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Odyssey Elementary
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (97).
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardWhat this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 35 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 32 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 35.1% |
| 2023-24 | 35.5% | 36.4% |
| 2022-23 | 40.1% | 34.3% |
| 2021-22 | 38.8% | 27.5% |
| 2018-19 | 47.9% | 36.2% |
| 2017-18 | 47.8% | 37.8% |
| 2016-17 | 49.0% | 44.7% |
| 2015-16 | 69.4% | 72.4% |
| 2014-15 | 68.7% | 66.8% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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%.
Schools most like Odyssey Elementary
Odyssey Elementary's state test result (35.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Odyssey Elementary this school | 526 | 62.4% | 35.7% |
| Lake Hills Elementary Bellevue | 498 | 66.3% | 36.9% |
| Fairmount Elementary Everett | 510 | 61.4% | 35.6% |
| Des Moines Elementary Des Moines | 500 | 62.6% | 37.1% |
| Nautilus K-8 School FEDERAL WAY | 469 | 66.3% | 44.3% |
| Renton Park Elementary School Renton | 393 | 65.1% | 26.8% |
Where Odyssey Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #709 of 936 | #88 of 105 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #773 of 1,103 ▼ 58 | #82 of 106 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #881 of 1,102 ▼ 46 | #94 of 106 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.4pp | #471 of 928 | #60 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 526 | #226 of 1,268 | #43 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #227 of 1,085 | #18 of 109 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.9% | #165 of 1,088 | #14 of 110 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.4% | #402 of 1,169 | #22 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.2% | #624 of 778 | #48 of 68 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 526 | 36.3 | 14.5:1 | 62% (328) |
| 2023-24 | 519 | 37 | 14.1:1 | 63% (327) |
| 2022-23 | 498 | 38.2 | 13.1:1 | 66% (328) |
| 2020-21 | 530 | 40 | 13.3:1 | 57% (302) |
| 2017-18 | 567 | 36.2 | 15.7:1 | 63% (360) |
| 2015-16 | 723 | 35 | 20.7:1 | 54% (392) |
| 2010-11 | 706 | 35 | 20.2:1 | 58% (407) |
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (567 to 526); teachers unchanged (36.2 to 36.3).
About Odyssey Elementary
Odyssey Elementary is one of the public schools in Everett, Washington. It is a medium-sized elementary school. It educates 526 students in kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 38% above the 380 average for elementary schools in Washington.
Mukilteo School District (23 schools, 15,175 students) runs Odyssey Elementary.
Enrollment at Odyssey Elementary is mixed, with Hispanic students the largest group at 41%. After that, the student body is 22% White, 14% Black, 14% Asian, and 7% multiracial. Census figures show Snohomish County is about 12% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Odyssey Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 74%.
The school employs the equivalent of 36.3 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 14.5:1. Among elementary schools in Washington, the typical ratio is 17.3:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 62%. For comparison, public schools in Snohomish County average 41%.
Compared with Washington schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Odyssey Elementary's results are 2.7 points below predicted: 35.7% against 38.4%.
County data help place the school in context: in Snohomish County, median household income is about $111,246, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The public schools of Snohomish County number 227 and enroll about 118,688.
The closest other public school is Lake Stickney Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Odyssey Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 530 to 526. By 2024-25, the school had 14.5 students per teacher, compared with 13.3 in 2020-21.
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