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What's one thing Puesta del Sol Elementary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
494
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLEVUE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530039000090
Puesta del Sol Elementary School
301 151st Place NE, Bellevue, WA 98007 · (425) 456-6100 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL494 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of Washington public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
120 students
DISTRICT 26% · 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 | 34 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 103 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is 49% larger than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
62.9%
WA avg 58.4% . -22.0pp since 2014
Math
62.4%
WA avg 51.2% . -19.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 22 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 19 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.9% | 62.4% |
| 2023-24 | 63.8% | 60.7% |
| 2022-23 | 73.0% | 67.0% |
| 2021-22 | 72.8% | 66.7% |
| 2018-19 | 75.7% | 67.7% |
| 2017-18 | 78.1% | 71.6% |
| 2016-17 | 76.6% | 68.4% |
| 2015-16 | 85.4% | 76.6% |
| 2014-15 | 84.8% | 81.8% |
% 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
64.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.9%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Puesta del Sol Elementary School
Puesta del Sol Elementary School's state test result (64.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puesta del Sol Elementary School this school | 494 | 24.3% | 64.0% |
| Woodin Elementary Bothell | 469 | 29.4% | 53.1% |
| Alexander Graham Bell Elementary Kirkland | 503 | 29.4% | 61.6% |
| Issaquah Valley Elementary ISSAQUAH | 646 | 26.2% | 65.1% |
| Robert Frost Elementary Kirkland | 424 | 32.3% | 59.9% |
| Frank Love Elementary Bothell | 492 | 23.6% | 60.8% |
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 Puesta del Sol Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #206 of 936 | #120 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #227 of 1,103 ▲ 21 | #120 of 281 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.9% | #251 of 1,102 ▼ 7 | #122 of 280 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.1pp | #84 of 928 | #28 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 494 | #308 of 1,268 | #82 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.4:1 | #1,067 of 1,085 | #272 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.3% | #280 of 1,088 | #148 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.3% | #993 of 1,169 | #181 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.3% | #511 of 778 | #156 of 220 |
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
494
-23 (-4%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 548
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 494 | 24.3 | 20.4:1 | 24% (120) |
| 2023-24 | 510 | 25.5 | 20.0:1 | 22% (114) |
| 2022-23 | 450 | 23.4 | 19.3:1 | 16% (73) |
| 2020-21 | 517 | 27 | 19.1:1 | 8% (39) |
| 2017-18 | 563 | 27 | 20.9:1 | 7% (38) |
| 2015-16 | 580 | 25 | 23.2:1 | 7% (38) |
| 2010-11 | 541 | 22 | 24.6:1 | 5% (26) |
| 2000-01 | 500 | 20 | 25.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 548 | 22 | 24.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Puesta del Sol Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (563 to 494); teachers down 10% (27 to 24.3).
About Puesta del Sol Elementary School
Puesta del Sol Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Bellevue School District in Bellevue, Washington. Total enrollment is 494 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. That is 30% above the average of about 380 students for elementary schools in Washington.
Bellevue School District operates 30 schools. Combined enrollment is 20,339 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Puesta del Sol Elementary School is Hispanic, with 38% of students. The remaining shares are 33% White, 16% Asian, and 11% multiracial. King County as a whole is about 11% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 70%.
There are about 20.4 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Puesta del Sol Elementary School, which has 24.3. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Washington is 17.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Puesta del Sol Elementary School is about 24%. That is 14 points below the 38% average for public schools in King County.
Puesta del Sol Elementary School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 54% of Washington public elementary schools.
Puesta del Sol Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 64.0% is within a point of the 63.9% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
King County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $124,746, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. King County's 544 public schools enroll about 278,492 students and include Puesta del Sol Elementary School.
Odle Middle School is about 0.5 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 51.0% on proficiency, and Puesta del Sol Elementary School is above that at 64.0%.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
Enrollment was 494 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 517. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 19.1:1 to 20.4:1.
On allk12, people connected to Puesta del Sol Elementary School can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
King County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,287,171
Census ACS
Median income
$124,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
544
278,492 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bellevue School District
- Newport Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,850 students
- Bellevue High SchoolHigh · 1,683 students
- Interlake Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,611 students
- Sammamish Senior HighHigh · 1,363 students
- Tyee Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,007 students
- Odle Middle SchoolMiddle · 974 students
Other schools in Bellevue
- Newport Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,850 students
- Bellevue High SchoolHigh · 1,683 students
- Interlake Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,611 students
- Sammamish Senior HighHigh · 1,363 students
- Tyee Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,007 students
- Odle Middle SchoolMiddle · 974 students
Other Puesta del Sol Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Puesta del Sol Elementary. Puesta del Sol Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Puesta del Sol ElementaryVictorville, CA · 609 students
- PUESTA DEL SOL ELEMENTARYRIO RANCHO, NM · 539 students
Nearby schools
- Odle Middle School0.5 mi · 974
- Stevenson Elementary0.7 mi · 581
- Sammamish Senior High0.7 mi · 1,363
- Lake Hills Elementary0.9 mi · 498
- Highland Middle School1.0 mi · 589
- Phantom Lake Elementary1.0 mi · 430
Frequently asked questions
About Puesta del Sol Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Puesta del Sol Elementary School?
Puesta del Sol Elementary School enrolls approximately 494 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Puesta del Sol Elementary School serve?
Puesta del Sol Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Puesta del Sol Elementary School have?
Puesta del Sol Elementary School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.4:1.
How diverse is Puesta del Sol Elementary School?
Puesta del Sol Elementary School reports a student body of 33% White, 38% Hispanic, 1% Black, 16% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Puesta del Sol Elementary School?
Puesta del Sol Elementary School is overseen by Bellevue School District in King County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.