Little Cedars Elementary School

Little Cedars Elementary School is an elementary-level community of sprawling scale in Snohomish, Washington, overseen by Snohomish School District, instructing 646 students in grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 70% larger than the state mean of about 380.

Little Cedars Elementary School is one of 18 schools operated by Snohomish School District, a district that works with 9,732 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Little Cedars Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 28% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 11% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

On the resource side, The school employs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.2:1. The state averages about 17.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 13% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Snohomish County (around 41%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Little Cedars Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 71.3%; this one delivers 69.2%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Snohomish County) shows that median household income runs about $111,246, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Little Cedars Elementary School is one of 227 public schools in Snohomish County (combined enrollment of about 118,688 students).

Nearest neighbor: Glacier Peak High School, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Little Cedars Elementary School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 70.5%.

Little Cedars Elementary School operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 9%: 708 students in 2018 compared to 646 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 71% to 49% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.