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Enrollment
580
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530423001785
Margaret Mead Elementary
1725 216th AVE NE, Sammamish, WA 98074 · (425) 936-2630 · King County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL580 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
5%
28 students
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 51%
Community
1
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 | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 109 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 121 | 21% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
85.0%
WA avg 58.4% . -6.8pp since 2014
Math
78.0%
WA avg 51.2% . -7.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.0% | 78.0% |
| 2023-24 | 82.2% | 77.9% |
| 2022-23 | 83.8% | 82.3% |
| 2021-22 | 88.5% | 81.0% |
| 2018-19 | 86.9% | 80.4% |
| 2017-18 | 86.2% | 82.7% |
| 2016-17 | 87.7% | 87.7% |
| 2015-16 | 90.2% | 84.2% |
| 2014-15 | 91.8% | 85.0% |
% 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
79.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% 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 →
Where Margaret Mead Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.4% | #56 of 936 | #45 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #60 of 1,103 | #46 of 281 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #25 of 1,102 | #21 of 280 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.3pp | #208 of 928 | #63 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 580 | #127 of 1,268 | #32 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #672 of 1,085 | #169 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.0% | #459 of 1,088 | #203 of 281 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.0% | #691 of 778 | #199 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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
580
-24 (-4%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 17.8:1
% White
38%
was 54%
% Hispanic
4%
was 6%
% Black
2%
was 1%
% Asian
47%
was 31%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 580 | 35.4 | 16.4:1 | 5% (28) |
| 2023-24 | 609 | 35.3 | 17.3:1 | 4% (25) |
| 2022-23 | 607 | 32.1 | 18.9:1 | 5% (32) |
| 2017-18 | 604 | 33.9 | 17.8:1 | 3% (18) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Margaret Mead Elementary.
About Margaret Mead Elementary
Margaret Mead Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school based in Sammamish, Washington. The school serves 580 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Washington is roughly 380 students; this school is 53% bigger than that.
Lake Washington School District is the district for Margaret Mead Elementary. It has 55 schools and 30,986 students.
Margaret Mead Elementary's enrollment has no majority group, and Asian students are the largest at 47%. The school is also 38% White, 8% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 2% Black. The Asian share of the county population is lower, at 21%. Margaret Mead Elementary has a diversity index of 63%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its teaching staff equals 35.4 full-time positions, a ratio of 16.4:1. That ratio is under the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Around 5% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The 38% average for public schools in King County is 33 points higher.
Margaret Mead Elementary scores 79.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 77.0%.
King County census figures show that median household income is about $124,746, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Margaret Mead Elementary is among the 544 public schools in King County.
Nearest public school: Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary, about 1.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Margaret Mead Elementary ranks 6th of 7 on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Margaret Mead Elementary had 604 students in 2017-18 and 580 in 2024-25, a 4% decrease. The percentage of White students fell from 54% to 38% between 2017-18 and 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.8:1 in 2017-18, and 16.4:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Lake Washington School District
- Eastlake High SchoolHigh · 2,481 students
- Redmond High SchoolHigh · 2,304 students
- Lake Washington High SchoolHigh · 2,081 students
- Juanita High SchoolHigh · 1,778 students
- Inglewood Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,229 students
- Redmond Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,009 students
Other schools in Sammamish
- Eastlake High SchoolHigh · 2,481 students
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 2,244 students
- Inglewood Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,229 students
- Pine Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 877 students
- Sunny Hills ElementaryElementary · 574 students
- Creekside ElementaryElementary · 555 students
Nearby schools
- Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary1.1 mi · 478
- Samantha Smith Elementary1.3 mi · 545
- Renaissance School of Art and Reasoning1.4 mi · 80
- Eastlake High School1.4 mi · 2,481
- Christa Mcauliffe Elementary1.6 mi · 472
- Louisa May Alcott Elementary1.6 mi · 615
Frequently asked questions
About Margaret Mead ElementaryHow large is Margaret Mead Elementary?
Margaret Mead Elementary enrolls approximately 580 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Margaret Mead Elementary serve?
Margaret Mead Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Margaret Mead Elementary have?
Margaret Mead Elementary employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
How diverse is Margaret Mead Elementary?
Margaret Mead Elementary reports a student body of 38% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 47% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Margaret Mead Elementary?
Margaret Mead Elementary is overseen by Lake Washington School District in King County.
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