Mt. Pilchuck Elementary School

Located at 12806 20th St NE, in Lake Stevens, Washington, Mt. Pilchuck Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school that hosts 554 students (grades K through 5), part of Lake Stevens School District. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Mt. Pilchuck Elementary School sits 46% above that benchmark.

Within Lake Stevens School District, which oversees 14 schools and 10,117 students, Mt. Pilchuck Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Mt. Pilchuck Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian, 3% Black. Compared to Snohomish County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Mt. Pilchuck Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.3%, the actual is 60.7%, a residual of +5.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Snohomish County shows the typical household earns roughly $111,246 per year, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Snohomish County's 227 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,688 students), Mt. Pilchuck Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LSSD Open Doors, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mt. Pilchuck Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 59.1%.

Mt. Pilchuck Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 14%: 641 students in 2018 compared to 554 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 76% to 68%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 in 2025.

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