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Enrollment
437
Elementary
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1·NCES 530771003426
Louisa Boren STEM K-8
5950 Delridge Way SW, Seattle, WA 98106 · (206) 252-8450 · King County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL437 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 24% of Washington public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
160 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 16 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 34 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 41 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 48 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 29% smaller than its 8th grade class (48).
Student demographics
71%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
48.9%
WA avg 58.4% . -15.4pp since 2014
Math
41.3%
WA avg 51.2% . -12.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 15 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 13 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.9% | 41.3% |
| 2023-24 | 44.6% | 35.2% |
| 2022-23 | 40.7% | 28.2% |
| 2021-22 | 43.5% | 30.9% |
| 2018-19 | 58.3% | 52.2% |
| 2017-18 | 57.0% | 50.8% |
| 2016-17 | 54.8% | 47.2% |
| 2015-16 | 54.9% | 46.0% |
| 2014-15 | 64.4% | 54.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
41.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.6%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 56% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Louisa Boren STEM K-8
Louisa Boren STEM K-8's state test result (41.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisa Boren STEM K-8 this school | 437 | 36.6% | 41.8% |
| Thurgood Marshall Elementary SEATTLE | 500 | 39.0% | 73.1% |
| Fairwood Elementary School Renton | 355 | 41.4% | 43.6% |
| Parkwood Elementary Shoreline | 390 | 43.3% | 65.5% |
| Olympic View Elementary School SEATTLE | 341 | 39.3% | 55.2% |
| Kimball Elementary School SEATTLE | 384 | 44.5% | 41.7% |
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 Louisa Boren STEM K-8 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #591 of 936 | #192 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #623 of 1,103 ▲ 113 | #187 of 281 ▲ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #537 of 1,102 ▲ 73 | #171 of 280 ▲ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.9pp | #136 of 928 | #29 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 437 | #495 of 1,268 | #137 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #296 of 1,085 | #67 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.1% | #249 of 1,088 | #134 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.6% | #849 of 1,169 | #143 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.8% | #297 of 778 | #98 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
437
-108 (-20%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 437 | 29.5 | 14.8:1 | 37% (160) |
| 2023-24 | 457 | 33 | 13.8:1 | 35% (159) |
| 2022-23 | 483 | 35.8 | 13.5:1 | 36% (172) |
| 2020-21 | 545 | 38 | 14.3:1 | 34% (185) |
| 2017-18 | 545 | 32.2 | 16.9:1 | 26% (143) |
| 2015-16 | 403 | 23 | 17.5:1 | 26% (105) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Louisa Boren STEM K-8.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (545 to 437); teachers down 8% (32.2 to 29.5).
About Louisa Boren STEM K-8
Louisa Boren STEM K-8 serves students in Seattle, Washington, as a mid-sized elementary school. The school counted 437 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 8.
Seattle School District No. 1 is the local district for Louisa Boren STEM K-8. It runs 107 schools with 50,773 students.
The student body at Louisa Boren STEM K-8 has no majority group. White students lead at 45%. Other groups include 22% Black, 14% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, and 7% Asian. The county population is about 55% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 71, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at Louisa Boren STEM K-8 totals 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.8:1. The average for elementary schools in Washington, 17.3:1, is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Louisa Boren STEM K-8 is about 37%. That is in line with the 38% average for public schools in King County.
Louisa Boren STEM K-8 holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 24% of Washington public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Louisa Boren STEM K-8 is -13.9 points, in the bottom 10% of Washington. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 41.8%, and the predicted rate is 55.6%.
Census data for King County show median household income comes to about $124,746, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 544 public schools in the county, enrolling about 278,492, Louisa Boren STEM K-8 among them.
Louisa Boren STEM K-8's closest public school neighbor is Sanislo Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles of Louisa Boren STEM K-8, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 41.8% is below the 44.6% average for nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
A 20% decline took enrollment from 545 in 2020-21 to 437 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Louisa Boren STEM K-8. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Sanislo Elementary School0.6 mi · 145
- West Seattle Elementary School0.7 mi · 376
- Fairmount Park Elementary School0.9 mi · 357
- Pathfinder K-8 School1.0 mi · 402
- Roxhill Elementary School1.2 mi · 289
- David T. Denny International Middle School1.3 mi · 722
Frequently asked questions
About Louisa Boren STEM K-8How many students attend Louisa Boren STEM K-8?
Louisa Boren STEM K-8 enrolls approximately 437 students in grades PK-08.
Is Louisa Boren STEM K-8 an elementary, middle, or high school?
Louisa Boren STEM K-8 is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Louisa Boren STEM K-8?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Louisa Boren STEM K-8 is approximately 14.8:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Louisa Boren STEM K-8?
At Louisa Boren STEM K-8, the student body is approximately 45% White, 11% Hispanic, 22% Black, 7% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Is Louisa Boren STEM K-8 public or private?
Louisa Boren STEM K-8 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Seattle School District No. 1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.