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What's something Ruby Bridges Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
503
Elementary
DISTRICT 478 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHSHORE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530591003746
Ruby Bridges Elementary
20510 49th Drive SE, Woodinville, WA 98072 · (425) 408-8700 · Snohomish County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL503 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
66 students
DISTRICT 21% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 97 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
67.9%
WA avg 58.4% . -6.9pp since 2021
Math
65.4%
WA avg 51.2% . -7.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 7 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.9% | 65.4% |
| 2023-24 | 68.4% | 68.3% |
| 2022-23 | 65.6% | 69.7% |
| 2021-22 | 74.8% | 73.0% |
% 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
68.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Ruby Bridges Elementary
Ruby Bridges Elementary's state test result (68.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruby Bridges Elementary this school | 503 | 13.1% | 68.9% |
| Sunny Hills Elementary SAMMAMISH | 574 | 11.3% | 82.5% |
| Grand Ridge Elementary Issaquah | 558 | 8.6% | 82.9% |
| Norman Rockwell Elementary Redmond | 423 | 9.5% | 76.6% |
| Bennett Elementary School Bellevue | 513 | 7.8% | 75.7% |
| Forest View Elementary School Everett | 634 | 14.8% | 83.0% |
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 Ruby Bridges Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.9% | #151 of 936 | #19 of 105 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.4% | #189 of 1,103 ▼ 40 | #20 of 106 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.9% | #186 of 1,102 ▼ 11 | #22 of 106 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.2pp | #80 of 928 | #1 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 503 | #278 of 1,268 | #51 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #331 of 1,085 | #35 of 109 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.0% | #416 of 1,088 | #62 of 110 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.1% | #1,097 of 1,169 | #109 of 114 |
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
503
+47 (+10%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 503 | 33.6 | 15.0:1 | 13% (66) |
| 2023-24 | 480 | 34.3 | 14.0:1 | 14% (66) |
| 2022-23 | 465 | 34.5 | 13.5:1 | 10% (48) |
| 2020-21 | 456 | 32 | 14.3:1 | 8% (36) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ruby Bridges Elementary.
About Ruby Bridges Elementary
Ruby Bridges Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Woodinville, Washington, administered by Northshore School District. It serves 503 students in pre-K through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Washington average about 380 students.
Federal data list 37 schools in Northshore School District, with 22,735 students enrolled.
Roughly 51% of students at Ruby Bridges Elementary are Asian. The rest of enrollment is 28% White, 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 4% Black. Among all residents of Snohomish County, the Asian share is about 14%. Ruby Bridges Elementary's diversity index is 65%, against a US figure of 70%.
At Ruby Bridges Elementary, 33.6 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 15.0:1. On average, elementary schools in Washington have 17.3:1, compared with 15.0:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 13% of enrollment. The gap from the 41% average for public schools in Snohomish County is 28 points.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Ruby Bridges Elementary is -2.5 points: 68.9% actual, 71.4% predicted.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Snohomish County show that the median household income is $111,246, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Besides Ruby Bridges Elementary, Snohomish County has 226 other public schools.
The closest other public school is Fernwood Elementary, about 0.8 miles away. Ruby Bridges Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 76.7% on proficiency, and Ruby Bridges Elementary is below that at 68.9%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Ruby Bridges Elementary's enrollment climbed from 456 in 2020-21 to 503 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Ruby Bridges Elementary can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Snohomish County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
844,430
Census ACS
Median income
$111,246
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
227
118,688 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Northshore School District
- North Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,910 students
- Bothell High SchoolHigh · 1,740 students
- Woodinville HSHigh · 1,662 students
- Inglemoor HSHigh · 1,441 students
- Skyview Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,215 students
- Canyon Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 907 students
Other schools in Woodinville
- Woodinville HSHigh · 1,662 students
- Leota Middle SchoolMiddle · 858 students
- Timbercrest Middle SchoolMiddle · 665 students
- Kokanee ElementaryElementary · 651 students
- Northshore Learning OptionsCombined · 428 students
- East Ridge ElementaryElementary · 427 students
Other Ruby Bridges Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Ruby Bridges Elementary. Ruby Bridges Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Ruby Bridges ElementaryAlameda, CA · 458 students
Nearby schools
- Fernwood Elementary0.8 mi · 714
- Canyon Creek Elementary1.0 mi · 866
- North Creek High School1.1 mi · 1,910
- Skyview Middle School1.2 mi · 1,215
- Tambark Creek Elementary School1.8 mi · 740
- Secondary Academy for Success1.8 mi · 76
Frequently asked questions
About Ruby Bridges ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Ruby Bridges Elementary?
Ruby Bridges Elementary enrolls approximately 503 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Ruby Bridges Elementary serve?
Ruby Bridges Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Ruby Bridges Elementary?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at Ruby Bridges Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ruby Bridges Elementary?
At Ruby Bridges Elementary, the student body is approximately 28% White, 9% Hispanic, 4% Black, 51% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Ruby Bridges Elementary in?
Ruby Bridges Elementary is part of Northshore School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.