% | 29.5% |
| 2022-23 | 30.1% | 29.0% |
| 2021-22 | 32.0% | 25.8% |
| 2018-19 | 41.4% | 40.4% |
| 2017-18 | 48.4% | 39.5% |
| 2016-17 | 39.9% | 41.1% |
| 2015-16 | 48.0% | 42.5% |
| 2014-15 | 47.7% | 35.4% |
% 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
27.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.9%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Lake Grove Elementary School
Lake Grove Elementary School's state test result (27.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Grove Elementary School this school | 390 | 77.9% | 27.0% |
| Kent Elementary School Kent | 438 | 81.5% | 26.9% |
| Tyee Park Elementary School Lakewood | 381 | 83.7% | 23.6% |
| Park Lodge Elementary School Lakewood | 363 | 78.5% | 24.7% |
| Cedar Valley Elementary LYNNWOOD | 427 | 73.8% | 21.6% |
| Christensen Elementary Tacoma | 346 | 74.3% | 32.8% |
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 Lake Grove Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #847 of 936 | #252 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #1,016 of 1,103 ▼ 150 | #268 of 281 ▼ 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #1,025 of 1,102 ▼ 81 | #263 of 280 ▼ 22 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.9pp | #121 of 928 | #40 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 390 | #672 of 1,268 | #188 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #706 of 1,085 | #181 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.1% | #161 of 1,088 | #95 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.9% | #140 of 1,169 | #19 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.9% | #584 of 778 | #178 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
390
+63 (+19%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 460
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 390 | 23.6 | 16.5:1 | 78% (304) |
| 2023-24 | 357 | 23.5 | 15.2:1 | 80% (286) |
| 2022-23 | 359 | 23.5 | 15.3:1 | 77% (276) |
| 2020-21 | 327 | 25 | 13.1:1 | 68% (221) |
| 2017-18 | 428 | 28 | 15.3:1 | 82% (352) |
| 2015-16 | 401 | 25 | 16.0:1 | 65% (259) |
| 2010-11 | 387 | 25 | 15.5:1 | 52% (203) |
| 2000-01 | 529 | 25 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 460 | 20 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lake Grove Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (428 to 390); teachers down 16% (28 to 23.6).
About Lake Grove Elementary School
Lake Grove Elementary School serves students in FEDERAL WAY, Washington, as a medium-sized elementary school. Enrollment is 390 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5.
Federal Way School District operates 43 schools. Combined enrollment is 22,250 students.
At Lake Grove Elementary School, the largest share of students is Hispanic, at 43%. The next largest groups are 16% White, 15% Black, 12% multiracial, and 8% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 32 points above the 11% share among King County residents. The school's diversity index is 74%, meaning two students picked at random have a 74% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The count of teachers at Lake Grove Elementary School is 23.6 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 16.5:1. That is lower than the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. The school counts 304 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 78%. Across public schools in King County, the average is 38%.
allk12 grades Lake Grove Elementary School a D. The grade compares the school only with Washington public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
After adjusting for student poverty, Lake Grove Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Washington schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 27.0%; the prediction is 27.9%.
Census Bureau estimates for King County show that the median household income is $124,746, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. There are 544 public schools in King County, enrolling about 278,492 students in all.
The closest public school to Lake Grove Elementary School is Mirror Lake Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Lake Grove Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Lake Grove Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
Federal data show a 19% enrollment rise, from 327 in 2020-21 to 390 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.1:1 in 2020-21 to 16.5:1 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Lake Grove Elementary School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Federal Way School District
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,810 students
- Federal Way High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Todd Beamer High SchoolHigh · 1,412 students
- Decatur High SchoolHigh · 1,352 students
- Evergreen Middle SchoolMiddle · 810 students
- Kilo Middle SchoolMiddle · 669 students
Other schools in FEDERAL WAY
- Federal Way High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Todd Beamer High SchoolHigh · 1,412 students
- Decatur High SchoolHigh · 1,352 students
- Sacajawea Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Illahee Middle SchoolMiddle · 655 students
- Lakota Middle SchoolMiddle · 645 students
Other Lake Grove Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Lake Grove Elementary. Lake Grove Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Lake Grove Elementary SchoolLake Oswego, OR · 425 students
Nearby schools
- Mirror Lake Elementary School0.7 mi · 491
- Lakota Middle School0.9 mi · 645
- Adelaide Elementary School0.9 mi · 321
- Federal Way High School1.1 mi · 1,665
- Sacajawea Middle School1.1 mi · 668
- Silver Lake Elementary School1.2 mi · 382
Frequently asked questions
About Lake Grove Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lake Grove Elementary School?
Lake Grove Elementary School enrolls approximately 390 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Lake Grove Elementary School serve?
Lake Grove Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Lake Grove Elementary School?
Approximately 16.5:1 students per teacher at Lake Grove Elementary School.
How diverse is Lake Grove Elementary School?
Lake Grove Elementary School reports a student body of 16% White, 43% Hispanic, 15% Black, 8% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Lake Grove Elementary School public or private?
Lake Grove Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Federal Way School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.