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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Newcastle Elementary School administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
451
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ISSAQUAH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530375002981
Newcastle Elementary School
8400 136th Ave SE, Newcastle, WA 98059 · (425) 837-5801 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL451 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
98 students
DISTRICT 18% · 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 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
72%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
79.2%
WA avg 58.4% . -0.1pp since 2014
Math
77.0%
WA avg 51.2% . -2.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 | 79.2% | 77.0% |
| 2023-24 | 81.0% | 80.2% |
| 2022-23 | 78.6% | 77.4% |
| 2021-22 | 70.0% | 74.2% |
| 2018-19 | 77.1% | 79.0% |
| 2017-18 | 80.9% | 78.5% |
| 2016-17 | 78.2% | 78.9% |
| 2015-16 | 82.9% | 78.7% |
| 2014-15 | 79.3% | 79.1% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
79.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.6%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 66% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Washington's top 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 Newcastle Elementary School
Newcastle Elementary School's state test result (79.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle Elementary School this school | 451 | 21.7% | 79.7% |
| Albert Einstein Elementary Redmond | 448 | 20.8% | 74.7% |
| Spiritridge Elementary School Bellevue | 546 | 19.8% | 67.3% |
| Enatai Elementary School Bellevue | 518 | 21.4% | 65.0% |
| Rose Hill Elementary Kirkland | 570 | 18.1% | 76.3% |
| Apollo Elementary RENTON | 496 | 16.9% | 75.8% |
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 Newcastle Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.7% | #50 of 936 | #40 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #68 of 1,103 ▼ 23 | #53 of 281 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.2% | #61 of 1,102 ▼ 6 | #48 of 280 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.0pp | #213 of 928 | #53 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 451 | #446 of 1,268 | #122 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #489 of 1,085 | #115 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.2% | #218 of 1,088 | #119 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.7% | #1,016 of 1,169 | #188 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.9% | #137 of 778 | #50 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
451
-106 (-19%) vs 2020
-16% since 2010-11, when it was 537
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 451 | 28.9 | 15.6:1 | 22% (98) |
| 2023-24 | 460 | 30.4 | 15.1:1 | 15% (70) |
| 2022-23 | 484 | 32.5 | 14.9:1 | 15% (71) |
| 2020-21 | 557 | 36 | 15.5:1 | 8% (43) |
| 2017-18 | 634 | 35.1 | 18.1:1 | 5% (29) |
| 2015-16 | 592 | 31 | 19.1:1 | 5% (30) |
| 2010-11 | 537 | 26 | 20.6:1 | 7% (35) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Newcastle Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (634 to 451); teachers down 18% (35.1 to 28.9).
About Newcastle Elementary School
Federal records list Newcastle Elementary School as an elementary school in Newcastle, Washington. The student body numbers 451 students, from pre-K through 5.
The district, Issaquah School District, has 19,098 students enrolled across 30 schools.
Newcastle Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and Asian students are the largest at 41%. Smaller groups are 26% White, 16% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 5% Black. County-wide, 21% of King County residents are Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at Newcastle Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 72%.
Its teaching staff equals 28.9 full-time positions, a ratio of 15.6:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Washington average 17.3:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 22%. The rate at public schools in King County averages 38%, higher than here.
Test results at Newcastle Elementary School are 14.1 points above what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate on state tests is 79.7%, compared with a predicted 65.6%, which ranks in the top 10% in Washington.
King County has about 2,287,171 residents, and median household income is about $124,746, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. The public schools of King County number 544 and enroll about 278,492.
The next-closest public school is Sierra Heights Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Newcastle Elementary School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Newcastle Elementary School is 1st of 8 on proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Newcastle Elementary School had 557 students in 2020-21 and 451 in 2024-25, a 19% decrease.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Newcastle Elementary School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. 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 Issaquah School District
- Issaquah High SchoolHigh · 2,419 students
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 2,244 students
- Liberty Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,495 students
- Pine Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 877 students
- Maywood Middle SchoolMiddle · 826 students
- Issaquah Middle SchoolMiddle · 808 students
Other schools in Newcastle
- Vera Risdon Middle SchoolMiddle · 751 students
- Hazelwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 478 students
Other Newcastle Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Newcastle Elementary. Newcastle Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Newcastle Elementary SchoolNewcastle, OK · 738 students
- Newcastle ElementaryReseda, CA · 299 students
- Newcastle ElementaryNewcastle, CA · 164 students
Nearby schools
- Sierra Heights Elementary School0.9 mi · 323
- Hazelwood Elementary School1.4 mi · 478
- Vera Risdon Middle School1.5 mi · 751
- Meadow Crest Early Childhood Education Center1.6 mi · 490
- Hilltop Heritage Elementary School1.7 mi · 576
- Hazen Senior High School1.7 mi · 1,796
Frequently asked questions
About Newcastle Elementary SchoolHow large is Newcastle Elementary School?
Newcastle Elementary School enrolls approximately 451 students in grades PK-05.
Is Newcastle Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Newcastle Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Newcastle Elementary School?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at Newcastle Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Newcastle Elementary School?
Student demographics at Newcastle Elementary School are roughly 26% White, 16% Hispanic, 5% Black, 41% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Newcastle Elementary School?
Newcastle Elementary School is overseen by Issaquah School District in King County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.