Louisa Boren STEM K-8

Louisa Boren STEM K-8, a mid-sized elementary campus in Seattle, Washington, operated by Seattle School District No. 1, educates 437 students, covering grades pre-K through 8.

Across the 107 schools in Seattle School District No. 1 (50,773 students total), Louisa Boren STEM K-8 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Louisa Boren STEM K-8 lists that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 22% Black, 14% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 7% Asian. By comparison, King County as a whole is about 55% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Louisa Boren STEM K-8 lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Louisa Boren STEM K-8 tighter than the state norm the norm. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Louisa Boren STEM K-8 falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 55.6%; this one comes in at 41.8%, -13.9 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (King County) logs that median household income runs about $124,746, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Louisa Boren STEM K-8 is one of 544 public schools in King County (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students).

Nearest neighbor: Sanislo Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Louisa Boren STEM K-8 at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 44.6%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 20%: 545 students in 2018 compared to 437 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment climbed from 14% to 22% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

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