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Enrollment
545
Elementary
DISTRICT 462 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDMONDS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530240002089
Martha Lake Elementary
17500 LARCH WAY, LYNNWOOD, WA 98037 · (425) 431-7766 · Snohomish County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL545 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
277 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 68 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 13% larger than its 6th grade class (68).
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
46.4%
WA avg 58.4% . -9.9pp since 2014
Math
44.2%
WA avg 51.2% . -10.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 10 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 10 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.4% | 44.2% |
| 2023-24 | 38.8% | 34.3% |
| 2022-23 | 44.5% | 40.3% |
| 2021-22 | 45.8% | 43.8% |
| 2018-19 | 54.5% | 46.5% |
| 2017-18 | 55.7% | 48.7% |
| 2016-17 | 48.7% | 46.0% |
| 2015-16 | 59.7% | 48.7% |
| 2014-15 | 56.3% | 54.6% |
% 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
38.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Martha Lake Elementary
Martha Lake Elementary's state test result (38.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martha Lake Elementary this school | 545 | 50.8% | 38.9% |
| Oak Heights Elementary LYNNWOOD | 526 | 48.3% | 42.1% |
| Hazelwood Elementary School AUBURN | 502 | 52.2% | 47.8% |
| Lynnwood Elementary LYNNWOOD | 578 | 50.5% | 41.3% |
| Covington Elementary School Covington | 456 | 52.0% | 46.7% |
| Evergreen Heights Elementary AUBURN | 457 | 54.0% | 49.1% |
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 Martha Lake Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #649 of 936 | #80 of 105 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #553 of 1,103 ▲ 208 | #67 of 106 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #588 of 1,102 ▲ 182 | #72 of 106 ▲ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #524 of 928 | #69 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 545 | #185 of 1,268 | #38 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #256 of 1,085 | #24 of 109 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.2% | #110 of 1,088 | #5 of 110 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.8% | #621 of 1,169 | #42 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.7% | #78 of 257 | #11 of 37 |
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
545
+102 (+23%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 509
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 545 | 37.3 | 14.6:1 | 51% (277) |
| 2023-24 | 522 | 35.4 | 14.7:1 | 55% (285) |
| 2022-23 | 479 | 29.6 | 16.2:1 | 53% (254) |
| 2020-21 | 443 | 31 | 14.3:1 | 40% (178) |
| 2017-18 | 467 | 26.5 | 17.6:1 | 47% (220) |
| 2015-16 | 518 | 25 | 20.7:1 | 42% (215) |
| 2010-11 | 588 | 26 | 22.6:1 | 28% (163) |
| 2000-01 | 567 | 25 | 22.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 509 | 20 | 25.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Martha Lake Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (467 to 545); teachers up 41% (26.5 to 37.3).
About Martha Lake Elementary
Martha Lake Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Washington, with an address in LYNNWOOD. The student body numbers 545 students, from kindergarten through 6. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Washington is about 380, so this school runs 43% bigger than that.
Edmonds School District serves 20,955 students across 37 schools.
Martha Lake Elementary has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 31%. Other reported shares: 28% Hispanic, 20% Asian, 10% multiracial, and 9% Black. That compares with about 64% White among all Snohomish County residents. The school's diversity index is 76%, meaning two students picked at random have a 76% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at Martha Lake Elementary total 37.3 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.6:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. The school counts 277 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 51%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Snohomish County is 41%.
Martha Lake Elementary posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 38.9%, compared with a predicted 46.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Washington schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census estimates describe Snohomish County this way: the median household income is $111,246, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Besides Martha Lake Elementary, Snohomish County has 226 other public schools.
The closest public school to Martha Lake Elementary is Alderwood Middle School, about 0.1 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Martha Lake Elementary's average proficiency of 38.9% compares with 47.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Martha Lake Elementary falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Martha Lake Elementary grew 23% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 443 to 545 students.
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Snohomish County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
844,430
Census ACS
Median income
$111,246
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
227
118,688 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Edmonds School District
- Edmonds Woodway High SchoolHigh · 1,605 students
- Meadowdale High SchoolHigh · 1,491 students
- Mountlake Terrace High SchoolHigh · 1,456 students
- Lynnwood High SchoolHigh · 1,335 students
- Meadowdale Middle SchoolMiddle · 740 students
- Alderwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
Other schools in LYNNWOOD
- Meadowdale High SchoolHigh · 1,491 students
- Meadowdale Middle SchoolMiddle · 740 students
- Alderwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- Spruce ElementaryElementary · 632 students
- Lake Stickney Elementary SchoolElementary · 628 students
- Lynnwood ElementaryElementary · 578 students
Nearby schools
- Alderwood Middle School0.1 mi · 679
- Lynnwood High School0.6 mi · 1,335
- Early Childhood Center1.7 mi · 397
- Spruce Elementary1.8 mi · 632
- Hilltop Elementary1.9 mi · 562
- Oak Heights Elementary2.0 mi · 526
Frequently asked questions
About Martha Lake ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Martha Lake Elementary?
Martha Lake Elementary enrolls approximately 545 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Martha Lake Elementary serve?
Martha Lake Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Martha Lake Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Martha Lake Elementary is approximately 14.6:1 (37 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Martha Lake Elementary?
Martha Lake Elementary reports a student body of 31% White, 28% Hispanic, 9% Black, 20% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Martha Lake Elementary public or private?
Martha Lake Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Edmonds School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.