Enrollment
426
Elementary
DISTRICT 462 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDMONDS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530240000354
Mountlake Terrace Elementary
22001 52nd Ave West, Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043 · (425) 431-7894 · Snohomish County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL426 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% 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.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
13.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
236 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 54 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 41% larger than its 6th grade class (54).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
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Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
50.7%
WA avg 58.4% . +9.3pp since 2014
Math
39.4%
WA avg 51.2% . +1.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 51 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 up about 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.7% | 39.4% |
| 2023-24 | 39.1% | 28.3% |
| 2022-23 | 45.5% | 38.3% |
| 2021-22 | 35.7% | 33.8% |
| 2018-19 | 49.6% | 49.0% |
| 2017-18 | 45.4% | 41.7% |
| 2016-17 | 42.5% | 37.0% |
| 2015-16 | 44.2% | 38.4% |
| 2014-15 | 41.4% | 37.5% |
% 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
40.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Mountlake Terrace Elementary
Mountlake Terrace Elementary's state test result (40.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountlake Terrace Elementary this school | 426 | 55.4% | 40.1% |
| Lynndale Elementary EDMONDS | 442 | 53.8% | 47.1% |
| Karshner Elementary Puyallup | 405 | 53.8% | 33.1% |
| Chase Lake Elementary EDMONDS | 413 | 57.1% | 36.5% |
| N.E. Tacoma Elementary School Tacoma | 418 | 53.8% | 49.9% |
| Collins Elementary Tacoma | 466 | 55.4% | 42.4% |
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 Mountlake Terrace Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #625 of 936 | #79 of 105 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #674 of 1,103 ▲ 210 | #75 of 106 ▲ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #495 of 1,102 ▲ 261 | #60 of 106 ▲ 25 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.3pp | #79 of 928 | #4 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 426 | #531 of 1,268 | #82 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #112 of 1,085 | #5 of 109 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.9% | #166 of 1,088 | #15 of 110 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.4% | #534 of 1,169 | #34 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.0% | #158 of 257 | #24 of 37 |
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
426
-24 (-5%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 492
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 426 | 31.4 | 13.6:1 | 55% (236) |
| 2023-24 | 422 | 29.4 | 14.3:1 | 60% (252) |
| 2022-23 | 395 | 31.8 | 12.4:1 | 60% (237) |
| 2020-21 | 450 | 30 | 15.0:1 | 52% (233) |
| 2017-18 | 402 | 25.4 | 15.8:1 | 48% (192) |
| 2015-16 | 428 | 26 | 16.5:1 | 54% (233) |
| 2010-11 | 472 | 23 | 20.5:1 | 37% (175) |
| 2000-01 | 433 | 21 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 492 | 22 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mountlake Terrace Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (402 to 426); teachers up 24% (25.4 to 31.4).
About Mountlake Terrace Elementary
Mountlake Terrace Elementary is an elementary school in Mountlake Terrace, Washington, and it is part of Edmonds School District. The school has 426 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 6.
Mountlake Terrace Elementary is one school in Edmonds School District, a system of 37 schools with 20,955 students.
No group is above 50% at Mountlake Terrace Elementary; the largest is White, at 34%. The school is also 34% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 11% multiracial, and 8% Black. The White share of the county population is higher, at 64%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Mountlake Terrace Elementary scores 74%.
Mountlake Terrace Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1, with 31.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Washington average 17.3:1. The school has 55% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Snohomish County average 41%.
Mountlake Terrace Elementary holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 31% of Washington public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Mountlake Terrace Elementary is 3.0 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Washington schools.
In the surrounding county, Snohomish County, median household income comes to about $111,246, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county has 227 public schools and about 118,688 students.
The closest school to Mountlake Terrace Elementary is Challenge Elementary, located about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 40.1% is below the 50.4% average for nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment decreased 5% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 15.0:1 to 13.6:1.
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Snohomish County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
844,430
Census ACS
Median income
$111,246
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
227
118,688 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Edmonds School District
- Edmonds Woodway High SchoolHigh · 1,605 students
- Meadowdale High SchoolHigh · 1,491 students
- Mountlake Terrace High SchoolHigh · 1,456 students
- Lynnwood High SchoolHigh · 1,335 students
- Meadowdale Middle SchoolMiddle · 740 students
- Alderwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
Nearby schools
- Challenge Elementary0.5 mi · 414
- Terrace Park Elementary0.5 mi · 295
- Mountlake Terrace High School0.6 mi · 1,456
- Cedar Way Elementary0.7 mi · 522
- Brier Terrace Middle School1.2 mi · 649
- Brier Elementary1.2 mi · 389
Frequently asked questions
About Mountlake Terrace ElementaryHow large is Mountlake Terrace Elementary?
Mountlake Terrace Elementary enrolls approximately 426 students in grades KG-06.
Is Mountlake Terrace Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mountlake Terrace Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Mountlake Terrace Elementary?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Mountlake Terrace Elementary.
How diverse is Mountlake Terrace Elementary?
Mountlake Terrace Elementary reports a student body of 34% White, 34% Hispanic, 8% Black, 12% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Mountlake Terrace Elementary?
Mountlake Terrace Elementary is overseen by Edmonds School District in Snohomish County.
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