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Does Lea Hill Elementary School have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
593
Elementary
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUBURN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530030000036
Lea Hill Elementary School
30908 124th Ave SE, AUBURN, WA 98092 · (253) 931-4982 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL593 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
393 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 46 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 112 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 108 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (112) is 26% larger than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
79%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 77% · 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
55.5%
WA avg 58.4% . +4.9pp since 2014
Math
54.8%
WA avg 51.2% . -1.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.5% | 54.8% |
| 2023-24 | 36.3% | 40.9% |
| 2022-23 | 39.3% | 35.2% |
| 2021-22 | 30.7% | 30.1% |
| 2018-19 | 34.5% | 33.2% |
| 2017-18 | 40.3% | 50.4% |
| 2016-17 | 45.8% | 59.1% |
| 2015-16 | 50.9% | 56.9% |
| 2014-15 | 50.6% | 56.6% |
% 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
45.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.7%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Lea Hill Elementary School
Lea Hill Elementary School's state test result (45.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lea Hill Elementary School this school | 593 | 66.3% | 45.0% |
| Meredith Hill Elementary School AUBURN | 456 | 68.2% | 37.6% |
| Millennium Elementary School Kent | 482 | 67.4% | 27.2% |
| Meadow Ridge Elementary School Kent | 423 | 73.0% | 17.1% |
| Panther Lake Elementary School Kent | 396 | 62.1% | 31.1% |
| Willow Crest Elementary Auburn | 656 | 55.5% | 54.0% |
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 Lea Hill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #520 of 936 | #181 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #345 of 1,103 ▲ 269 | #143 of 281 ▲ 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #401 of 1,102 ▲ 422 | #148 of 280 ▲ 76 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +24.7pp | #3 of 928 | #2 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 593 | #110 of 1,268 | #23 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #611 of 1,085 | #151 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 78.7% | #49 of 1,088 | #29 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.3% | #332 of 1,169 | #67 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.1% | #69 of 257 | #23 of 54 |
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
593
-42 (-7%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 467
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 593 | 36.9 | 16.1:1 | 66% (393) |
| 2023-24 | 599 | 42.8 | 14.0:1 | 69% (415) |
| 2022-23 | 584 | 35.4 | 16.5:1 | 69% (405) |
| 2020-21 | 635 | 40 | 15.9:1 | 74% (472) |
| 2017-18 | 502 | 31 | 16.2:1 | 55% (274) |
| 2015-16 | 419 | 27 | 15.5:1 | 61% (257) |
| 2010-11 | 352 | 19 | 18.5:1 | 36% (127) |
| 2000-01 | 537 | 24 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 467 | 23 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lea Hill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (502 to 593); teachers up 19% (31 to 36.9).
About Lea Hill Elementary School
Lea Hill Elementary School is a large elementary school in AUBURN, Washington. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 593 students. It has 56% more students than the average for elementary schools in Washington (about 380).
Auburn School District runs 26 schools with a combined 18,174 students. Lea Hill Elementary School is one of them.
At Lea Hill Elementary School, Asian students make up the biggest share, 29%. Enrollment also includes 26% White, 18% Hispanic, 14% Black, and 9% multiracial. Among people living in King County, the Asian share is about 21%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 79, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.1:1. The school has 36.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Washington, the average ratio is 17.3:1. Federal data show 66% of students (393) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in King County is 38%.
The model predicts 35.7% for a school in Washington with Lea Hill Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Lea Hill Elementary School posts 45.0%.
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.
Among nearby public schools, Hazelwood Elementary School is closest at about 0.5 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Lea Hill Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 7%.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Lea Hill Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Auburn School District
- Auburn Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,918 students
- Auburn Riverside High SchoolHigh · 1,852 students
- Auburn Mountainview High SchoolHigh · 1,560 students
- Cascade Middle SchoolMiddle · 966 students
- Olympic Middle SchoolMiddle · 956 students
- Mt Baker Middle SchoolMiddle · 917 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
Nearby schools
- Hazelwood Elementary School0.5 mi · 502
- Rainier Middle School0.5 mi · 907
- Willow Crest Elementary0.5 mi · 656
- Arthur Jacobsen Elementary1.1 mi · 367
- Auburn Mountainview High School1.2 mi · 1,560
- Cascade Middle School1.9 mi · 966
Frequently asked questions
About Lea Hill Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lea Hill Elementary School?
Lea Hill Elementary School enrolls approximately 593 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Lea Hill Elementary School serve?
Lea Hill Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lea Hill Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lea Hill Elementary School is approximately 16.1:1 (37 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Lea Hill Elementary School?
Lea Hill Elementary School reports a student body of 26% White, 18% Hispanic, 14% Black, 29% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Lea Hill Elementary School in?
Lea Hill Elementary School is part of Auburn School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.