Maple Elementary School

Maple Elementary School is an elementary campus of medium-sized scale in SEATTLE, Washington, one of the schools within Seattle School District No. 1, hosting 401 students in grades K through 5.

Across the 107 schools in Seattle School District No. 1 (50,773 students total), Maple Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Maple Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is Asian (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 19% Hispanic, 18% White, 10% multiracial, 6% Black. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above King County's rate of about 38%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Maple Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 46.1%; this one delivers 64.2%, a residual of +18.1 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for King County put median household earnings sit near $124,746, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, King County runs 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), of which Maple Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Cleveland High School STEM, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Maple Elementary School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Maple Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 46.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. Maple Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 25% since 2018, when it stood at 532 (now 401). Asian enrollment moved from 51% to 45% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Maple Elementary School typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.