Enrollment
309
Elementary
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1·NCES 530771001199
Lawton Elementary School
4000 27 AV W, SEATTLE, WA 98199 · (206) 252-2130 · King County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL309 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
42 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 64 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 28% larger than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
77.8%
WA avg 58.4% . -2.7pp since 2014
Math
72.9%
WA avg 51.2% . +5.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.8% | 72.9% |
| 2023-24 | 76.1% | 71.1% |
| 2022-23 | 79.1% | 79.6% |
| 2021-22 | 80.0% | 75.5% |
| 2018-19 | 85.8% | 81.5% |
| 2017-18 | 86.9% | 79.1% |
| 2016-17 | 83.6% | 80.3% |
| 2015-16 | 82.5% | 80.2% |
| 2014-15 | 80.5% | 67.9% |
% 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
74.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Lawton Elementary School
Lawton Elementary School's state test result (74.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawton Elementary School this school | 309 | 13.6% | 74.7% |
| Magnolia Elementary School Seattle | 320 | 12.8% | 71.1% |
| North Beach Elementary School SEATTLE | 344 | 14.0% | 71.2% |
| Edmonds Elementary EDMONDS | 310 | 15.2% | 66.7% |
| Alki Elementary School SEATTLE | 269 | 14.1% | 74.2% |
| Greenwood Elementary School SEATTLE | 339 | 10.3% | 82.6% |
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 Lawton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.7% | #92 of 936 | #73 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.9% | #105 of 1,103 ▲ 14 | #70 of 281 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.8% | #72 of 1,102 ▲ 17 | #56 of 280 ▲ 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.4pp | #257 of 928 | #82 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 309 | #931 of 1,268 | #246 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #601 of 1,085 | #148 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.4% | #712 of 1,088 | #251 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.6% | #1,091 of 1,169 | #231 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.8% | #91 of 778 | #38 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
309
-42 (-12%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 323
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 309 | 19.3 | 16.0:1 | 14% (42) |
| 2023-24 | 322 | 21.2 | 15.2:1 | 9% (30) |
| 2022-23 | 335 | 21 | 15.9:1 | 7% (25) |
| 2020-21 | 351 | 23 | 15.3:1 | 6% (22) |
| 2017-18 | 453 | 24.1 | 18.8:1 | 6% (25) |
| 2015-16 | 426 | 23 | 18.5:1 | 9% (37) |
| 2010-11 | 437 | 22 | 19.9:1 | 10% (45) |
| 2000-01 | 374 | 17 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 323 | 14 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lawton Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (453 to 309); teachers down 20% (24.1 to 19.3).
About Lawton Elementary School
Lawton Elementary School is one of the public schools in SEATTLE, Washington. It is a small elementary school. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 309 students enrolled.
Seattle School District No. 1 has 50,773 students spread across 107 schools.
At Lawton Elementary School, 66% of students are White. The remaining students are 15% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, and 7% Asian. Census figures show King County is about 55% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lawton Elementary School scores 52%.
Lawton Elementary School has 19.3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1. The gap from the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington is 1.3 students per teacher. At Lawton Elementary School, 14% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The gap from the 38% average for public schools in King County is 24 points.
Lawton Elementary School scores 74.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 71.1%.
The school's county is King County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $124,746, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Public schools in King County number 544, with about 278,492 students.
Lawton Elementary School is about 1.1 miles from Catharine Blaine K-8 School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Lawton Elementary School is behind the 76.9% nearby average, ranking 5th of 7.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment decreased 12% over 4 years, reaching 309 in 2024-25.
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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 Seattle School District No. 1
- 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 schools in SEATTLE
- 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 Lawton Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Lawton Elementary. Lawton Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- LAWTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLOVIEDO, FL · 715 students
- Lawton Elementary SchoolLAWTON, MI · 397 students
Nearby schools
- Catharine Blaine K-8 School1.1 mi · 438
- Adams Elementary School1.1 mi · 285
- Magnolia Elementary School1.1 mi · 320
- Salmon Bay K-8 School1.4 mi · 595
- Licton Springs K-81.4 mi · 90
- Ballard High School1.6 mi · 1,697
Frequently asked questions
About Lawton Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lawton Elementary School?
Lawton Elementary School enrolls approximately 309 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Lawton Elementary School serve?
Lawton Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Lawton Elementary School?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at Lawton Elementary School.
How diverse is Lawton Elementary School?
Lawton Elementary School reports a student body of 66% White, 9% Hispanic, 2% Black, 7% Asian, 15% Two or more.
What district is Lawton Elementary School in?
Lawton Elementary School is part of Seattle School District No. 1.
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