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Which teacher or staff member at Northwood Elementary School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
398
Elementary
DISTRICT 399 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MERCER ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530498003566
Northwood Elementary School
4030 86th Ave SE, Mercer Island, WA 98040 · (253) 841-8740 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL398 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% of Washington public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
15.0:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
41 students
DISTRICT 6% · 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 | 33 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Mercer Island School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
73.1%
WA avg 58.4% . -8.9pp since 2016
Math
75.1%
WA avg 51.2% . -6.4pp since 2016
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 73 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 are down about 9 points since 2016, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.1% | 75.1% |
| 2023-24 | 82.9% | 82.3% |
| 2022-23 | 79.3% | 70.3% |
| 2021-22 | 76.1% | 73.3% |
| 2018-19 | 77.7% | 76.1% |
| 2017-18 | 80.3% | 78.6% |
| 2016-17 | 82.0% | 81.5% |
% 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
79.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% 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 Northwood Elementary School
Northwood Elementary School's state test result (79.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwood Elementary School this school | 398 | 10.3% | 79.0% |
| West Mercer Elementary Mercer Island | 431 | 7.9% | 84.5% |
| Lakeridge Elementary School Mercer Island | 401 | 3.5% | 87.3% |
| Westhill Elementary Bothell | 419 | 16.9% | 60.8% |
| Laura Ingalls Wilder Elementary Woodinville | 315 | 4.1% | 82.5% |
| Lockwood Elementary Bothell | 525 | 16.6% | 77.8% |
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 Northwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #59 of 936 | #48 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.1% | #83 of 1,103 ▼ 48 | #59 of 281 ▼ 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.1% | #120 of 1,102 ▼ 83 | #83 of 280 ▼ 55 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.6pp | #349 of 928 | #111 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 398 | #645 of 1,268 | #176 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #342 of 1,085 | #80 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.1% | #354 of 1,088 | #175 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.3% | #1,126 of 1,169 | #253 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.4% | #449 of 778 | #143 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
398
-16 (-4%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 398 | 26.5 | 15.0:1 | 10% (41) |
| 2023-24 | 398 | 25 | 15.9:1 | 10% (39) |
| 2022-23 | 404 | 26.2 | 15.4:1 | 7% (29) |
| 2020-21 | 414 | 28 | 14.8:1 | 4% (18) |
| 2017-18 | 465 | 29.2 | 15.9:1 | 5% (24) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (465 to 398); teachers down 9% (29.2 to 26.5).
About Northwood Elementary School
Northwood Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in Mercer Island, Washington. The school's enrollment of 398 students covers pre-K through 5.
Mercer Island School District has 3,993 students spread across 6 schools.
At Northwood Elementary School, the largest share of students is White, at 46%. The remaining shares are 29% Asian, 13% multiracial, and 10% Hispanic. King County as a whole is about 55% White, so the school's share is lower. Northwood Elementary School's diversity index is 67%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teacher staffing is 26.5 full-time equivalents, or about 15.0 students per teacher. On average, elementary schools in Washington have 17.3:1, compared with 15.0:1 here. About 10% of students, or 41, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 38% for public schools in King County.
Measured against Washington public elementary schools, Northwood Elementary School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Northwood Elementary School is +5.8 points: 79.0% actual, 73.3% predicted.
Across King County, the median household income is $124,746, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. In all, King County has 544 public schools and roughly 278,492 students.
The closest public school to Northwood Elementary School is Mercer Island High School, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 79.0% is above the 75.4% average for nearby schools.
Northwood Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Northwood Elementary School's enrollment dropped from 414 in 2020-21 to 398 in 2024-25.
Posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Mercer Island School District
- Mercer Island High SchoolHigh · 1,439 students
- Islander Middle SchoolMiddle · 960 students
- West Mercer ElementaryElementary · 431 students
- Lakeridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 401 students
- Island Park ElementaryElementary · 364 students
Other schools in Mercer Island
- Mercer Island High SchoolHigh · 1,439 students
- Islander Middle SchoolMiddle · 960 students
- West Mercer ElementaryElementary · 431 students
- Lakeridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 401 students
- Island Park ElementaryElementary · 364 students
Other Northwood Elementary schools
24 other US public schools in 15 states are named Northwood Elementary. Northwood Elementary School is the 17th largest of the 25.
- Northwood ElementaryEdgewood, WA · 732 students
- NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCRESTVIEW, FL · 814 students
- NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHILTON, NY · 719 students
- Northwood ElementaryBaltimore, MD · 641 students
- Northwood ElementaryMarysville, OH · 617 students
Nearby schools
- Mercer Island High School0.2 mi · 1,439
- West Mercer Elementary0.4 mi · 431
- Island Park Elementary1.4 mi · 364
- Enatai Elementary School1.6 mi · 518
- Newport Heights Elementary2.4 mi · 549
- Bellevue High School2.4 mi · 1,683
Frequently asked questions
About Northwood Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Northwood Elementary School?
Northwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 398 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Northwood Elementary School serve?
Northwood Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Northwood Elementary School?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at Northwood Elementary School.
How diverse is Northwood Elementary School?
Northwood Elementary School reports a student body of 46% White, 10% Hispanic, 1% Black, 29% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Northwood Elementary School?
Northwood Elementary School is overseen by Mercer Island School District in King County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.