Ruby Bridges Elementary

Ruby Bridges Elementary, a mid-tier elementary campus in Woodinville, Washington, part of Northshore School District, teaches 503 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Ruby Bridges Elementary sits 32% bigger than that benchmark.

Northshore School District runs 37 schools in total, collectively educating 22,735 students. Ruby Bridges Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Ruby Bridges Elementary shows that the most-represented group is Asian (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 28% White, 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Snohomish County as a whole is about 14% Asian, so the school skews noticeably more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Ruby Bridges Elementary has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Roughly 13% of students at Ruby Bridges Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Snohomish County's rate of about 41%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Ruby Bridges Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 71.4%, the actual is 68.9%, a residual of -2.5 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Snohomish County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $111,246 per year, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Snohomish County's 227 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,688 students), Ruby Bridges Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Fernwood Elementary, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ruby Bridges Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 76.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

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