Lawton Elementary School

Lawton Elementary School is one of the modestly sized K-5 schools in SEATTLE, Washington, operated by Seattle School District No. 1, with 309 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Seattle School District No. 1 runs 107 schools in total, collectively educating 50,773 students. Lawton Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Lawton Elementary School logs that 66% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 15% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 7% Asian. By comparison, King County as a whole is about 55% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Lawton Elementary School has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.0:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 14% of students at Lawton Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against King County (around 38%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lawton Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 71.1%; this one delivers 74.7%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for King County indicate the typical household earns roughly $124,746 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Lawton Elementary School is one of 544 public schools in King County (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students).

The closest other public school is Catharine Blaine K-8 School, roughly 1.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lawton Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lawton Elementary School at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 76.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lawton Elementary School has shrank 32%, going from 453 students in 2018 to 309 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 72% to 66%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Lawton Elementary School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.