Enrollment
213
Elementary
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1·NCES 530771001216
Madrona K-5 School
1121 33 AV, SEATTLE, WA 98122 · (206) 252-3100 · King County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL213 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
83 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 44 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 31 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 27 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 63% larger than its 5th grade class (27).
Student demographics
73%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
36.3%
WA avg 58.4% . -1.6pp since 2014
Math
36.3%
WA avg 51.2% . -2.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.3% | 36.3% |
| 2023-24 | 49.5% | 46.8% |
| 2022-23 | 44.7% | 35.0% |
| 2021-22 | 45.0% | 43.2% |
| 2018-19 | 55.6% | 53.5% |
| 2017-18 | 58.3% | 59.5% |
| 2016-17 | 52.5% | 40.6% |
| 2015-16 | 43.0% | 41.8% |
| 2014-15 | 37.9% | 38.6% |
% 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
44.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 K-5 School
Madrona K-5 School's state test result (44.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madrona K-5 School this school | 213 | 39.0% | 44.5% |
| Leschi Elementary School SEATTLE | 240 | 44.6% | 44.7% |
| John Rogers Elementary School SEATTLE | 248 | 55.2% | 51.3% |
| Sand Point Elementary Seattle | 173 | 56.1% | 45.3% |
| Graham Hill Elementary School SEATTLE | 266 | 47.4% | 40.1% |
| 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 Madrona K-5 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #529 of 936 | #184 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #747 of 1,103 ▼ 245 | #213 of 281 ▼ 38 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #839 of 1,102 ▼ 323 | #224 of 280 ▼ 54 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.9pp | #65 of 928 | #23 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 213 | #1,079 of 1,268 | #280 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #88 of 1,085 | #29 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.9% | #193 of 1,088 | #106 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.0% | #814 of 1,169 | #137 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.1% | #556 of 778 | #172 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
213
-46 (-18%) vs 2020
-59% since 1990-91, when it was 524
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 213 | 16 | 13.3:1 | 39% (83) |
| 2023-24 | 219 | 18 | 12.2:1 | 44% (96) |
| 2022-23 | 217 | 16.9 | 12.8:1 | 55% (120) |
| 2020-21 | 259 | 19 | 13.6:1 | 43% (111) |
| 2017-18 | 237 | 17.8 | 13.3:1 | 52% (124) |
| 2015-16 | 300 | 22 | 13.6:1 | 43% (129) |
| 2010-11 | 358 | 24 | 14.9:1 | 76% (271) |
| 2000-01 | 363 | 23 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 524 | 22 | 23.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Madrona K-5 School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (237 to 213); teachers down 10% (17.8 to 16).
About Madrona K-5 School
Madrona K-5 School is a small elementary school that serves part of SEATTLE, Washington. It had 213 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5. That compares with an average of about 380 students for elementary schools in Washington.
Madrona K-5 School sits within Seattle School District No. 1, which has 107 schools and 50,773 students.
The student body at Madrona K-5 School has no majority group. White students lead at 37%. Other groups make up 32% Black, 14% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, and 5% Asian. King County as a whole is about 55% White, so the school's share is lower. A diversity index of 73% means there is a 73% chance two randomly chosen students at Madrona K-5 School are from different groups.
Its staff includes 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 13.3 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Washington, the average ratio is 17.3:1. Madrona K-5 School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 39%. That is in line with the 38% average for public schools in King County.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Madrona K-5 School falls in the middle 80% of Washington schools: 44.5% actual against 54.1% predicted.
The school's county is King County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $124,746, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. King County's 544 public schools enroll about 278,492 students and include Madrona K-5 School.
The closest school to Madrona K-5 School is Nova High School, located about 0.5 miles away. Madrona K-5 School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Madrona K-5 School ranks 3rd of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 44.5% against a local average of 42.8%.
NCES assigns Madrona K-5 School the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment decreased 18% over 4 years, reaching 213 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Madrona K-5 School lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- Nova High School0.5 mi · 256
- Leschi Elementary School0.7 mi · 240
- Garfield High School0.7 mi · 1,507
- Seattle World School0.9 mi · 218
- Edmonds S. Meany Middle School1.0 mi · 504
- Washington Middle School1.1 mi · 566
Frequently asked questions
About Madrona K-5 SchoolHow large is Madrona K-5 School?
Madrona K-5 School enrolls approximately 213 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Madrona K-5 School serve?
Madrona K-5 School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Madrona K-5 School?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at Madrona K-5 School.
How diverse is Madrona K-5 School?
Madrona K-5 School reports a student body of 37% White, 10% Hispanic, 32% Black, 5% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees Madrona K-5 School?
Madrona K-5 School is overseen by Seattle School District No. 1 in King County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.