Enrollment
170
Elementary
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1·NCES 530771001219
Montlake Elementary School
2409 22 AV E, SEATTLE, WA 98112 · (206) 252-3300 · King County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL170 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
17 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 | 26 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 29 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 22 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 27 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (27).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
77.5%
WA avg 58.4% . +3.5pp since 2014
Math
75.0%
WA avg 51.2% . -3.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.5% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 81.0% | 78.6% |
| 2022-23 | 77.9% | 75.6% |
| 2021-22 | 81.7% | 78.5% |
| 2018-19 | 86.4% | 78.8% |
| 2017-18 | 78.7% | 76.6% |
| 2016-17 | 80.0% | 80.0% |
| 2015-16 | 82.4% | 84.0% |
| 2014-15 | 74.0% | 78.6% |
% 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
78.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Montlake Elementary School
Montlake Elementary School's state test result (78.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montlake Elementary School this school | 170 | 10.0% | 78.1% |
| Queen Anne Elementary Seattle | 159 | 10.7% | 79.5% |
| McGilvra Elementary School SEATTLE | 194 | 10.3% | 77.2% |
| The Heights Learning Center Camas | 215 | 8.4% | N/A |
| Cascade K-8 Community School Shoreline | 197 | 17.3% | 71.9% |
| Boston Harbor Elementary OLYMPIA | 178 | 18.0% | 66.5% |
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 Montlake Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.1% | #64 of 936 | #52 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #87 of 1,103 ▼ 33 | #61 of 281 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.5% | #76 of 1,102 ▼ 20 | #60 of 280 ▼ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.9pp | #184 of 928 | #54 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 170 | #1,117 of 1,268 | #288 of 299 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.0% | #1,128 of 1,169 | #255 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.8% | #51 of 778 | #24 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
170
-62 (-27%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 241
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 170 | 11.8 | 14.4:1 | 10% (17) |
| 2023-24 | 167 | 12.5 | 13.4:1 | 9% (15) |
| 2022-23 | 183 | 12.8 | 14.3:1 | 10% (19) |
| 2020-21 | 232 | 16 | 14.5:1 | 5% (11) |
| 2017-18 | 269 | 16.4 | 16.4:1 | 5% (14) |
| 2015-16 | 265 | 15 | 17.7:1 | 5% (14) |
| 2010-11 | 252 | 14 | 18.0:1 | 13% (33) |
| 2000-01 | 253 | 13 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 241 | 10 | 24.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Montlake Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (269 to 170); teachers down 28% (16.4 to 11.8).
About Montlake Elementary School
Montlake Elementary School is a small elementary school for students in SEATTLE, Washington. Its 170 students are spread across kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Washington is about 380 students.
Seattle School District No. 1 includes 107 schools. Together they enroll 50,773 students.
White students are the majority at Montlake Elementary School, with 58% of enrollment. Other groups include 21% multiracial, 11% Asian, 7% Hispanic, and 4% Black. County-wide, about 55% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 61% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1 at Montlake Elementary School, with 11.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 2.9 below the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 10%. It compares with 38% for public schools in King County.
Montlake Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (78.1%) and its predicted rate (73.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Washington schools.
County data help place the school in context: in King County, the median household income is $124,746, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. King County is home to 544 public schools and about 278,492 public school students.
Stevens Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.6 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Montlake Elementary School. Montlake Elementary School places 2nd of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
Enrollment has fallen by 62 students since 2020-21, to 170.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Seattle School District No. 1
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Ballard High SchoolHigh · 1,697 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,542 students
- Garfield High SchoolHigh · 1,507 students
- West Seattle High SchoolHigh · 1,479 students
- Ingraham High SchoolHigh · 1,391 students
Other schools in SEATTLE
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Ballard High SchoolHigh · 1,697 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,542 students
- Garfield High SchoolHigh · 1,507 students
- West Seattle High SchoolHigh · 1,479 students
- Ingraham High SchoolHigh · 1,391 students
Nearby schools
- Stevens Elementary School0.6 mi · 150
- Tops K-8 School0.9 mi · 447
- McGilvra Elementary School1.0 mi · 194
- Lowell Elementary School1.3 mi · 392
- Edmonds S. Meany Middle School1.3 mi · 504
- John Stanford International School1.5 mi · 422
Frequently asked questions
About Montlake Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Montlake Elementary School?
Montlake Elementary School enrolls approximately 170 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Montlake Elementary School serve?
Montlake Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Montlake Elementary School have?
Montlake Elementary School employs 12 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Montlake Elementary School?
Student demographics at Montlake Elementary School are roughly 58% White, 7% Hispanic, 4% Black, 11% Asian, 21% Two or more.
Who oversees Montlake Elementary School?
Montlake Elementary School is overseen by Seattle School District No. 1 in King County.
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