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What tradition at Shadow Lake Elementary should never be changed?
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Enrollment
479
Elementary
DISTRICT 695 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TAHOMA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530876001517
Shadow Lake Elementary
22620 Sweeney Road SE, Maple Valley, WA 98038 · (425) 413-6100 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL479 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
170 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 | 3 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
63.0%
WA avg 58.4% . -3.1pp since 2014
Math
59.2%
WA avg 51.2% . -4.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 59.2% |
| 2023-24 | 63.3% | 59.5% |
| 2022-23 | 61.3% | 48.9% |
| 2021-22 | 56.3% | 57.8% |
| 2018-19 | 67.1% | 60.5% |
| 2017-18 | 69.8% | 61.9% |
| 2016-17 | 69.8% | 67.2% |
| 2015-16 | 68.6% | 60.5% |
| 2014-15 | 66.0% | 63.3% |
% 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
60.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Shadow Lake Elementary
Shadow Lake Elementary's state test result (60.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Lake Elementary this school | 479 | 35.5% | 60.7% |
| Victor Falls Elementary Bonney Lake | 513 | 32.9% | 65.2% |
| Hillcrest Elementary Oak Harbor | 460 | 34.1% | 71.6% |
| Chautauqua Elementary VASHON | 480 | 35.0% | 59.3% |
| Silverdale Elementary SILVERDALE | 413 | 36.3% | 58.2% |
| Bonney Lake Elementary Bonney Lake | 435 | 38.6% | 71.7% |
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 Shadow Lake Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #250 of 936 | #130 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #269 of 1,103 ▼ 5 | #129 of 281 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #249 of 1,102 ▲ 5 | #121 of 280 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.1pp | #313 of 928 | #78 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 479 | #350 of 1,268 | #95 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #511 of 1,085 | #119 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.9% | #619 of 1,088 | #237 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.5% | #861 of 1,169 | #147 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.6% | #750 of 778 | #211 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
479
+23 (+5%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 599
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 479 | 30.6 | 15.7:1 | 35% (170) |
| 2023-24 | 507 | 31.6 | 16.0:1 | 38% (191) |
| 2022-23 | 497 | 30.8 | 16.2:1 | 34% (167) |
| 2020-21 | 456 | 30 | 15.2:1 | 28% (126) |
| 2017-18 | 487 | 27.8 | 17.5:1 | 27% (130) |
| 2015-16 | 652 | 28 | 23.3:1 | 23% (151) |
| 2010-11 | 562 | 30 | 18.7:1 | 24% (134) |
| 2000-01 | 645 | 29 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 599 | 28 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shadow Lake Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (487 to 479); teachers up 10% (27.8 to 30.6).
About Shadow Lake Elementary
Shadow Lake Elementary is an elementary school in Maple Valley, Washington, and it is part of Tahoma School District. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 479 students. Against the 380-student average for elementary schools in Washington, enrollment here is 26% higher.
Shadow Lake Elementary belongs to Tahoma School District, a district of 9 schools and 9,234 students.
White students account for 63% of enrollment at Shadow Lake Elementary. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, and 5% Asian. By the diversity index, Shadow Lake Elementary comes in at 56%.
Shadow Lake Elementary's 30.6 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 15.7:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Washington average 17.3:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 35%. Across public schools in King County, the average is about the same, 38%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Shadow Lake Elementary is +4.3 points: 60.7% actual, 56.4% predicted.
County data help place the school in context: in King County, 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. Shadow Lake Elementary is among the 544 public schools in King County.
Cedar River Elementary is located about 0.2 miles from Shadow Lake Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 63.3%, higher than Shadow Lake Elementary's 60.7%.
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.
Shadow Lake Elementary saw enrollment rise 5% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Shadow Lake Elementary. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Tahoma School District
- Tahoma Senior High SchoolHigh · 2,919 students
- Summit Trail Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,097 students
- Maple View Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,046 students
- Lake Wilderness ElementaryElementary · 923 students
- Glacier Park ElementaryElementary · 803 students
- Tahoma ElementaryElementary · 688 students
Other schools in Maple Valley
- Tahoma Senior High SchoolHigh · 2,919 students
- Lake Wilderness ElementaryElementary · 923 students
- Glacier Park ElementaryElementary · 803 students
- Tahoma ElementaryElementary · 688 students
- Rock Creek ElementaryElementary · 686 students
- Cedar River ElementaryElementary · 593 students
Nearby schools
- Cedar River Elementary0.2 mi · 593
- Lake Wilderness Elementary1.0 mi · 923
- Tahoma Elementary1.6 mi · 688
- Rock Creek Elementary2.2 mi · 686
- Maple View Middle School2.6 mi · 1,046
- Summit Trail Middle School2.8 mi · 1,097
Frequently asked questions
About Shadow Lake ElementaryHow many students attend Shadow Lake Elementary?
Shadow Lake Elementary enrolls approximately 479 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Shadow Lake Elementary serve?
Shadow Lake Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Shadow Lake Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Shadow Lake Elementary is approximately 15.7:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Shadow Lake Elementary?
At Shadow Lake Elementary, the student body is approximately 63% White, 17% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Shadow Lake Elementary public or private?
Shadow Lake Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Tahoma School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.