Penny Creek Elementary

Penny Creek Elementary is a K-5 school of large scale in Everett, Washington, operated by Everett School District, enrolling 791 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 108% above the state mean of about 380.

Penny Creek Elementary is one of 32 schools operated by Everett School District, a district that enrolls 20,489 students overall.

On demographics, Penny Creek Elementary lists that 38% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 31% Asian, 16% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 6% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.1:1. The state averages about 17.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Penny Creek Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Washington public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 56.5%; Penny Creek Elementary posts 71.4%, +14.9 points above that line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Snohomish County) logs that median household income runs about $111,246, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Snohomish County runs 227 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,688 students), of which Penny Creek Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Seattle Hill Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Penny Creek Elementary. On composite proficiency, Penny Creek Elementary comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 68.6%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Penny Creek Elementary's enrollment has increased 6% since 2018, when it stood at 749 (now 791). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 54% to 38%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 today.

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