Louisa May Alcott Elementary

Louisa May Alcott Elementary, a heavily attended primary school in Redmond, Washington, overseen by Lake Washington School District, works with 615 students, covering grades K through 5. That puts it 62% larger than the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 380 students.

Lake Washington School District comprises 55 schools with combined enrollment of 30,986 students; Louisa May Alcott Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Louisa May Alcott Elementary logs that 71% of the student body identifies as Asian. Other groups include 16% White, 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 21% Asian, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Asian than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Louisa May Alcott Elementary logs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 5% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against King County (around 38%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Louisa May Alcott Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 76.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 86.3%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for King County shows median household earnings sit near $124,746, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Louisa May Alcott Elementary is one of 544 public schools in King County (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students).

Nikola Tesla STEM High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Louisa May Alcott Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Louisa May Alcott Elementary at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 82.8%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Louisa May Alcott Elementary has contracted 26%, going from 835 students in 2018 to 615 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 26% to 16% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.

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