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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Moorlands Elementary administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
579
Elementary
DISTRICT 478 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHSHORE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530591000890
Moorlands Elementary
15115 84 AV NE, Kenmore, WA 98028 · (425) 408-5100 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL579 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
62 students
DISTRICT 21% · 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 | 2 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 115 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 134 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 50% smaller than its 5th grade class (134).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
77.8%
WA avg 58.4% . -0.4pp since 2014
Math
74.9%
WA avg 51.2% . -2.1pp 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 have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.8% | 74.9% |
| 2023-24 | 76.6% | 71.3% |
| 2022-23 | 79.2% | 71.9% |
| 2021-22 | 78.5% | 71.0% |
| 2018-19 | 78.7% | 69.4% |
| 2017-18 | 75.6% | 72.7% |
| 2016-17 | 77.3% | 74.2% |
| 2015-16 | 77.2% | 75.3% |
| 2014-15 | 78.1% | 77.0% |
% 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
75.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Moorlands Elementary
Moorlands Elementary's state test result (75.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moorlands Elementary this school | 579 | 10.7% | 75.8% |
| Timber Ridge Elementary School SNOQUALMIE | 607 | 12.0% | 79.4% |
| Cedar River Elementary Maple Valley | 593 | 15.3% | 77.3% |
| Cascadia Elementary Seattle | 531 | 7.7% | 96.5% |
| Peter Kirk Elementary Kirkland | 592 | 6.1% | 78.0% |
| Little Cedars Elementary School Snohomish | 646 | 13.3% | 69.2% |
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 Moorlands Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.8% | #82 of 936 | #66 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.9% | #89 of 1,103 ▲ 29 | #62 of 281 ▲ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.8% | #73 of 1,102 ▲ 11 | #57 of 280 ▲ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.6pp | #458 of 928 | #120 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 579 | #129 of 1,268 | #33 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #1,046 of 1,085 | #269 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.1% | #411 of 1,088 | #191 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.7% | #1,120 of 1,169 | #247 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.8% | #636 of 778 | #185 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
579
-95 (-14%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 581
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 579 | 30.2 | 19.2:1 | 11% (62) |
| 2023-24 | 611 | 34.9 | 17.5:1 | 10% (64) |
| 2022-23 | 624 | 36.2 | 17.3:1 | 7% (44) |
| 2020-21 | 674 | 40 | 16.9:1 | 5% (32) |
| 2017-18 | 621 | 37.4 | 16.6:1 | 8% (48) |
| 2015-16 | 738 | 37 | 19.9:1 | 8% (58) |
| 2010-11 | 579 | 28 | 20.7:1 | 13% (74) |
| 2000-01 | 614 | 29 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 581 | 29 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Moorlands Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (621 to 579); teachers down 19% (37.4 to 30.2).
About Moorlands Elementary
Among the schools in Kenmore, Washington, is Moorlands Elementary, a large elementary school. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 579 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in Washington average about 380 students.
Northshore School District counts 37 schools and 22,735 students, including Moorlands Elementary.
At 52%, White students outnumber all other groups at Moorlands Elementary combined. It is also 21% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 3% Black. That is close to the 55% White share among all King County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Moorlands Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 65%.
Teachers at Moorlands Elementary total 30.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 19.2:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Washington average 17.3:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 11%. The average for public schools in King County is 38%.
On BeatsExpectations, Moorlands Elementary is 2.7 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Washington schools.
Census Bureau estimates for King County show that median household income is about $124,746, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 544 public schools operate in King County, serving about 278,492 students.
Inglemoor HS is the public school closest to Moorlands Elementary, about 0.4 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Moorlands Elementary places 1st out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Moorlands Elementary had 674 students in 2020-21 and 579 in 2024-25, a 14% decrease. The ratio of students to teachers went from 16.9:1 to 19.2:1 over the same years.
Community posts for Moorlands Elementary can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. 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 Northshore School District
- North Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,910 students
- Bothell High SchoolHigh · 1,740 students
- Woodinville HSHigh · 1,662 students
- Inglemoor HSHigh · 1,441 students
- Skyview Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,215 students
- Canyon Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 907 students
Other schools in Kenmore
- Inglemoor HSHigh · 1,441 students
- Kenmore Middle SchoolMiddle · 733 students
- Kenmore ElementaryElementary · 396 students
- Arrowhead ElementaryElementary · 332 students
Nearby schools
- Inglemoor HS0.4 mi · 1,441
- Henry David Thoreau Elementary0.9 mi · 404
- Arrowhead Elementary1.0 mi · 332
- Finn Hill Middle School1.3 mi · 664
- Environmental & Adventure School1.3 mi · 138
- Discovery Community School1.5 mi · 71
Frequently asked questions
About Moorlands ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Moorlands Elementary?
Moorlands Elementary enrolls approximately 579 students in grades PK-05.
Is Moorlands Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Moorlands Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Moorlands Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Moorlands Elementary is approximately 19.2:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Moorlands Elementary?
At Moorlands Elementary, the student body is approximately 52% White, 12% Hispanic, 3% Black, 21% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Moorlands Elementary in?
Moorlands Elementary is part of Northshore School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.