Enrollment
324
Elementary
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1·NCES 530771001255
Rising Star Elementary School
8311 BEACON AV S, SEATTLE, WA 98108 · (206) 252-7500 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL324 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
226 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 31 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (48).
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
57.0%
WA avg 58.4% . +21.7pp since 2014
Math
42.0%
WA avg 51.2% . +3.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 22 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.6% | 39.6% |
| 2022-23 | 40.6% | 38.4% |
| 2021-22 | 33.1% | 28.4% |
| 2018-19 | 35.0% | 33.6% |
| 2017-18 | 29.6% | 34.3% |
| 2016-17 | 36.3% | 40.8% |
| 2015-16 | 47.6% | 58.5% |
| 2014-15 | 35.4% | 38.6% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
48.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Washington's top 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 Rising Star Elementary School
Rising Star Elementary School's state test result (48.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising Star Elementary School this school | 324 | 69.8% | 48.7% |
| Dunlap Elementary School SEATTLE | 261 | 77.0% | 37.8% |
| Campbell Hill Elementary School Seattle | 345 | 70.7% | 39.9% |
| Springbrook Elementary School Kent | 350 | 68.3% | 31.8% |
| Lakeridge Elementary School Seattle | 287 | 62.7% | 31.0% |
| George T. Daniel Elementary School Kent | 292 | 70.5% | 27.9% |
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 Rising Star Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #452 of 936 | #169 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #604 of 1,103 ▲ 35 | #183 of 281 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #365 of 1,102 ▼ 2 | #141 of 280 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +18.8pp | #10 of 928 | #5 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 324 | #884 of 1,268 | #235 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #5 of 1,085 | #3 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.0% | #142 of 1,088 | #83 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.8% | #265 of 1,169 | #52 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.9% | #230 of 778 | #82 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
324
-58 (-15%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 346
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 324 | 30.3 | 10.7:1 | 70% (226) |
| 2023-24 | 326 | 32.8 | 9.9:1 | 71% (232) |
| 2022-23 | 330 | 30.4 | 10.9:1 | 69% (229) |
| 2020-21 | 382 | 38 | 10.1:1 | 71% (270) |
| 2017-18 | 420 | 34.6 | 12.2:1 | 80% (338) |
| 2015-16 | 511 | 35 | 14.6:1 | 69% (352) |
| 2010-11 | 547 | 34 | 16.1:1 | 81% (445) |
| 2000-01 | 411 | 26 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 346 | 20 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rising Star Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (420 to 324); teachers down 12% (34.6 to 30.3).
About Rising Star Elementary School
As a medium-sized elementary school, Rising Star Elementary School serves students in SEATTLE, Washington. A federal count lists 324 students at the school, in pre-K through 5.
The district, Seattle School District No. 1, has 50,773 students enrolled across 107 schools.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Rising Star Elementary School. The largest is Asian students, at 35%. The remaining shares are 27% Black, 15% Hispanic, 14% White, and 8% multiracial. Census estimates put the Asian share of King County's population at about 21%. Pick two students at random and there is a 75% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 30.3 full-time equivalents, or about 10.7 students per teacher. This ratio sits 6.6 below the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 70%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in King County is 38%.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Rising Star Elementary School is among the top 10% of schools in Washington. Predicted: 33.4%. Actual: 48.7%.
In King County (population about 2,287,171), the median household income is $124,746, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. There are 544 public schools in King County, enrolling about 278,492 students in all.
Nearest public school: Wing Luke Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Rising Star Elementary School is 2nd of 7 nearby schools with test data.
The federal government classifies Rising Star Elementary School's location as City: Large.
Enrollment dropped 15% from its 2020-21 level of 382.
The Rising Star Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Rising Star Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Rising Star Elementary. Rising Star Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Rising Star ElemLenexa, KS · 473 students
- Rising Star Elementary SchoolRISING STAR, TX · 88 students
Nearby schools
- Wing Luke Elementary School0.2 mi · 334
- Impact | Salish Sea Elementary0.6 mi · 385
- Dunlap Elementary School0.7 mi · 261
- Raisbeck Aviation High School0.8 mi · 400
- South Shore PK-8 School0.9 mi · 546
- Alan T. Sugiyama High School0.9 mi · 48
Frequently asked questions
About Rising Star Elementary SchoolHow large is Rising Star Elementary School?
Rising Star Elementary School enrolls approximately 324 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Rising Star Elementary School serve?
Rising Star Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Rising Star Elementary School have?
Rising Star Elementary School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rising Star Elementary School?
At Rising Star Elementary School, the student body is approximately 14% White, 15% Hispanic, 27% Black, 35% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Rising Star Elementary School public or private?
Rising Star Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Seattle School District No. 1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.