Peter Kirk Elementary

Peter Kirk Elementary is one of the substantial elementary schools in Kirkland, Washington, operated by Lake Washington School District, with 592 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Peter Kirk Elementary sits 56% above that benchmark.

Within Lake Washington School District, which oversees 55 schools and 30,986 students, Peter Kirk Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Peter Kirk Elementary reports that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 26% Asian, 11% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 34 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 6% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, King County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Peter Kirk Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 76.1%, the actual is 78.0%, a residual of +1.8 points.

In the area at large, King County reports that the typical household earns roughly $124,746 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Peter Kirk Elementary is one of 544 public schools in King County (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students).

Kirkland Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Peter Kirk Elementary at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 69.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Peter Kirk Elementary's enrollment has increased 6% since 2018, when it stood at 560 (now 592). White enrollment moved from 69% to 53% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Peter Kirk Elementary community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.