Olympic View Elementary School

Set in FEDERAL WAY, Washington, Olympic View Elementary School is an average-sized primary school, part of Federal Way School District. It enrolls 547 students across grades K through 7. Enrollment runs roughly 44% larger than the state mean of about 380.

Across the 43 schools in Federal Way School District (22,250 students total), Olympic View Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Olympic View Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 14% Black, 14% multiracial, 11% White, 9% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 11% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 83% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above King County's rate of about 38%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Olympic View Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 24.8%, the actual is 20.9%, a residual of -3.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for King County shows the typical household earns roughly $124,746 per year, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across King County's 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), Olympic View Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Decatur High School, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Olympic View Elementary School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 33.9%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 22%: 449 students in 2018 compared to 547 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment declined from 51% to 44% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 today.

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