Enrollment
240
Elementary
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1·NCES 530771001201
Leschi Elementary School
135 32 AV, SEATTLE, WA 98122 · (206) 252-2950 · King County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL240 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
107 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 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
73%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
43.6%
WA avg 58.4% . +4.0pp since 2014
Math
36.8%
WA avg 51.2% . -1.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.6% | 36.8% |
| 2023-24 | 51.2% | 42.4% |
| 2022-23 | 46.9% | 41.5% |
| 2021-22 | 41.1% | 27.6% |
| 2018-19 | 49.7% | 39.3% |
| 2017-18 | 57.0% | 54.5% |
| 2016-17 | 50.0% | 56.5% |
| 2015-16 | 52.4% | 47.0% |
| 2014-15 | 39.6% | 38.2% |
% 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
44.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Leschi Elementary School
Leschi Elementary School's state test result (44.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leschi Elementary School this school | 240 | 44.6% | 44.7% |
| Madrona K-5 School SEATTLE | 213 | 39.0% | 44.5% |
| Roxhill Elementary School SEATTLE | 289 | 59.9% | 29.1% |
| John Rogers Elementary School SEATTLE | 248 | 55.2% | 51.3% |
| John Muir Elementary School SEATTLE | 308 | 56.5% | 37.3% |
| Sand Point Elementary Seattle | 173 | 56.1% | 45.3% |
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 Leschi Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #525 of 936 | #182 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #735 of 1,103 ▼ 151 | #210 of 281 ▼ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #660 of 1,102 ▼ 194 | #192 of 280 ▼ 30 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.8pp | #220 of 928 | #54 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 240 | #1,060 of 1,268 | #277 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #3 of 1,085 | #1 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.2% | #183 of 1,088 | #101 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.6% | #727 of 1,169 | #123 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -40.3% | #30 of 778 | #18 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
240
-96 (-29%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 413
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 240 | 25 | 9.6:1 | 45% (107) |
| 2023-24 | 293 | 22.6 | 13.0:1 | 52% (151) |
| 2022-23 | 275 | 23.2 | 11.8:1 | 49% (134) |
| 2020-21 | 336 | 25 | 13.4:1 | 44% (149) |
| 2017-18 | 402 | 26.9 | 14.9:1 | 47% (188) |
| 2015-16 | 368 | 23 | 16.0:1 | 43% (160) |
| 2010-11 | 348 | 23 | 15.1:1 | 66% (228) |
| 2000-01 | 348 | 20 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 413 | 16 | 25.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leschi Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 40% (402 to 240); teachers down 7% (26.9 to 25).
About Leschi Elementary School
Leschi Elementary School is a small elementary school in SEATTLE, Washington, (ZIP code 98122). It covers kindergarten through 5, with a total enrollment of 240 students. Enrollment is 37% lower than the average for elementary schools in Washington, which is about 380.
Seattle School District No. 1 enrolls 50,773 students in 107 schools, including Leschi Elementary School.
The most common group at Leschi Elementary School is White students, at 35%. Other groups include 33% Black, 13% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, and 7% Asian. The county population is about 55% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 73% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The count of teachers at Leschi Elementary School is 25 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 9.6:1. That is lower than the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. The school counts 107 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 45%.
In Washington, Leschi Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 44.7% actual against a predicted 50.3%.
County data help place the school in context: in King County, the median household income is $124,746, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. King County is home to 544 public schools and about 278,492 public school students.
Garfield High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. The five-mile area around Leschi Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Leschi Elementary School at 3rd of 6.
Under the NCES locale system, Leschi Elementary School is City: Large.
2024-25 enrollment was 240, a 29% decrease from 336 in 2020-21. The ratio was 13.4:1 in 2020-21 and 9.6:1 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
Nearby schools
- Garfield High School0.5 mi · 1,507
- Nova High School0.6 mi · 256
- Washington Middle School0.6 mi · 566
- Madrona K-5 School0.7 mi · 213
- Thurgood Marshall Elementary0.9 mi · 500
- Bailey Gatzert Elementary School1.1 mi · 402
Frequently asked questions
About Leschi Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Leschi Elementary School?
Leschi Elementary School enrolls approximately 240 students in grades KG-05.
Is Leschi Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Leschi Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Leschi Elementary School have?
Leschi Elementary School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Leschi Elementary School?
Student demographics at Leschi Elementary School are roughly 35% White, 10% Hispanic, 33% Black, 7% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Leschi Elementary School in?
Leschi Elementary School is part of Seattle School District No. 1.
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