Margaret Mead Elementary

Margaret Mead Elementary, a high-enrollment elementary school in Sammamish, Washington, part of Lake Washington School District, hosts 580 students, covering grades K through 5. That puts it 53% above the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 380 students.

Lake Washington School District comprises 55 schools with combined enrollment of 30,986 students; Margaret Mead Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Margaret Mead Elementary records that the most-represented group is Asian (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 38% White, 8% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

On the resource side, On paper, Margaret Mead Elementary has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Margaret Mead Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 5% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against King County (around 38%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Margaret Mead Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 77.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 79.4%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for King County indicate median household income runs about $124,746, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Margaret Mead Elementary is one of 544 public schools in King County (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students).

Nearest neighbor: Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Margaret Mead Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Margaret Mead Elementary at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 80.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 4%: 604 students in 2018 compared to 580 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 54% to 38% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

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