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Enrollment
454
Elementary
DISTRICT 507 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MUKILTEO SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530543001853
Picnic Point Elementary
5819 140th St SW, Edmonds, WA 98026 · (425) 366-3400 · Snohomish County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL454 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
150 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
60.5%
WA avg 58.4% . +2.8pp since 2014
Math
56.5%
WA avg 51.2% . +3.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.5% | 56.5% |
| 2023-24 | 57.6% | 56.1% |
| 2022-23 | 57.5% | 50.4% |
| 2021-22 | 56.6% | 53.5% |
| 2018-19 | 64.1% | 58.9% |
| 2017-18 | 72.5% | 62.8% |
| 2016-17 | 69.5% | 61.0% |
| 2015-16 | 67.4% | 51.5% |
| 2014-15 | 57.7% | 52.8% |
% 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
58.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Picnic Point Elementary
Picnic Point Elementary's state test result (58.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Picnic Point Elementary this school | 454 | 33.0% | 58.8% |
| Saltars Point Elementary Steilacoom | 437 | 31.6% | 53.9% |
| Skyline Elementary Lake Stevens | 562 | 35.2% | 61.2% |
| Briarcrest Elementary Shoreline | 454 | 35.9% | 64.7% |
| Alexander Graham Bell Elementary Kirkland | 503 | 29.4% | 61.6% |
| Ridgecrest Elementary Shoreline | 424 | 38.0% | 53.9% |
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 Picnic Point Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #275 of 936 | #41 of 105 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #314 of 1,103 ▲ 7 | #42 of 106 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #288 of 1,102 ▲ 52 | #37 of 106 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #345 of 928 | #42 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 454 | #434 of 1,268 | #69 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #213 of 1,085 | #15 of 109 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.9% | #311 of 1,088 | #46 of 110 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.0% | #895 of 1,169 | #73 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.5% | #217 of 257 | #31 of 37 |
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
454
+26 (+6%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 448
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 454 | 31.5 | 14.4:1 | 33% (150) |
| 2023-24 | 466 | 31.5 | 14.8:1 | 35% (163) |
| 2022-23 | 464 | 30.3 | 15.3:1 | 38% (174) |
| 2020-21 | 428 | 31 | 13.8:1 | 30% (130) |
| 2017-18 | 443 | 27.6 | 16.1:1 | 39% (172) |
| 2015-16 | 578 | 27 | 21.4:1 | 45% (262) |
| 2010-11 | 607 | 28 | 21.7:1 | 50% (303) |
| 2000-01 | 495 | 25 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 448 | 21 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Picnic Point Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (443 to 454); teachers up 14% (27.6 to 31.5).
About Picnic Point Elementary
Picnic Point Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Mukilteo School District, located in Edmonds, Washington. It reports enrollment of 454 students in kindergarten through 5.
Mukilteo School District has 23 schools; together they serve 15,175 students.
No group is above 50% at Picnic Point Elementary; the largest is White, at 49%. The school is also 20% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 6% Black. The White share of the county population is higher, at 64%. The diversity index for Picnic Point Elementary is 69%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 14.4 students per teacher. Compared with the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington, this school's ratio is lower. Roughly 33% of students at Picnic Point Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 41% average for public schools in Snohomish County, the school's rate is lower.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Picnic Point Elementary, the prediction is 58.0% and the result is 58.8%.
The school's county is Snohomish County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $111,246, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Snohomish County's 227 public schools enroll about 118,688 students and include Picnic Point Elementary.
Picnic Point Elementary is about 0.8 miles from Serene Lake Elementary, its nearest public school. Picnic Point Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Picnic Point Elementary ranks 3rd of 8 nearby schools, at 58.8% versus a 50.5% average.
Picnic Point Elementary falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 6%.
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Snohomish County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
844,430
Census ACS
Median income
$111,246
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
227
118,688 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mukilteo School District
- Kamiak High SchoolHigh · 2,384 students
- Mariner High SchoolHigh · 2,106 students
- Voyager Middle SchoolMiddle · 902 students
- Olympic View Middle SchoolMiddle · 851 students
- Harbour Pointe Middle SchoolMiddle · 803 students
- Explorer Middle SchoolMiddle · 777 students
Other schools in Edmonds
- Edmonds Woodway High SchoolHigh · 1,605 students
- Madrona K-8 SchoolElementary · 636 students
- Edmonds Heights K-12Combined · 599 students
- Sherwood ElementaryElementary · 491 students
- Maplewood Parent CoopElementary · 476 students
- Westgate ElementaryElementary · 472 students
Nearby schools
- Serene Lake Elementary0.8 mi · 455
- Endeavour Elementary0.9 mi · 436
- ECEAP1.6 mi · 118
- Beverly Elementary1.8 mi · 413
- Meadowdale Elementary1.8 mi · 430
- Meadowdale Middle School1.9 mi · 740
Frequently asked questions
About Picnic Point ElementaryHow large is Picnic Point Elementary?
Picnic Point Elementary enrolls approximately 454 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Picnic Point Elementary serve?
Picnic Point Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Picnic Point Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Picnic Point Elementary is approximately 14.4:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Picnic Point Elementary?
Student demographics at Picnic Point Elementary are roughly 49% White, 20% Hispanic, 6% Black, 15% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Picnic Point Elementary?
Picnic Point Elementary is overseen by Mukilteo School District in Snohomish County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.