Maplewood Heights Elementary School

Maplewood Heights Elementary School, a mid-tier elementary school in Renton, Washington, one of the schools within Renton School District, instructs 395 students, covering grades K through 5.

Renton School District comprises 29 schools with combined enrollment of 14,873 students; Maplewood Heights Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Maplewood Heights Elementary School reports that 37% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 30% Asian, 15% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 55% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Maplewood Heights Elementary School records 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.0:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 19% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, King County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Maplewood Heights Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.1%, the actual is 70.2%, a residual of +3.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for King County put the typical household earns roughly $124,746 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across King County's 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), Maplewood Heights Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Apollo Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Maplewood Heights Elementary School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 56.8%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Maplewood Heights Elementary School has shrank 51%, going from 806 students in 2018 to 395 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Maplewood Heights Elementary School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.