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Enrollment
578
Elementary
DISTRICT 509 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARLINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530024001815
Presidents Elementary
505 East Third, Arlington, WA 98223 · (360) 618-6240 · Snohomish County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL578 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
259 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 59 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (99).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
55.2%
WA avg 58.4% . +4.1pp since 2014
Math
44.0%
WA avg 51.2% . -5.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.2% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.1% | 37.4% |
| 2022-23 | 49.6% | 34.1% |
| 2021-22 | 47.8% | 38.1% |
| 2018-19 | 61.8% | 56.9% |
| 2017-18 | 62.1% | 55.0% |
| 2016-17 | 57.2% | 41.0% |
| 2015-16 | 53.3% | 48.4% |
| 2014-15 | 51.1% | 49.3% |
% 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
46.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Presidents Elementary
Presidents Elementary's state test result (46.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Presidents Elementary this school | 578 | 44.8% | 46.7% |
| Kent Prairie Elementary Arlington | 621 | 43.0% | 53.4% |
| Peter G Schmidt Elementary Tumwater | 606 | 44.9% | 49.1% |
| Liberty Ridge Elementary Sumner | 515 | 46.0% | 62.9% |
| Coupeville Elementary School Coupeville | 492 | 43.9% | 57.6% |
| Daybreak Primary Battle Ground | 548 | 46.9% | N/A |
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 Presidents Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #488 of 936 | #67 of 105 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #562 of 1,103 ▲ 136 | #69 of 106 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.2% | #405 of 1,102 ▲ 292 | #53 of 106 ▲ 24 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.7pp | #188 of 928 | #15 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 578 | #134 of 1,268 | #27 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #368 of 1,085 | #38 of 109 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.1% | #741 of 1,088 | #89 of 110 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.8% | #725 of 1,169 | #57 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.1% | #157 of 257 | #23 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
578
+79 (+16%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 858
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 578 | 38.2 | 15.1:1 | 45% (259) |
| 2023-24 | 576 | 36.5 | 15.8:1 | 43% (245) |
| 2022-23 | 551 | 36.6 | 15.1:1 | 42% (231) |
| 2020-21 | 499 | 35 | 14.3:1 | 35% (175) |
| 2017-18 | 545 | 31.4 | 17.3:1 | 34% (187) |
| 2015-16 | 542 | 31 | 17.5:1 | 39% (212) |
| 2010-11 | 555 | 28 | 19.8:1 | 15% (82) |
| 2000-01 | 674 | 38 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 858 | 43 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Presidents Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (545 to 578); teachers up 22% (31.4 to 38.2).
About Presidents Elementary
Presidents Elementary is a large elementary school for students in Arlington, Washington. The school's 578 students are in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Washington average about 380 students each.
Arlington School District enrolls 5,588 students in 10 schools, including Presidents Elementary.
Roughly 66% of students at Presidents Elementary are White. The rest of enrollment is 20% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That is close to the 64% White share among all Snohomish County residents. The school's diversity index is 51%, meaning two students picked at random have a 51% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Staffing totals 38.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.1:1. On average, elementary schools in Washington have 17.3:1, compared with 15.1:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Presidents Elementary is 45%.
A school with Presidents Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in Washington is predicted to score 50.1%. Presidents Elementary scores 46.7%, 3.5 points below that line.
Snohomish County has these Census figures: the median household income is $111,246, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Snohomish County is home to 227 public schools and about 118,688 public school students.
The closest public school to Presidents Elementary is Haller Middle School, about 0.3 miles away. Presidents Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 45.1%, lower than Presidents Elementary's 46.7%.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment is up 16% from 2020-21, when Presidents Elementary had 499 students, to 2024-25, when it had 578.
Community posts for Presidents Elementary can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Arlington School District
- Arlington High SchoolHigh · 1,650 students
- Eagle Creek ElementaryElementary · 665 students
- Post Middle SchoolMiddle · 645 students
- Kent Prairie ElementaryElementary · 621 students
- Haller Middle SchoolMiddle · 576 students
- Pioneer ElementaryElementary · 501 students
Other schools in Arlington
- Arlington High SchoolHigh · 1,650 students
- Lakewood High SchoolHigh · 834 students
- Eagle Creek ElementaryElementary · 665 students
- Post Middle SchoolMiddle · 645 students
- Kent Prairie ElementaryElementary · 621 students
- Haller Middle SchoolMiddle · 576 students
Nearby schools
- Haller Middle School0.3 mi · 576
- Stillaguamish Valley Learning Center0.3 mi · 181
- Eagle Creek Elementary0.4 mi · 665
- Post Middle School0.4 mi · 645
- Kent Prairie Elementary0.8 mi · 621
- Arlington High School2.0 mi · 1,650
Frequently asked questions
About Presidents ElementaryHow many students attend Presidents Elementary?
Presidents Elementary enrolls approximately 578 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Presidents Elementary serve?
Presidents Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Presidents Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Presidents Elementary is approximately 15.1:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Presidents Elementary?
Student demographics at Presidents Elementary are roughly 66% White, 20% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Presidents Elementary in?
Presidents Elementary is part of Arlington School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.