Enrollment
220
Elementary
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1·NCES 530771001242
Sacajawea Elementary School
9501 20 AV NE, SEATTLE, WA 98115 · (206) 252-5550 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL220 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
70 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 | 24 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 32 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 33 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 21 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (36).
Student demographics
70%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
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
65.1%
WA avg 58.4% . +8.9pp since 2014
Math
55.4%
WA avg 51.2% . +8.1pp 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 55 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.1% | 55.4% |
| 2023-24 | 48.8% | 47.6% |
| 2022-23 | 50.5% | 53.8% |
| 2021-22 | 55.1% | 50.0% |
| 2018-19 | 59.0% | 52.5% |
| 2017-18 | 56.9% | 49.0% |
| 2016-17 | 53.5% | 51.0% |
| 2015-16 | 51.0% | 46.5% |
| 2014-15 | 56.1% | 47.4% |
% 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
55.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.9%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Sacajawea Elementary School
Sacajawea Elementary School's state test result (55.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sacajawea Elementary School this school | 220 | 31.8% | 55.6% |
| Laurelhurst Elementary School SEATTLE | 272 | 29.8% | 62.5% |
| Cedar Park Elementary School Seattle | 254 | 33.5% | 72.8% |
| John Hay Elementary School SEATTLE | 257 | 30.0% | 54.0% |
| Stevens Elementary School SEATTLE | 150 | 34.0% | 71.3% |
| Helen Keller Elementary Kirkland | 300 | 31.3% | 55.5% |
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 Sacajawea Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #331 of 936 | #144 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #335 of 1,103 ▲ 147 | #139 of 281 ▲ 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.1% | #223 of 1,102 ▲ 305 | #117 of 280 ▲ 55 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.7pp | #144 of 928 | #31 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 220 | #1,075 of 1,268 | #279 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #24 of 1,085 | #11 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.7% | #299 of 1,088 | #155 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.8% | #910 of 1,169 | #161 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.4% | #486 of 778 | #150 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
220
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 310
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 220 | 18.4 | 12.0:1 | 32% (70) |
| 2023-24 | 228 | 19 | 12.0:1 | 34% (78) |
| 2022-23 | 216 | 15.6 | 13.8:1 | 29% (62) |
| 2020-21 | 217 | 19 | 11.4:1 | 24% (52) |
| 2017-18 | 254 | 19.3 | 13.1:1 | 28% (70) |
| 2015-16 | 257 | 17 | 15.1:1 | 25% (63) |
| 2010-11 | 272 | 16 | 17.0:1 | 21% (56) |
| 2000-01 | 267 | 12 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 310 | 15 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sacajawea Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (254 to 220); teachers down 5% (19.3 to 18.4).
About Sacajawea Elementary School
Students in SEATTLE, Washington, attend Sacajawea Elementary School, a small elementary school. The school enrolls 220 students, from pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Washington) has about 380 students.
Sacajawea Elementary School is run by Seattle School District No. 1, whose 107 schools enroll 50,773 students.
Sacajawea Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 47%. After that, the student body is 19% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 9% Black, and 8% Asian. Sacajawea Elementary School has a diversity index of 70%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 18.4 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 12.0:1. That ratio is under the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 32%.
After adjusting for student poverty, Sacajawea Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Washington schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 55.6%; the prediction is 58.9%.
Census estimates describe King County this way: median household income is about $124,746, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Federal data list 544 public schools in King County, with a combined enrollment of about 278,492.
Nearby, Olympic View Elementary School is about 0.6 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Sacajawea Elementary School ranks 5th of 8 on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's size has been steady, with 217 students in 2020-21 and 220 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Sacajawea Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Sacajawea Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named Sacajawea Elementary. Sacajawea Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Sacajawea ElementaryRichland, WA · 474 students
- Sacajawea Elementary SchoolVANCOUVER, WA · 403 students
- SACAJAWEA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCALDWELL, ID · 362 students
Nearby schools
- Olympic View Elementary School0.6 mi · 341
- Wedgwood Elementary School0.7 mi · 333
- Nathan Hale High School0.9 mi · 1,052
- Jane Addams Middle School1.0 mi · 824
- Hazel Wolf K-81.1 mi · 660
- John Rogers Elementary School1.2 mi · 248
Frequently asked questions
About Sacajawea Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Sacajawea Elementary School?
Sacajawea Elementary School enrolls approximately 220 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Sacajawea Elementary School serve?
Sacajawea Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sacajawea Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sacajawea Elementary School is approximately 12.0:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Sacajawea Elementary School?
Student demographics at Sacajawea Elementary School are roughly 47% White, 19% Hispanic, 9% Black, 8% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Who oversees Sacajawea Elementary School?
Sacajawea Elementary School is overseen by Seattle School District No. 1 in King County.
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