Marvista Elementary

Located at 19800 Marine View Dr SW, in Normandy Park, Washington, Marvista Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school that hosts 532 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under Highline School District. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Marvista Elementary sits 40% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Highline School District, which oversees 36 schools and 18,072 students, Marvista Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Marvista Elementary records that the largest single group is White at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 25% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 9% Black, 5% Pacific Islander. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Marvista Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Marvista Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.8%, the actual is 54.6%, a residual of +1.8 points.

In the area at large, King County reports that median household earnings sit near $124,746, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Marvista Elementary is one of 544 public schools in King County (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students).

Nearest neighbor: North Hill Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Marvista Elementary at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 39.5%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Marvista Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 13% since 2018, when it stood at 609 (now 532). White enrollment moved from 49% to 42% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.