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Does Redmond Elementary have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
543
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530423000678
Redmond Elementary
16800 NE 80th, Redmond, WA 98052 · (425) 936-2660 · King County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL543 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
161 students
DISTRICT 13% · 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 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 100 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
65.1%
WA avg 58.4% . -17.1pp since 2014
Math
62.8%
WA avg 51.2% . -11.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 17 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 12 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.1% | 62.8% |
| 2023-24 | 68.4% | 63.4% |
| 2022-23 | 78.9% | 71.8% |
| 2021-22 | 79.8% | 76.0% |
| 2018-19 | 81.8% | 74.5% |
| 2017-18 | 87.3% | 80.5% |
| 2016-17 | 83.6% | 78.2% |
| 2015-16 | 80.9% | 78.0% |
| 2014-15 | 82.2% | 74.4% |
% 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
65.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Redmond Elementary
Redmond Elementary's state test result (65.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redmond Elementary this school | 543 | 29.7% | 65.7% |
| Newcastle Elementary School Newcastle | 451 | 21.7% | 79.7% |
| Newport Heights Elementary Bellevue | 549 | 26.6% | 76.2% |
| Cedar Wood Elementary Bothell | 682 | 22.6% | 84.4% |
| Clark Elementary ISSAQUAH | 586 | 28.3% | 69.7% |
| Clyde Hill Elementary Bellevue | 594 | 20.9% | 68.4% |
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 Redmond Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #184 of 936 | #109 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.8% | #223 of 1,103 ▼ 21 | #119 of 281 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.1% | #222 of 1,102 ▼ 46 | #116 of 280 ▼ 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -13.9pp | #11 of 928 | #5 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 543 | #190 of 1,268 | #51 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #109 of 1,085 | #33 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.2% | #285 of 1,088 | #151 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.7% | #940 of 1,169 | #167 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.5% | #105 of 778 | #42 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
543
-122 (-18%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 758
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 543 | 40.1 | 13.5:1 | 30% (161) |
| 2023-24 | 559 | 37.3 | 15.0:1 | 27% (151) |
| 2022-23 | 542 | 36.9 | 14.7:1 | 22% (118) |
| 2020-21 | 665 | 41 | 16.2:1 | 16% (108) |
| 2017-18 | 781 | 44.5 | 17.6:1 | 13% (103) |
| 2015-16 | 549 | 35 | 15.7:1 | 19% (106) |
| 2010-11 | 410 | 28 | 14.6:1 | 22% (91) |
| 2000-01 | 313 | 20 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 758 | 36 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Redmond Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (781 to 543); teachers down 10% (44.5 to 40.1).
About Redmond Elementary
Redmond Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Washington, located in Redmond. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 543 students. That puts enrollment 43% bigger than the 380-student average for elementary schools in Washington.
Lake Washington School District has 55 schools and 30,986 students, and Redmond Elementary is one of those schools.
No group is above 50% at Redmond Elementary; the largest is Asian, at 43%. It is also 27% White, 18% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 6% Black. King County's residents are about 21% Asian, 23 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 70%.
With 40.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.5:1. Elementary schools in Washington average 17.3:1, 3.8 more students per teacher than here. Roughly 30% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Schools in Washington with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 60.3%. Redmond Elementary scores 65.7%.
In King County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $124,746, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. There are 544 public schools in the county, enrolling about 278,492, Redmond Elementary among them.
The closest school to Redmond Elementary is Old Redmond Schoolhouse, located less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Redmond Elementary ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Small.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 665 to 543, an 18% decline. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.5:1) than in 2020-21 (16.2:1).
People who know Redmond Elementary can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Lake Washington School District
- Eastlake High SchoolHigh · 2,481 students
- Redmond High SchoolHigh · 2,304 students
- Lake Washington High SchoolHigh · 2,081 students
- Juanita High SchoolHigh · 1,778 students
- Inglewood Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,229 students
- Redmond Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,009 students
Other schools in Redmond
- Redmond High SchoolHigh · 2,304 students
- Redmond Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,009 students
- Rose Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 901 students
- Timberline Middle SchoolMiddle · 788 students
- Evergreen Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Benjamin Rush ElementaryElementary · 631 students
Nearby schools
- Old Redmond Schoolhouse0.1 mi · 190
- Contractual Schools0.5 mi · 10
- Horace Mann Elementary1.1 mi · 387
- Redmond Middle School1.1 mi · 1,009
- Benjamin Rush Elementary1.4 mi · 631
- Redmond High School1.4 mi · 2,304
Frequently asked questions
About Redmond ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Redmond Elementary?
Redmond Elementary enrolls approximately 543 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Redmond Elementary serve?
Redmond Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Redmond Elementary?
Approximately 13.5:1 students per teacher at Redmond Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Redmond Elementary?
At Redmond Elementary, the student body is approximately 27% White, 18% Hispanic, 6% Black, 43% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Redmond Elementary public or private?
Redmond Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lake Washington School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.