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Enrollment
486
Elementary
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1·NCES 530771001228
Olympic Hills Elementary School
13018 20 AV NE, SEATTLE, WA 98125 · (206) 252-4300 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL486 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Washington public elementary schools
- BTest 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.
- B+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
13.0:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
254 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 47 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
49.0%
WA avg 58.4% . -24.3pp since 2014
Math
53.8%
WA avg 51.2% . -13.1pp 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 54 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 24 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 13 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 53.8% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 52.1% |
| 2022-23 | 49.0% | 44.7% |
| 2021-22 | 46.6% | 46.4% |
| 2018-19 | 60.8% | 70.6% |
| 2017-18 | 53.1% | 58.8% |
| 2016-17 | 60.0% | 70.1% |
| 2015-16 | 76.4% | 71.5% |
| 2014-15 | 73.3% | 66.9% |
% 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
53.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Olympic Hills Elementary School
Olympic Hills Elementary School's state test result (53.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Hills Elementary School this school | 486 | 52.3% | 53.7% |
| Rainier Elementary School JBLM Lewis Main | 576 | 49.0% | 57.5% |
| Frederickson Elementary PUYALLUP | 527 | 59.0% | 32.2% |
| Emma L Carson Elementary Puyallup | 676 | 52.8% | 48.8% |
| Katherine G. Johnson Elementary School Tacoma | 592 | 54.9% | 58.0% |
| Echo Lake Elementary School Shoreline | 416 | 46.4% | 51.6% |
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 Olympic Hills Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #372 of 936 | #155 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #371 of 1,103 ▲ 25 | #146 of 281 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #532 of 1,102 ▼ 178 | #170 of 280 ▼ 25 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.9pp | #266 of 928 | #67 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 486 | #331 of 1,268 | #89 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #61 of 1,085 | #22 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.7% | #171 of 1,088 | #98 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.3% | #595 of 1,169 | #106 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +31.7% | #24 of 257 | #9 of 54 |
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
486
-15 (-3%) vs 2020
+33% since 1990-91, when it was 366
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 486 | 37.5 | 13.0:1 | 52% (254) |
| 2023-24 | 485 | 34.3 | 14.1:1 | 55% (268) |
| 2022-23 | 499 | 35.9 | 13.9:1 | 55% (276) |
| 2020-21 | 501 | 37 | 13.5:1 | 53% (267) |
| 2017-18 | 369 | 31.3 | 11.8:1 | 70% (259) |
| 2015-16 | 284 | 20 | 14.2:1 | 62% (176) |
| 2010-11 | 270 | 21 | 12.9:1 | 71% (191) |
| 2000-01 | 275 | 18 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 366 | 17 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Olympic Hills Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 32% (369 to 486); teachers up 20% (31.3 to 37.5).
About Olympic Hills Elementary School
Located in SEATTLE, Washington, Olympic Hills Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 486 students enrolled. Elementary schools in Washington have about 380 students on average; enrollment here is 28% higher.
Seattle School District No. 1 is the district for Olympic Hills Elementary School. It has 107 schools and 50,773 students.
White students make up 37% of enrollment at Olympic Hills Elementary School, the largest share of any group. The next largest groups are 28% Hispanic, 18% Black, 9% multiracial, and 7% Asian. In King County overall, about 55% of residents are White. A diversity index of 74% means there is a 74% chance two randomly chosen students at Olympic Hills Elementary School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.0:1. The school has 37.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 13.0:1 compares with an average of 17.3:1 for elementary schools in Washington. Federal data show 52% of students (254) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 38% average for public schools in King County is 14 points.
Olympic Hills Elementary School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 76% of Washington public elementary schools.
A school with Olympic Hills Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Washington is predicted to score 45.1%. Olympic Hills Elementary School scores 53.7%, 8.6 points above that line.
King County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $124,746 a year, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in King County number 544, with about 278,492 students.
Hazel Wolf K-8 is about 0.8 miles from Olympic Hills Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 53.7% average proficiency ranks 6th among 8 nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Olympic Hills Elementary School as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 501 students in 2020-21 to 486 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Olympic Hills Elementary School lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Seattle School District No. 1
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Ballard High SchoolHigh · 1,697 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,542 students
- Garfield High SchoolHigh · 1,507 students
- West Seattle High SchoolHigh · 1,479 students
- Ingraham High SchoolHigh · 1,391 students
Other schools in SEATTLE
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Ballard High SchoolHigh · 1,697 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,542 students
- Garfield High SchoolHigh · 1,507 students
- West Seattle High SchoolHigh · 1,479 students
- Ingraham High SchoolHigh · 1,391 students
Nearby schools
- Hazel Wolf K-80.8 mi · 660
- Cedar Park Elementary School0.9 mi · 254
- Jane Addams Middle School1.2 mi · 824
- Fircrest Residential Habilitation1.2 mi · 1
- Shorecrest High School1.2 mi · 1,565
- James Baldwin Elementary School1.2 mi · 262
Frequently asked questions
About Olympic Hills Elementary SchoolHow large is Olympic Hills Elementary School?
Olympic Hills Elementary School enrolls approximately 486 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Olympic Hills Elementary School serve?
Olympic Hills Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Olympic Hills Elementary School have?
Olympic Hills Elementary School employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Olympic Hills Elementary School?
Student demographics at Olympic Hills Elementary School are roughly 37% White, 28% Hispanic, 18% Black, 7% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Olympic Hills Elementary School in?
Olympic Hills Elementary School is part of Seattle School District No. 1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.