Maple Hills Elementary

Maple Hills Elementary is a mid-sized elementary campus in RENTON, Washington, one of the schools within Issaquah School District. The school hosts 460 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Maple Hills Elementary sits 21% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 30 schools in Issaquah School District (19,098 students total), Maple Hills Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Maple Hills Elementary logs that 67% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 16% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 55% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Maple Hills Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 13% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, King County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Maple Hills Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 71.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 75.8%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (King County) records that median household earnings sit near $124,746, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Maple Hills Elementary is one of 544 public schools in King County (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students).

The closest other public school is Maywood Middle School, roughly 2.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Maple Hills Elementary at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 64.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 4%: 444 students in 2018 compared to 460 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 79% to 67% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

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