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Best kept secret at Lakeland Elementary School?
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Enrollment
418
Elementary
DISTRICT 433 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FEDERAL WAY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530282000441
Lakeland Elementary School
35827 32ND AV S, AUBURN, WA 98001 · (253) 945-3000 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL418 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
255 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
76%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
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
37.8%
WA avg 58.4% . -8.3pp since 2014
Math
35.5%
WA avg 51.2% . -16.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 17 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.8% | 35.5% |
| 2023-24 | 38.7% | 37.4% |
| 2022-23 | 46.0% | 36.8% |
| 2021-22 | 40.4% | 38.6% |
| 2018-19 | 50.0% | 46.8% |
| 2017-18 | 50.7% | 50.7% |
| 2016-17 | 46.0% | 48.8% |
| 2015-16 | 49.0% | 50.5% |
| 2014-15 | 46.1% | 52.1% |
% 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
36.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Lakeland Elementary School
Lakeland Elementary School's state test result (36.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Elementary School this school | 418 | 61.0% | 36.1% |
| Fawcett Elementary School Tacoma | 426 | 65.3% | 32.4% |
| Ilalko Elementary School AUBURN | 468 | 63.0% | 42.1% |
| Jenkins Creek Elementary School Covington | 340 | 58.8% | 35.7% |
| Central Avenue Elementary Tacoma | 355 | 59.2% | 36.2% |
| Collins Elementary Tacoma | 466 | 55.4% | 42.4% |
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 Lakeland Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #701 of 936 | #218 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #762 of 1,103 ▼ 67 | #214 of 281 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #804 of 1,102 ▼ 33 | #215 of 280 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.9pp | #230 of 928 | #70 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 418 | #555 of 1,268 | #151 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #753 of 1,085 | #198 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.0% | #120 of 1,088 | #68 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.0% | #430 of 1,169 | #83 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.9% | #692 of 778 | #200 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
418
+42 (+11%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 647
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 418 | 25 | 16.7:1 | 61% (255) |
| 2023-24 | 417 | 25 | 16.7:1 | 65% (271) |
| 2022-23 | 404 | 25 | 16.2:1 | 64% (257) |
| 2020-21 | 376 | 26 | 14.5:1 | 52% (197) |
| 2017-18 | 435 | 24 | 18.1:1 | 55% (240) |
| 2015-16 | 410 | 24 | 17.1:1 | 51% (209) |
| 2010-11 | 354 | 21 | 16.9:1 | 39% (137) |
| 2000-01 | 531 | 23 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 647 | 27 | 24.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakeland Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (435 to 418); teachers up 4% (24 to 25).
About Lakeland Elementary School
Lakeland Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school located in AUBURN, Washington. The school has 418 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5.
Across its 43 schools, Federal Way School District enrolls 22,250 students. Lakeland Elementary School is one of those schools.
White students account for 36% of enrollment at Lakeland Elementary School, more than any other group. The remaining students are 25% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 13% Asian, and 8% Black. Among people living in King County, the White share is about 55%. The diversity index for Lakeland Elementary School is 76%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 25 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.7:1. The 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington is close to this figure. Lakeland Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 61%. It compares with 38% for public schools in King County.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Lakeland Elementary School would score about 39.3%. It scores 36.1%, 3.2 points below that figure.
For the population of King County, the median household earns about $124,746 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Across King County, 544 public schools serve about 278,492 students.
Lakeland Elementary School is about 0.3 miles from Sequoyah Middle School, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 35.7% on proficiency, and Lakeland Elementary School is above that at 36.1%.
Federal data place Lakeland Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
An 11% gain took enrollment from 376 in 2020-21 to 418 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.5:1 to 16.7:1.
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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 AUBURN
- Auburn Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,918 students
- Auburn Riverside High SchoolHigh · 1,852 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,810 students
- Auburn Mountainview High SchoolHigh · 1,560 students
- Cascade Middle SchoolMiddle · 966 students
- Olympic Middle SchoolMiddle · 956 students
Other Lakeland Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 7 states are named Lakeland Elementary. Lakeland Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 9.
- Lakeland Elementary SchoolLakeland, TN · 1,029 students
- Lakeland Elementary SchoolHUMBLE, TX · 919 students
- Lakeland Elementary SchoolWILLMAR, MN · 623 students
- Lakeland Elementary SchoolLEWISVILLE, TX · 581 students
- Lakeland Elementary SchoolCOLDWATER, MI · 375 students
Nearby schools
- Sequoyah Middle School0.3 mi · 570
- Rainier View Elementary School0.7 mi · 495
- Todd Beamer High School1.0 mi · 1,412
- Federal Way Public Academy1.5 mi · 309
- Illahee Middle School2.0 mi · 655
- Panther Lake Elementary School2.1 mi · 427
Frequently asked questions
About Lakeland Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lakeland Elementary School?
Lakeland Elementary School enrolls approximately 418 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Lakeland Elementary School serve?
Lakeland Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lakeland Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lakeland Elementary School is approximately 16.7:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lakeland Elementary School?
At Lakeland Elementary School, the student body is approximately 36% White, 25% Hispanic, 8% Black, 13% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Is Lakeland Elementary School public or private?
Lakeland 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.