Puesta del Sol Elementary School

As a medium-sized primary school in Bellevue, Washington, Puesta del Sol Elementary School serves 494 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Bellevue School District. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Puesta del Sol Elementary School sits 30% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 30 schools in Bellevue School District (20,339 students total), Puesta del Sol Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Puesta del Sol Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 33% White, 16% Asian, 11% multiracial. By comparison, King County as a whole is about 11% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 24% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against King County (around 38%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Puesta del Sol Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 64.0%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for King County indicate the typical household earns roughly $124,746 per year, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Puesta del Sol Elementary School is one of 544 public schools in King County (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students).

The closest other public school is Odle Middle School, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Puesta del Sol Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 51.0%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 12%: 563 students in 2018 compared to 494 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 22% to 38% across the same window.

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