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What's the one class at Meredith Hill Elementary School every student should take?
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Enrollment
456
Elementary
DISTRICT 433 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FEDERAL WAY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530282002298
Meredith Hill Elementary School
5830 S 300TH ST, AUBURN, WA 98001 · (253) 945-3200 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL456 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of Washington public elementary schools
- CTest 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.
- CThree-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
17.5:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
311 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 50 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 20% larger than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
81%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 79% · 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
37.8%
WA avg 58.4% . -15.9pp since 2014
Math
38.9%
WA avg 51.2% . -14.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 16 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 15 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.8% | 38.9% |
| 2023-24 | 35.9% | 34.2% |
| 2022-23 | 43.3% | 35.6% |
| 2021-22 | 40.7% | 39.2% |
| 2018-19 | 39.5% | 37.6% |
| 2017-18 | 42.5% | 42.5% |
| 2016-17 | 51.1% | 49.6% |
| 2015-16 | 51.9% | 54.1% |
| 2014-15 | 53.8% | 53.5% |
% 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
37.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Meredith Hill Elementary School
Meredith Hill Elementary School's state test result (37.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meredith Hill Elementary School this school | 456 | 68.2% | 37.6% |
| Millennium Elementary School Kent | 482 | 67.4% | 27.2% |
| Lea Hill Elementary School AUBURN | 593 | 66.3% | 45.0% |
| Woodmont K-8 School DES MOINES | 402 | 70.9% | 34.5% |
| Meadow Ridge Elementary School Kent | 423 | 73.0% | 17.1% |
| East Hill Elementary School Kent | 383 | 72.1% | 16.8% |
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 Meredith Hill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #671 of 936 | #209 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #690 of 1,103 ▲ 76 | #201 of 281 ▲ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #805 of 1,102 ▲ 23 | #216 of 280 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.6pp | #296 of 928 | #95 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 456 | #424 of 1,268 | #116 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #918 of 1,085 | #237 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 80.5% | #12 of 1,088 | #7 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.2% | #294 of 1,169 | #59 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.2% | #714 of 778 | #204 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
456
+34 (+8%) vs 2020
-23% since 2000-01, when it was 592
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 456 | 26 | 17.5:1 | 68% (311) |
| 2023-24 | 437 | 26.1 | 16.8:1 | 68% (295) |
| 2022-23 | 423 | 28 | 15.1:1 | 63% (268) |
| 2020-21 | 422 | 31 | 13.6:1 | 45% (192) |
| 2017-18 | 471 | 29.2 | 16.1:1 | 42% (200) |
| 2015-16 | 448 | 27 | 16.6:1 | 44% (197) |
| 2010-11 | 373 | 21 | 17.8:1 | 31% (117) |
| 2000-01 | 592 | 28 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Meredith Hill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (471 to 456); teachers down 11% (29.2 to 26).
About Meredith Hill Elementary School
A medium-sized elementary school in AUBURN, Washington, Meredith Hill Elementary School is part of Federal Way School District. School enrollment was 456 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5.
Meredith Hill Elementary School belongs to Federal Way School District, a district of 43 schools and 22,250 students.
Enrollment at Meredith Hill Elementary School is mixed, with Asian students the largest group at 25%. The rest of enrollment is 23% White, 21% Hispanic, 14% Black, and 13% multiracial. The Asian share in King County as a whole is similar, at about 21%. The chance that two students picked at random at Meredith Hill Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 81%.
Dividing enrollment by its 26 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 17.5:1. Across elementary schools in Washington, the average ratio is about 17.3:1. Meredith Hill Elementary School reports 68% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in King County, the average is 38%.
Measured against Washington public elementary schools, Meredith Hill Elementary School receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In Washington, Meredith Hill Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 37.6% actual against a predicted 34.4%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for King County show that median household income is about $124,746, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Meredith Hill Elementary School is one of 544 public schools in King County, which together enroll about 278,492 students.
The nearest other public school, Kilo Middle School, is about 0.9 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Meredith Hill Elementary School. By average proficiency, Meredith Hill Elementary School is 3rd among 8 schools close by.
NCES describes the area around Meredith Hill Elementary School as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 8%, from 422 to 456. The ratio was 13.6:1 in 2020-21 and 17.5:1 in 2024-25.
Discussions about Meredith Hill Elementary School may include school safety, transportation, and start times. 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 Federal Way School District
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,810 students
- Federal Way High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Todd Beamer High SchoolHigh · 1,412 students
- Decatur High SchoolHigh · 1,352 students
- Evergreen Middle SchoolMiddle · 810 students
- Kilo Middle SchoolMiddle · 669 students
Other schools in AUBURN
- Auburn Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,918 students
- Auburn Riverside High SchoolHigh · 1,852 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,810 students
- Auburn Mountainview High SchoolHigh · 1,560 students
- Cascade Middle SchoolMiddle · 966 students
- Olympic Middle SchoolMiddle · 956 students
Nearby schools
- Kilo Middle School0.9 mi · 669
- Evergreen Heights Elementary1.0 mi · 457
- Lake Dolloff Elementary School1.0 mi · 543
- Camelot Elementary School1.1 mi · 292
- Thomas Jefferson High School1.1 mi · 1,810
- Valhalla Elementary School1.6 mi · 517
Frequently asked questions
About Meredith Hill Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Meredith Hill Elementary School?
Meredith Hill Elementary School enrolls approximately 456 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Meredith Hill Elementary School serve?
Meredith Hill Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Meredith Hill Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Meredith Hill Elementary School is approximately 17.5:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Meredith Hill Elementary School?
Student demographics at Meredith Hill Elementary School are roughly 23% White, 21% Hispanic, 14% Black, 25% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Meredith Hill Elementary School in?
Meredith Hill Elementary School is part of Federal Way School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.