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Which teacher or staff member at Seattle Hill Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
567
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SNOHOMISH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530802002028
Seattle Hill Elementary
12711 51st Avenue SE, Everett, WA 98208 · (360) 563-4675 · Snohomish County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL567 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
115 students
DISTRICT 28% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 79 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (79).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
73.4%
WA avg 58.4% . +16.7pp since 2014
Math
64.2%
WA avg 51.2% . +13.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 17 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.4% | 64.2% |
| 2023-24 | 65.3% | 61.0% |
| 2022-23 | 68.8% | 55.3% |
| 2021-22 | 70.3% | 61.9% |
| 2018-19 | 71.0% | 61.6% |
| 2017-18 | 70.9% | 60.4% |
| 2016-17 | 57.9% | 57.9% |
| 2015-16 | 60.7% | 59.9% |
| 2014-15 | 56.7% | 51.1% |
% 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
66.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.6%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Seattle Hill Elementary
Seattle Hill Elementary's state test result (66.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Hill Elementary this school | 567 | 20.3% | 66.9% |
| Mukilteo Elementary Mukilteo | 521 | 21.7% | 71.5% |
| Cedar River Elementary Maple Valley | 593 | 15.3% | 77.3% |
| Silver Firs Elementary Everett | 538 | 22.1% | 79.8% |
| Lockwood Elementary Bothell | 525 | 16.6% | 77.8% |
| Frank Love Elementary Bothell | 492 | 23.6% | 60.8% |
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 Seattle Hill Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.9% | #174 of 936 | #22 of 105 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #203 of 1,103 ▲ 41 | #22 of 106 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.4% | #116 of 1,102 ▲ 104 | #15 of 106 ▲ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.7pp | #394 of 928 | #48 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 567 | #147 of 1,268 | #29 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #892 of 1,085 | #89 of 109 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.0% | #379 of 1,088 | #55 of 110 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.3% | #1,032 of 1,169 | #99 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.8% | #474 of 778 | #26 of 68 |
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
567
+21 (+4%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 613
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 567 | 32.7 | 17.4:1 | 20% (115) |
| 2023-24 | 577 | 31 | 18.6:1 | 20% (115) |
| 2022-23 | 583 | 33.1 | 17.6:1 | 18% (104) |
| 2020-21 | 546 | 33 | 16.6:1 | 16% (87) |
| 2017-18 | 658 | 33.7 | 19.5:1 | 16% (102) |
| 2015-16 | 626 | 29 | 21.6:1 | 21% (132) |
| 2010-11 | 565 | 27 | 20.9:1 | 21% (120) |
| 2000-01 | 617 | 27 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 613 | 28 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Seattle Hill Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (658 to 567); teachers down 3% (33.7 to 32.7).
About Seattle Hill Elementary
In Everett, Washington, Seattle Hill Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 6 make up the school's enrollment of 567 students. Elementary schools in Washington average about 380 students, which makes this school 49% larger than average.
Snohomish School District has 18 schools and 9,732 students, and Seattle Hill Elementary is one of those schools.
Federal enrollment data show Seattle Hill Elementary is 51% White. Next come 23% Asian, 11% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, and 2% Black. The county population is about 64% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 66, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at Seattle Hill Elementary comes to 32.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 17.4:1. The average for elementary schools in Washington is about 17.3:1. On the income side, 20% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 41% average for public schools in Snohomish County is 21 points.
After adjusting for student poverty, Seattle Hill Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of Washington schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 66.9%; the prediction is 66.6%.
In Snohomish County, home to about 844,430 people, the median household earns about $111,246 a year, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Seattle Hill Elementary shares Snohomish County with 226 other public schools.
Penny Creek Elementary is the nearest public school to Seattle Hill Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Seattle Hill Elementary ranks 7th on proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 4% increase took enrollment from 546 in 2020-21 to 567 in 2024-25.
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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 Snohomish School District
- Glacier Peak High SchoolHigh · 1,642 students
- Snohomish High SchoolHigh · 1,496 students
- Centennial Middle SchoolMiddle · 734 students
- Dutch Hill ElementaryElementary · 694 students
- Little Cedars Elementary SchoolElementary · 646 students
- Valley View Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
Other schools in Everett
- Mariner High SchoolHigh · 2,106 students
- Cascade High SchoolHigh · 1,651 students
- Everett High SchoolHigh · 1,643 students
- Gateway Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,057 students
- Eisenhower Middle SchoolMiddle · 914 students
- Voyager Middle SchoolMiddle · 902 students
Nearby schools
- Penny Creek Elementary0.7 mi · 791
- Silver Firs Elementary1.1 mi · 538
- Totem Falls1.3 mi · 412
- Glacier Peak High School1.6 mi · 1,642
- Forest View Elementary School1.7 mi · 634
- Little Cedars Elementary School1.7 mi · 646
Frequently asked questions
About Seattle Hill ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Seattle Hill Elementary?
Seattle Hill Elementary enrolls approximately 567 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Seattle Hill Elementary serve?
Seattle Hill Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Seattle Hill Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Seattle Hill Elementary is approximately 17.4:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Seattle Hill Elementary?
At Seattle Hill Elementary, the student body is approximately 51% White, 11% Hispanic, 2% Black, 23% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Seattle Hill Elementary public or private?
Seattle Hill Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Snohomish School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.