Oak Heights Elementary

Located at 20000 28th Ave W, in LYNNWOOD, Washington, Oak Heights Elementary is an average-sized elementary campus that caters to 526 students (grades K through 6), run under Edmonds School District. Enrollment runs roughly 38% bigger than the state mean of about 380.

Edmonds School District runs 37 schools in total, collectively educating 20,955 students. Oak Heights Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Oak Heights Elementary logs that the most-represented group is White (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 28% Hispanic, 21% Asian, 10% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Oak Heights Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.1%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Snohomish County put median household income runs about $111,246, 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), Oak Heights Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Hazelwood Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Oak Heights Elementary comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 43.4%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 16%: 626 students in 2018 compared to 526 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 47% to 35%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.