Enrollment
173
Elementary
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1·NCES 530771003316
Sand Point Elementary
6208 60 Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98115 · (206) 252-2100 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL173 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
97 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 | 26 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 29 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 26 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 24 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 15 | 9% |
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
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
43.5%
WA avg 58.4% . -5.9pp since 2014
Math
32.3%
WA avg 51.2% . -20.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 21 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.5% | 32.3% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 50.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.4% | 39.4% |
| 2021-22 | 49.3% | 42.5% |
| 2018-19 | 52.3% | 48.9% |
| 2017-18 | 54.2% | 52.0% |
| 2016-17 | 56.9% | 54.6% |
| 2015-16 | 65.7% | 61.3% |
| 2014-15 | 49.4% | 52.8% |
% 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
45.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.6%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 →
Where Sand Point Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #516 of 936 | #179 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #834 of 1,103 | #227 of 281 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #662 of 1,102 | #193 of 280 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.0pp | #63 of 928 | #21 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 173 | #1,116 of 1,268 | #287 of 299 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.1% | #521 of 1,169 | #94 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.8% | #326 of 778 | #107 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
173
-57 (-25%) vs 2020
+116% since 2010-11, when it was 80
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 173 | 17.6 | 9.8:1 | 56% (97) |
| 2023-24 | 213 | 16.2 | 13.2:1 | 55% (117) |
| 2022-23 | 185 | 17.4 | 10.6:1 | 57% (105) |
| 2020-21 | 230 | 17 | 13.5:1 | 38% (88) |
| 2017-18 | 213 | 15.3 | 13.9:1 | 45% (95) |
| 2015-16 | 273 | 19 | 14.4:1 | 32% (86) |
| 2010-11 | 80 | 5 | 16.0:1 | 46% (37) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sand Point Elementary.
About Sand Point Elementary
Families in Seattle, Washington, are served by Sand Point Elementary, a small elementary school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 173 students in pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Washington is about 380 students, so this school is 54% smaller than average.
Sand Point Elementary belongs to Seattle School District No. 1, a district of 107 schools and 50,773 students.
White students are the largest group at Sand Point Elementary, with 39% of enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 23% Black, 15% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 6% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 55%. The chance that two students picked at random at Sand Point Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 75%.
The school has about 9.8 students per teacher and 17.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is under the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 56%. That is higher than the 38% average for public schools in King County.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Sand Point Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Washington schools: 45.3% actual against 42.6% predicted.
Census estimates describe King County this way: median household income is about $124,746, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of King County number 544 and enroll about 278,492.
View Ridge Elementary School is located about 0.8 miles from Sand Point Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Sand Point Elementary comes in 7th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Sand Point Elementary as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Sand Point Elementary had 230 students in 2020-21 and 173 in 2024-25, a 25% decrease. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.5:1 to 9.8:1 over the same years.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Seattle School District No. 1
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Ballard High SchoolHigh · 1,697 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,542 students
- Garfield High SchoolHigh · 1,507 students
- West Seattle High SchoolHigh · 1,479 students
- Ingraham High SchoolHigh · 1,391 students
Other schools in Seattle
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Ballard High SchoolHigh · 1,697 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,542 students
- Garfield High SchoolHigh · 1,507 students
- West Seattle High SchoolHigh · 1,479 students
- Ingraham High SchoolHigh · 1,391 students
Nearby schools
- View Ridge Elementary School0.8 mi · 290
- Laurelhurst Elementary School1.1 mi · 272
- Stephen Decatur Elementary School1.2 mi · 188
- Thornton Creek Elementary School1.3 mi · 402
- Bryant Elementary School1.4 mi · 470
- Eckstein Middle School1.6 mi · 1,024
Frequently asked questions
About Sand Point ElementaryHow many students attend Sand Point Elementary?
Sand Point Elementary enrolls approximately 173 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Sand Point Elementary serve?
Sand Point Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Sand Point Elementary?
Approximately 9.8:1 students per teacher at Sand Point Elementary.
How diverse is Sand Point Elementary?
Sand Point Elementary reports a student body of 39% White, 15% Hispanic, 23% Black, 6% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Sand Point Elementary?
Sand Point Elementary is overseen by Seattle School District No. 1 in King County.
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