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Enrollment
469
Elementary
DISTRICT 433 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FEDERAL WAY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530282000444
Nautilus K-8 School
1000 S 289TH ST, FEDERAL WAY, WA 98003 · (253) 945-3400 · King County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL469 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of Washington public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
16.5:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 22 | 5% |
| Grade 7 | 21 | 4% |
| Grade 8 | 23 | 5% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 139% larger than its 8th grade class (23).
Student demographics
78%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
48.9%
WA avg 58.4% . +0.6pp since 2014
Math
41.4%
WA avg 51.2% . -8.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 9 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.9% | 41.4% |
| 2023-24 | 41.8% | 37.9% |
| 2022-23 | 50.4% | 40.4% |
| 2021-22 | 48.9% | 41.0% |
| 2018-19 | 50.1% | 50.0% |
| 2017-18 | 52.7% | 44.2% |
| 2016-17 | 53.6% | 49.1% |
| 2015-16 | 53.1% | 39.5% |
| 2014-15 | 48.3% | 50.2% |
% 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
44.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.7%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Nautilus K-8 School
Nautilus K-8 School's state test result (44.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nautilus K-8 School this school | 469 | 66.3% | 44.3% |
| Ilalko Elementary School AUBURN | 468 | 63.0% | 42.1% |
| Birney Elementary School Tacoma | 476 | 71.6% | 26.9% |
| Lyon Elementary School Tacoma | 381 | 67.7% | 39.6% |
| Boze Elementary School Tacoma | 485 | 67.6% | 33.9% |
| Brigadoon Elementary School Federal Way | 366 | 65.8% | 42.5% |
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 Nautilus K-8 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #534 of 936 | #186 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #620 of 1,103 ▲ 60 | #186 of 281 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #539 of 1,102 ▲ 138 | #172 of 280 ▲ 22 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.2pp | #542 of 928 | #153 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 469 | #385 of 1,268 | #104 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #695 of 1,085 | #177 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.8% | #73 of 1,088 | #42 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.3% | #330 of 1,169 | #66 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.6% | #479 of 778 | #149 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
469
-22 (-4%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 571
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 469 | 28.5 | 16.5:1 | 66% (311) |
| 2023-24 | 469 | 27.5 | 17.1:1 | 67% (312) |
| 2022-23 | 440 | 26.5 | 16.6:1 | 65% (286) |
| 2020-21 | 491 | 28 | 17.5:1 | 58% (284) |
| 2017-18 | 543 | 30.4 | 17.9:1 | 53% (290) |
| 2015-16 | 503 | 28 | 18.0:1 | 56% (284) |
| 2010-11 | 451 | 25 | 18.0:1 | 30% (135) |
| 2000-01 | 596 | 27 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 571 | 21 | 27.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nautilus K-8 School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (543 to 469); teachers down 6% (30.4 to 28.5).
About Nautilus K-8 School
Nautilus K-8 School is a medium-sized elementary school found in FEDERAL WAY, Washington. Students in kindergarten through 8 attend, and enrollment is 469 students. The school's enrollment is 23% larger than the 380 average for elementary schools in Washington.
Federal Way School District has 22,250 students in 43 schools, and Nautilus K-8 School is one of those schools.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Nautilus K-8 School. The largest is Hispanic students, at 33%. The next largest groups are 24% White, 16% multiracial, 13% Asian, and 11% Black. In King County overall, about 11% of residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 78%, meaning two students picked at random have a 78% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Nautilus K-8 School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 16.5:1. That is 0.8 students per teacher below the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 66%. On average, public schools in King County report 38%.
Measured against Washington public elementary schools, Nautilus K-8 School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Nautilus K-8 School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 44.3%, compared with a predicted 35.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Washington schools on BeatsExpectations.
King County has about 2,287,171 residents, and the median household income is $124,746, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Nautilus K-8 School, King County has 543 other public schools.
The closest public school to Nautilus K-8 School is Sacajawea Middle School, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 44.3% is above the 27.3% average for nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, Nautilus K-8 School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 469 students in 2024-25, 22 fewer than the 491 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.5:1 in 2020-21 to 16.5:1 in 2024-25.
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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 FEDERAL WAY
- Federal Way High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Todd Beamer High SchoolHigh · 1,412 students
- Decatur High SchoolHigh · 1,352 students
- Sacajawea Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Illahee Middle SchoolMiddle · 655 students
- Lakota Middle SchoolMiddle · 645 students
Nearby schools
- Sacajawea Middle School0.6 mi · 668
- Federal Way High School1.1 mi · 1,665
- Wildwood Elementary School1.2 mi · 598
- Lake Grove Elementary School1.4 mi · 390
- Mark Twain Elementary School1.5 mi · 531
- Woodmont K-8 School1.5 mi · 402
Frequently asked questions
About Nautilus K-8 SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Nautilus K-8 School?
Nautilus K-8 School enrolls approximately 469 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Nautilus K-8 School serve?
Nautilus K-8 School serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Nautilus K-8 School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Nautilus K-8 School is approximately 16.5:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Nautilus K-8 School?
Student demographics at Nautilus K-8 School are roughly 24% White, 33% Hispanic, 11% Black, 13% Asian, 16% Two or more.
What district is Nautilus K-8 School in?
Nautilus K-8 School is part of Federal Way School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.