Enrollment
287
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RENTON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530723001076
Lakeridge Elementary School
7400 S 115th St, Seattle, WA 98178 · (425) 204-4100 · King County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL287 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
180 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 54 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 17% larger than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 78% · 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
33.6%
WA avg 58.4% . -12.6pp since 2014
Math
28.1%
WA avg 51.2% . -27.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 13 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 27 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.6% | 28.1% |
| 2023-24 | 31.7% | 26.9% |
| 2022-23 | 36.3% | 25.0% |
| 2021-22 | 26.4% | 16.2% |
| 2018-19 | 43.4% | 51.7% |
| 2017-18 | 50.3% | 51.7% |
| 2016-17 | 53.1% | 60.7% |
| 2015-16 | 54.6% | 62.2% |
| 2014-15 | 46.2% | 55.4% |
% 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
31.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Lakeridge Elementary School
Lakeridge Elementary School's state test result (31.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeridge Elementary School this school | 287 | 62.7% | 31.0% |
| Campbell Hill Elementary School Seattle | 345 | 70.7% | 39.9% |
| Roxhill Elementary School SEATTLE | 289 | 59.9% | 29.1% |
| Impact | Black River Elementary Renton | 209 | 62.7% | 27.4% |
| Lowell Elementary School SEATTLE | 392 | 71.9% | 30.6% |
| Dunlap Elementary School SEATTLE | 261 | 77.0% | 37.8% |
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 Lakeridge Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #787 of 936 | #240 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.1% | #909 of 1,103 ▲ 1 | #242 of 281 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #887 of 1,102 ▲ 23 | #230 of 280 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.6pp | #91 of 928 | #20 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 287 | #994 of 1,268 | #261 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #114 of 1,085 | #35 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.8% | #97 of 1,088 | #52 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.7% | #392 of 1,169 | #75 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.3% | #82 of 778 | #35 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
287
-79 (-22%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 441
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 287 | 21.1 | 13.6:1 | 63% (180) |
| 2023-24 | 331 | 23.5 | 14.1:1 | 77% (254) |
| 2022-23 | 358 | 24.8 | 14.4:1 | 80% (286) |
| 2020-21 | 366 | 25 | 14.6:1 | 73% (268) |
| 2017-18 | 424 | 26.1 | 16.2:1 | 83% (351) |
| 2015-16 | 417 | 26 | 16.0:1 | 87% (362) |
| 2010-11 | 439 | 24 | 18.3:1 | 82% (358) |
| 2000-01 | 397 | 21 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 441 | 20 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakeridge Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (424 to 287); teachers down 19% (26.1 to 21.1).
About Lakeridge Elementary School
A small elementary school in Seattle, Washington, Lakeridge Elementary School is part of Renton School District. Its 287 students are spread across kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Washington is about 380 students.
Lakeridge Elementary School falls under Renton School District, which has 29 schools enrolling 14,873 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Lakeridge Elementary School. The largest is Black students, at 34%. The remaining students are 21% Hispanic, 21% Asian, 16% White, and 8% multiracial. Census figures show King County is about 7% Black. Lakeridge Elementary School's diversity index is 77%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school has about 13.6 students per teacher and 21.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 3.7 below the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 63%. The rate at public schools in King County averages 38%, lower than here.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 31.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 38.1%.
Recent Census Bureau figures 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%. Lakeridge Elementary School is one of 544 public schools in the county.
Bryn Mawr Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 36.3% proficiency; Lakeridge Elementary School posts 31.0%.
The NCES locale for Lakeridge Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment dropped 22% from its 2020-21 level of 366. The ratio was 14.6:1 in 2020-21 and 13.6:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. 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 Renton School District
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- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Ballard High SchoolHigh · 1,697 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,542 students
- Garfield High SchoolHigh · 1,507 students
- West Seattle High SchoolHigh · 1,479 students
- Ingraham High SchoolHigh · 1,391 students
Other Lakeridge Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Lakeridge Elementary. Lakeridge Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Lakeridge Elementary SchoolMercer Island, WA · 401 students
- Lakeridge Elementary SchoolCEDAR HILL, TX · 466 students
Nearby schools
- Bryn Mawr Elementary School0.5 mi · 415
- Dimmitt Middle School0.6 mi · 605
- Campbell Hill Elementary School0.8 mi · 345
- Talley High School1.0 mi · 248
- Rainier View Elementary School1.1 mi · 167
- Emerson Elementary School1.3 mi · 398
Frequently asked questions
About Lakeridge Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Lakeridge Elementary School?
Lakeridge Elementary School enrolls approximately 287 students in grades KG-05.
Is Lakeridge Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lakeridge Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lakeridge Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lakeridge Elementary School is approximately 13.6:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Lakeridge Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lakeridge Elementary School are roughly 16% White, 21% Hispanic, 34% Black, 21% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Lakeridge Elementary School in?
Lakeridge Elementary School is part of Renton School District.
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