Phantom Lake Elementary

Set in Bellevue, Washington, Phantom Lake Elementary is an average-sized elementary school, part of Bellevue School District. It teaches 430 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Bellevue School District comprises 30 schools with combined enrollment of 20,339 students; Phantom Lake Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Phantom Lake Elementary lists that 33% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 32% Asian, 19% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 5% Black. By comparison, King County as a whole is about 55% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Phantom Lake Elementary has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.7:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Phantom Lake Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.6%, the actual is 65.3%, a residual of +8.6 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for King County shows the typical household earns roughly $124,746 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Phantom Lake Elementary is one of 544 public schools in King County (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students).

Tillicum Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Phantom Lake Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 54.5%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Phantom Lake Elementary has climbed 3%, going from 417 students in 2018 to 430 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 43% to 33%. Class-load math has rose: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 in 2025.

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