Meredith Hill Elementary School

Set in AUBURN, Washington, Meredith Hill Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary campus, one of the schools within Federal Way School District. It hosts 456 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 43 schools in Federal Way School District (22,250 students total), Meredith Hill Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Meredith Hill Elementary School logs that 25% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 23% White, 21% Hispanic, 14% Black, 13% multiracial. Compared to King County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, King County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Meredith Hill Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.4%, the actual is 37.6%, a residual of +3.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for King County shows median household earnings sit near $124,746, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across King County's 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), Meredith Hill Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Kilo Middle School, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Meredith Hill Elementary School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 34.0%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Meredith Hill Elementary School has decreased 3%, going from 471 students in 2018 to 456 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 38% to 23%. Class-load math has loosened: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 in 2025.

On allk12, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.