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What tradition at Lowell Elementary should never be changed?
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Enrollment
531
Elementary
DISTRICT 549 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EVERETT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530267000403
Lowell Elementary
5010 View Dr., Everett, WA 98203 · (425) 385-5300 · Snohomish County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL531 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
368 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 44 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
50.2%
WA avg 58.4% . -6.0pp since 2014
Math
45.7%
WA avg 51.2% . +5.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.2% | 45.7% |
| 2023-24 | 54.6% | 44.4% |
| 2022-23 | 46.7% | 42.5% |
| 2021-22 | 47.3% | 42.0% |
| 2018-19 | 59.8% | 56.1% |
| 2017-18 | 57.3% | 57.1% |
| 2016-17 | 51.0% | 51.6% |
| 2015-16 | 53.2% | 38.9% |
| 2014-15 | 56.2% | 40.5% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
50.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.7%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Washington's top 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 Lowell Elementary
Lowell Elementary's state test result (50.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowell Elementary this school | 531 | 69.3% | 50.2% |
| Silver Lake Elementary Everett | 550 | 71.5% | 55.2% |
| Evergreen Elementary Spanaway | 530 | 66.4% | 42.1% |
| Peter S Ogden Elementary VANCOUVER | 585 | 71.3% | N/A |
| Camas Prairie Elementary Spanaway | 529 | 67.9% | 55.1% |
| Endeavour Elementary School Vancouver | 471 | 62.0% | N/A |
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 Lowell Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #428 of 936 | #59 of 105 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #518 of 1,103 ▲ 21 | #63 of 106 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #504 of 1,102 ▼ 92 | #62 of 106 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.3pp | #356 of 928 | #44 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 531 | #210 of 1,268 | #41 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #429 of 1,085 | #43 of 109 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.4% | #278 of 1,088 | #37 of 110 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.3% | #274 of 1,169 | #14 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.7% | #231 of 257 | #33 of 37 |
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
531
-14 (-3%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 520
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 531 | 34.6 | 15.3:1 | 69% (368) |
| 2023-24 | 543 | 33.6 | 16.2:1 | 69% (373) |
| 2022-23 | 558 | 35.1 | 15.9:1 | 64% (357) |
| 2020-21 | 545 | 33 | 16.5:1 | 60% (325) |
| 2017-18 | 522 | 31.1 | 16.8:1 | 56% (292) |
| 2015-16 | 508 | 27 | 18.8:1 | 67% (338) |
| 2010-11 | 473 | 23 | 20.6:1 | 61% (290) |
| 2000-01 | 586 | 31 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 520 | 24 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lowell Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (522 to 531); teachers up 11% (31.1 to 34.6).
About Lowell Elementary
Lowell Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school with an address in Everett, Washington. Federal data show 531 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Washington enroll around 380, and this school is 40% bigger than that mark.
Enrollment across the 32 schools in Everett School District totals 20,489 students.
The biggest share of students at Lowell Elementary, 43%, is White. The remaining shares are 29% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 9% Asian, and 6% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Snohomish County's population at about 64%. The diversity index for Lowell Elementary is 70%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 34.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 15.3:1. The gap from the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington is 2.0 students per teacher. On the income side, 69% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 41% average for public schools in Snohomish County is 28 points lower.
Lowell Elementary outperforms its prediction by 16.5 points. The model expects 33.7% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Washington; the school's rate is 50.2%.
Looking at the county, Snohomish County, the median household earns about $111,246 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Counting Lowell Elementary, Snohomish County has 227 public schools.
The closest school to Lowell Elementary is Special Services, located about 1.0 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Lowell Elementary. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Lowell Elementary is 3rd of 4 on proficiency.
Lowell Elementary is coded as City: Mid-size in federal locale data.
The school's student count fell 3% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 16.5:1 to 15.3:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Lowell Elementary. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Snohomish County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
844,430
Census ACS
Median income
$111,246
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
227
118,688 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Everett School District
- Henry M. Jackson High SchoolHigh · 2,148 students
- Cascade High SchoolHigh · 1,651 students
- Everett High SchoolHigh · 1,643 students
- Gateway Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,057 students
- Heatherwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,031 students
- Eisenhower Middle SchoolMiddle · 914 students
Other schools in Everett
- Mariner High SchoolHigh · 2,106 students
- Cascade High SchoolHigh · 1,651 students
- Everett High SchoolHigh · 1,643 students
- Gateway Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,057 students
- Eisenhower Middle SchoolMiddle · 914 students
- Voyager Middle SchoolMiddle · 902 students
Other Lowell Elementary schools
24 other US public schools in 15 states are named Lowell Elementary. Lowell Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 25.
- Lowell Elementary SchoolSEATTLE, WA · 392 students
- Lowell Elementary SchoolBellingham, WA · 338 students
- Lowell Elementary SchoolTacoma, WA · 331 students
- Lowell ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 609 students
- Lowell Elementary SchoolWaterloo, IA · 538 students
Nearby schools
- Special Services1.0 mi · 95
- Everett Reengagement Academy1.0 mi · 183
- Everett Virtual Academy1.0 mi · 45
- Madison Elementary1.2 mi · 405
- View Ridge Elementary1.3 mi · 497
- Jackson Elementary School1.4 mi · 322
Frequently asked questions
About Lowell ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Lowell Elementary?
Lowell Elementary enrolls approximately 531 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Lowell Elementary serve?
Lowell Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lowell Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lowell Elementary is approximately 15.3:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Lowell Elementary?
Student demographics at Lowell Elementary are roughly 43% White, 29% Hispanic, 6% Black, 9% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Lowell Elementary in?
Lowell Elementary is part of Everett School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.