Machias Elementary

Machias Elementary operates as a substantial elementary-level community in Snohomish, Washington, operated by Snohomish School District. Current enrollment sits at 615 students spanning grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 62% larger than the state mean of about 380.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Machias Elementary shows that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 22% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Snohomish County (around 41%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Machias Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.2%, the actual is 55.0%, a residual of -10.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Snohomish County shows median household income runs about $111,246, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Snohomish County runs 227 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,688 students), of which Machias Elementary is one.

Mt. Pilchuck Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Machias Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Machias Elementary at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 55.8%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 20%: 513 students in 2018 compared to 615 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 85% to 79%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Machias Elementary typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.