Redmond Elementary

Redmond Elementary is one of the average-sized elementary campuss in Redmond, Washington, operated by Lake Washington School District, with 543 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Redmond Elementary sits 43% above that benchmark.

Across the 55 schools in Lake Washington School District (30,986 students total), Redmond Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Redmond Elementary reports that the largest single group is Asian at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 27% White, 18% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 6% Black. By comparison, King County as a whole is about 21% Asian, so the school skews visibly more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Redmond Elementary has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Redmond Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 30% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Redmond Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.3%; this one delivers 65.7%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (King County) shows that median household income runs about $124,746, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across King County's 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), Redmond Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Old Redmond Schoolhouse, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Redmond Elementary. On composite proficiency, Redmond Elementary comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 74.2%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Redmond Elementary has fell 30%, going from 781 students in 2018 to 543 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 9% to 18% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

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