Enrollment
317
Elementary
DISTRICT 459 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HIGHLINE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530354000533
Madrona Elementary
20301 32nd Ave South, SeaTac, WA 98198 · (206) 631-4100 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL317 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
244 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (40).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
25.6%
WA avg 58.4% . -12.7pp since 2014
Math
24.1%
WA avg 51.2% . -16.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 13 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 17 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.6% | 24.1% |
| 2023-24 | 17.5% | 14.1% |
| 2022-23 | 16.3% | 9.0% |
| 2021-22 | 15.2% | 13.1% |
| 2018-19 | 24.4% | 20.9% |
| 2017-18 | 30.7% | 27.8% |
| 2016-17 | 30.9% | 31.8% |
| 2015-16 | 40.4% | 36.1% |
| 2014-15 | 38.3% | 40.8% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
22.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.6%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Washington's top nor bottom 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 Madrona Elementary
Madrona Elementary's state test result (22.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madrona Elementary this school | 317 | 77.0% | 22.1% |
| Park Lodge Elementary School Lakewood | 363 | 78.5% | 24.7% |
| Federal Way Public School ECEAP Federal Way | 348 | 80.7% | N/A |
| Roosevelt Elementary School Tacoma | 270 | 75.9% | 27.6% |
| Lake Grove Elementary School FEDERAL WAY | 390 | 77.9% | 27.0% |
| Kent Elementary School Kent | 438 | 81.5% | 26.9% |
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 Madrona Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.1% | #889 of 936 | #267 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #975 of 1,103 ▲ 97 | #257 of 281 ▲ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #1,011 of 1,102 ▲ 63 | #258 of 280 ▲ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.6pp | #74 of 928 | #16 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 317 | #906 of 1,268 | #244 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #529 of 1,085 | #128 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.5% | #346 of 1,088 | #173 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.0% | #155 of 1,169 | #22 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -52.7% | #8 of 778 | #3 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
317
-79 (-20%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 452
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 317 | 20.1 | 15.8:1 | 77% (244) |
| 2023-24 | 333 | 21.3 | 15.6:1 | 80% (268) |
| 2022-23 | 384 | 21.1 | 18.2:1 | 80% (309) |
| 2020-21 | 396 | 23 | 17.2:1 | 72% (287) |
| 2017-18 | 670 | 35.6 | 18.8:1 | 72% (482) |
| 2015-16 | 702 | 34 | 20.6:1 | 87% (610) |
| 2010-11 | 590 | 31 | 19.0:1 | 79% (465) |
| 2000-01 | 475 | 23 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 452 | 18 | 25.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Madrona Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 53% (670 to 317); teachers down 44% (35.6 to 20.1).
About Madrona Elementary
Madrona Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in SeaTac, Washington, (ZIP code 98198). The school's 317 students are in pre-K through 5.
Highline School District has 36 schools; together they serve 18,072 students.
A majority of students at Madrona Elementary, 51%, are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 21% Black, 11% Pacific Islander, 7% multiracial, and 6% White. Among all residents of King County, the Hispanic share is about 11%. The chance that two students picked at random at Madrona Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 68%.
With 20.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Madrona Elementary was 15.8:1. Among elementary schools in Washington, the typical ratio is 17.3:1. Madrona Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 77%. Among public schools in King County, the average eligibility rate is 38%.
Madrona Elementary posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 22.1%, compared with a predicted 28.6%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Washington schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census Bureau estimates for King County show that median household income is about $124,746, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Madrona Elementary is one of 544 public schools in King County, which together enroll about 278,492 students.
The closest other public school is Chinook Middle School, about 1.2 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 18.6% on proficiency, and Madrona Elementary is above that at 22.1%.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The number of students dropped from 396 to 317 over 4 years. By 2024-25, the school had 15.8 students per teacher, compared with 17.2 in 2020-21.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Highline School District
- Mount Rainier High SchoolHigh · 1,846 students
- Highline High SchoolHigh · 1,423 students
- Evergreen High SchoolHigh · 1,080 students
- Glacier Middle SchoolMiddle · 803 students
- Cascade Middle SchoolMiddle · 671 students
- Tyee High SchoolHigh · 644 students
Other schools in SeaTac
- Glacier Middle SchoolMiddle · 803 students
- River Ridge ElementaryElementary · 697 students
- Tyee High SchoolHigh · 644 students
- Chinook Middle SchoolMiddle · 620 students
- Bow Lake ElementaryElementary · 524 students
- McMicken Heights ElementaryElementary · 484 students
Other Madrona Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Madrona Elementary. Madrona Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Madrona Elementary SchoolGrants Pass, OR · 281 students
Nearby schools
- Chinook Middle School1.2 mi · 620
- Tyee High School1.3 mi · 644
- Cascade Public Schools1.4 mi · 126
- Bow Lake Elementary1.4 mi · 524
- River Ridge Elementary1.4 mi · 697
- Midway Elementary1.5 mi · 548
Frequently asked questions
About Madrona ElementaryHow large is Madrona Elementary?
Madrona Elementary enrolls approximately 317 students in grades PK-05.
Is Madrona Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Madrona Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Madrona Elementary?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at Madrona Elementary.
How diverse is Madrona Elementary?
Madrona Elementary reports a student body of 6% White, 51% Hispanic, 21% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Madrona Elementary public or private?
Madrona Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Highline School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.