McGilvra Elementary School

McGilvra Elementary School is one of the close-knit elementary-level communitys in SEATTLE, Washington, run under Seattle School District No. 1, with 194 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 380 students per school, that is 49% leaner than typical.

Within Seattle School District No. 1, which oversees 107 schools and 50,773 students, McGilvra Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, McGilvra Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 13% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 6% Black. The wider county runs roughly 55% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. About 10% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of King County's rate of about 38%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, McGilvra Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 73.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 77.2%.

In the area at large, King County reports that the typical household earns roughly $124,746 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. McGilvra Elementary School is one of 544 public schools in King County (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students).

Montlake Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around McGilvra Elementary School. On composite proficiency, McGilvra Elementary School comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 52.6%.

McGilvra Elementary School operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. McGilvra Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 20% since 2018, when it stood at 242 (now 194). The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 4% to 8% over that span.

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