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Enrollment
550
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530423000676
Mark Twain Elementary
9525 130th Ave NE, Kirkland, WA 98033 · (425) 936-2730 · King County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL550 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Washington public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
92 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 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
70%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
78.4%
WA avg 58.4% . +7.4pp since 2014
Math
71.2%
WA avg 51.2% . +2.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.4% | 71.2% |
| 2023-24 | 72.5% | 72.6% |
| 2022-23 | 73.5% | 71.4% |
| 2021-22 | 74.5% | 73.9% |
| 2018-19 | 81.5% | 77.3% |
| 2017-18 | 80.0% | 75.4% |
| 2016-17 | 75.3% | 74.0% |
| 2015-16 | 73.5% | 70.0% |
| 2014-15 | 71.0% | 69.1% |
% 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
71.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 →
Schools most like Mark Twain Elementary
Mark Twain Elementary's state test result (71.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Twain Elementary this school | 550 | 16.7% | 71.9% |
| Apollo Elementary RENTON | 496 | 16.9% | 75.8% |
| Briarwood Elementary RENTON | 630 | 15.7% | 77.5% |
| Rose Hill Elementary Kirkland | 570 | 18.1% | 76.3% |
| Spiritridge Elementary School Bellevue | 546 | 19.8% | 67.3% |
| Shelton View Elementary Bothell | 513 | 16.6% | 74.5% |
Matched among Washington elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Mark Twain Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.9% | #120 of 936 | #88 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.2% | #117 of 1,103 ▼ 12 | #78 of 281 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.4% | #66 of 1,102 ▲ 61 | #51 of 280 ▲ 36 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.6pp | #520 of 928 | #142 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 550 | #171 of 1,268 | #42 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #462 of 1,085 | #109 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.6% | #300 of 1,088 | #156 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.7% | #1,067 of 1,169 | #215 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.6% | #590 of 778 | #179 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. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
550
-82 (-13%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 641
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 15.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 550 | 35.5 | 15.5:1 | 17% (92) |
| 2023-24 | 594 | 38.1 | 15.6:1 | 18% (106) |
| 2022-23 | 665 | 43.4 | 15.3:1 | 15% (100) |
| 2020-21 | 632 | 42 | 15.1:1 | 11% (69) |
| 2017-18 | 602 | 38.5 | 15.6:1 | 15% (93) |
| 2015-16 | 554 | 32 | 17.3:1 | 19% (105) |
| 2010-11 | 601 | 33 | 18.2:1 | 10% (59) |
| 2000-01 | 508 | 27 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 641 | 30 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mark Twain Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (602 to 550); teachers down 8% (38.5 to 35.5).
About Mark Twain Elementary
Mark Twain Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in Kirkland, Washington. School enrollment was 550 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Washington average about 380 students.
Mark Twain Elementary is run by Lake Washington School District, whose 55 schools enroll 30,986 students.
At Mark Twain Elementary, the largest share of students is Asian, at 37%. Next come 36% White, 14% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 3% Black. The county population is about 21% Asian. Mark Twain Elementary's diversity index is 70%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at the school number 35.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.5:1. This ratio sits 1.8 below the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Roughly 17% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in King County, the average eligibility rate is 38%.
The allk12 Grade for Mark Twain Elementary is A-. Compared with Washington public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 76% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Mark Twain Elementary is 2.9 points above its prediction. Actual: 71.9%. Predicted: 69.0%.
Census Bureau estimates for King County show that the median household income is $124,746, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Mark Twain Elementary is one of 544 public schools in the county.
The nearest public school is Rose Hill Elementary, at about 0.7 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 5 closest schools with test data, this one included, Mark Twain Elementary ranks 4th 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.
Federal data show a 13% enrollment decrease, from 632 in 2020-21 to 550 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Mark Twain Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Kirkland
- Lake Washington High SchoolHigh · 2,081 students
- Juanita High SchoolHigh · 1,778 students
- Kirkland Middle SchoolMiddle · 746 students
- Finn Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 664 students
- Lakeview ElementaryElementary · 602 students
- Peter Kirk ElementaryElementary · 592 students
Other Mark Twain Elementary schools
30 other US public schools in 13 states are named Mark Twain Elementary. Mark Twain Elementary is the 5th largest of the 31.
- Mark Twain ElementaryPASCO, WA · 579 students
- Mark Twain Elementary SchoolFEDERAL WAY, WA · 531 students
- Mark Twain ElementaryRiverside, CA · 1,033 students
- Mark Twain Elementary SchoolALVIN, TX · 634 students
- Mark Twain ElementaryLawndale, CA · 585 students
Nearby schools
- Rose Hill Elementary0.7 mi · 570
- Lake Washington High School1.1 mi · 2,081
- Peter Kirk Elementary1.2 mi · 592
- Washington Network for Innovative Careers Skill Center1.3 mi · 266
- Lake Washington Technical Academy1.3 mi · 138
- Open Doors at LWIT1.3 mi · 5
Frequently asked questions
About Mark Twain ElementaryHow large is Mark Twain Elementary?
Mark Twain Elementary enrolls approximately 550 students in grades KG-05.
Is Mark Twain Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mark Twain Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mark Twain Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mark Twain Elementary is approximately 15.5:1 (36 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Mark Twain Elementary?
Mark Twain Elementary reports a student body of 36% White, 14% Hispanic, 3% Black, 37% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Mark Twain Elementary public or private?
Mark Twain Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lake Washington School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.