Enrollment
167
Elementary
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1·NCES 530771003361
Rainier View Elementary School
11650 BEACON AV S, SEATTLE, WA 98178 · (206) 252-6700 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL167 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
90 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 | 18 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 29 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 29 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 27 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (18) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (27).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
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Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
32.0%
WA avg 58.4% . -44.6pp since 2014
Math
26.9%
WA avg 51.2% . -41.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 45 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 42 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.0% | 26.9% |
| 2023-24 | 38.9% | 27.8% |
| 2022-23 | 39.6% | 28.8% |
| 2021-22 | 47.0% | 37.0% |
| 2018-19 | 43.0% | 50.4% |
| 2017-18 | 53.7% | 61.3% |
| 2016-17 | 70.7% | 73.5% |
| 2015-16 | 60.2% | 63.4% |
| 2014-15 | 76.6% | 68.8% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
33.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 44% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Rainier View Elementary School
Rainier View Elementary School's state test result (33.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rainier View Elementary School this school | 167 | 53.9% | 33.3% |
| Lakeridge Elementary School Seattle | 287 | 62.7% | 31.0% |
| Impact | Black River Elementary Renton | 209 | 62.7% | 27.4% |
| Sanislo Elementary School SEATTLE | 145 | 66.9% | 36.7% |
| Rising Star Elementary School SEATTLE | 324 | 69.8% | 48.7% |
| Graham Hill Elementary School SEATTLE | 266 | 47.4% | 40.1% |
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 Rainier View Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #752 of 936 | #230 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #931 of 1,103 ▼ 41 | #247 of 281 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #906 of 1,102 ▼ 141 | #233 of 280 ▼ 21 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -12.5pp | #17 of 928 | #7 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 167 | #1,120 of 1,268 | #289 of 299 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.9% | #554 of 1,169 | #99 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.4% | #108 of 778 | #43 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
167
-74 (-31%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 167 | 13.5 | 12.4:1 | 54% (90) |
| 2023-24 | 200 | 14 | 14.3:1 | 56% (113) |
| 2022-23 | 239 | 15.7 | 15.2:1 | 63% (150) |
| 2020-21 | 241 | 18 | 13.4:1 | 65% (156) |
| 2017-18 | 240 | 17.5 | 13.7:1 | 76% (183) |
| 2015-16 | 230 | 14 | 16.4:1 | 57% (130) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rainier View Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (240 to 167); teachers down 23% (17.5 to 13.5).
About Rainier View Elementary School
Rainier View Elementary School is a small elementary school in SEATTLE, Washington. The latest federal count shows 167 students in pre-K through 5. Against the 380-student average for elementary schools in Washington, enrollment here is 56% lower.
Rainier View Elementary School is run by Seattle School District No. 1, whose 107 schools enroll 50,773 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Rainier View Elementary School is Asian (31%). Enrollment also includes 30% Black, 19% Hispanic, 11% White, and 8% multiracial. The school's Asian share is 10 points above the 21% share among King County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Rainier View Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 75%.
Rainier View Elementary School operates with 13.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 12.4:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Washington average 17.3:1. About 54% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That is higher than the 38% average for public schools in King County.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Rainier View Elementary School ranks in the bottom 10% in Washington. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 33.3%, against a prediction of 44.0%.
King County has these Census figures: median household income is about $124,746, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Rainier View Elementary School is among the 544 public schools in King County.
The closest public school, Campbell Hill Elementary School, is about 0.7 miles from Rainier View Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 28.4%; Rainier View Elementary School's is 33.3%, ranking 3rd of 8.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Rainier View Elementary School saw enrollment fall 31% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The school's ratio fell from 13.4:1 to 12.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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
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Other Rainier View Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Rainier View Elementary. Rainier View Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Rainier View Elementary SchoolFEDERAL WAY, WA · 495 students
Nearby schools
- Campbell Hill Elementary School0.7 mi · 345
- Emerson Elementary School1.1 mi · 398
- Lakeridge Elementary School1.1 mi · 287
- Dimmitt Middle School1.5 mi · 605
- Talley High School1.6 mi · 248
- Bryn Mawr Elementary School1.6 mi · 415
Frequently asked questions
About Rainier View Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Rainier View Elementary School?
Rainier View Elementary School enrolls approximately 167 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Rainier View Elementary School serve?
Rainier View Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Rainier View Elementary School have?
Rainier View Elementary School employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
How diverse is Rainier View Elementary School?
Rainier View Elementary School reports a student body of 11% White, 19% Hispanic, 30% Black, 31% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Rainier View Elementary School?
Rainier View Elementary School is overseen by Seattle School District No. 1 in King County.
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