Lea Hill Elementary School

As a substantial elementary-level community in AUBURN, Washington, Lea Hill Elementary School instructs 593 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Auburn School District. Compared to the state average of about 380 students per school, that is 56% above typical.

Lea Hill Elementary School is one of 26 schools operated by Auburn School District, a district that enrolls 18,174 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lea Hill Elementary School reports that the largest single group is Asian at 29%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 26% White, 18% Hispanic, 14% Black, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 21% Asian, putting the school's mix considerably more Asian than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, King County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lea Hill Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.0%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (King County) logs that median household income runs about $124,746, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lea Hill Elementary School is one of 544 public schools in King County (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students).

Hazelwood Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lea Hill Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lea Hill Elementary School at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 34.9%.

Lea Hill Elementary School operates from an inner-city location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 18%: 502 students in 2018 compared to 593 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share edged up from 12% to 29%.

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