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Which teacher or staff member at Sierra Heights Elementary School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
323
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RENTON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530723001084
Sierra Heights Elementary School
9901 132nd Ave SE, Renton, WA 98059 · (425) 204-4650 · King County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL323 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Washington public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
174 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 63 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 78% · 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
30.3%
WA avg 58.4% . -14.5pp since 2014
Math
34.3%
WA avg 51.2% . -15.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 14 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 16 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.3% | 34.3% |
| 2023-24 | 34.1% | 37.6% |
| 2022-23 | 37.2% | 43.8% |
| 2021-22 | 40.2% | 43.5% |
| 2018-19 | 48.5% | 50.4% |
| 2017-18 | 42.2% | 40.5% |
| 2016-17 | 45.6% | 41.2% |
| 2015-16 | 45.5% | 49.3% |
| 2014-15 | 44.8% | 50.0% |
% 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
35.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Sierra Heights Elementary School
Sierra Heights Elementary School's state test result (35.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Heights Elementary School this school | 323 | 53.9% | 35.3% |
| Sherwood Forest Elementary Bellevue | 415 | 52.5% | 41.1% |
| Beacon Hill International School SEATTLE | 348 | 50.6% | 58.4% |
| Mountlake Terrace Elementary Mountlake Terrace | 426 | 55.4% | 40.1% |
| N.E. Tacoma Elementary School Tacoma | 418 | 53.8% | 49.9% |
| Evergreen Heights Elementary AUBURN | 457 | 54.0% | 49.1% |
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 Sierra Heights Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #716 of 936 | #222 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #794 of 1,103 ▼ 104 | #219 of 281 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #937 of 1,102 ▼ 74 | #241 of 280 ▼ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.5pp | #41 of 928 | #14 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 323 | #886 of 1,268 | #236 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #326 of 1,085 | #76 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.1% | #220 of 1,088 | #121 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.9% | #555 of 1,169 | #100 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -44.9% | #16 of 778 | #10 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
323
-135 (-29%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 484
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 323 | 21.6 | 14.9:1 | 54% (174) |
| 2023-24 | 337 | 24 | 14.1:1 | 55% (186) |
| 2022-23 | 434 | 27.8 | 15.6:1 | 47% (205) |
| 2020-21 | 458 | 30 | 15.3:1 | 43% (197) |
| 2017-18 | 586 | 32.6 | 18.0:1 | 45% (261) |
| 2015-16 | 636 | 37 | 17.2:1 | 42% (267) |
| 2010-11 | 608 | 28 | 21.7:1 | 50% (301) |
| 2000-01 | 494 | 21 | 23.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 484 | 20 | 24.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sierra Heights Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 45% (586 to 323); teachers down 34% (32.6 to 21.6).
About Sierra Heights Elementary School
This page covers Sierra Heights Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school in Renton, Washington. There are 323 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5.
Renton School District, which runs Sierra Heights Elementary School, has 29 schools and 14,873 students.
Hispanic students account for 43% of enrollment at Sierra Heights Elementary School, more than any other group. Other students are 22% White, 17% Asian, 10% multiracial, and 7% Black. By comparison, King County residents are about 11% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Sierra Heights Elementary School scores 72%.
Its staff includes 21.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 14.9 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Washington, 17.3:1, is higher. Sierra Heights Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 54%. Among public schools in King County, the average eligibility rate is 38%.
Sierra Heights Elementary School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 5% of Washington public elementary schools.
Compared with Washington schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Sierra Heights Elementary School's results are 8.7 points below predicted: 35.3% against 44.1%.
In the wider King County area, the median household earns about $124,746 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Across King County, 544 public schools serve about 278,492 students.
Meadow Crest Early Childhood Education Center is the nearest public school to Sierra Heights Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Sierra Heights Elementary School comes in 6th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale: City: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment fell 29% over 4 years, reaching 323 in 2024-25.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Sierra Heights Elementary School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Renton School District
- Hazen Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,796 students
- Renton Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,208 students
- Lindbergh Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,201 students
- Nelsen Middle SchoolMiddle · 913 students
- McKnight Middle SchoolMiddle · 811 students
- Vera Risdon Middle SchoolMiddle · 751 students
Other schools in Renton
- Hazen Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,796 students
- Liberty Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,495 students
- Renton Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,208 students
- Lindbergh Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,201 students
- Nelsen Middle SchoolMiddle · 913 students
- Northwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 911 students
Nearby schools
- Meadow Crest Early Childhood Education Center0.8 mi · 490
- Newcastle Elementary School0.9 mi · 451
- Hilltop Heritage Elementary School1.0 mi · 576
- McKnight Middle School1.0 mi · 811
- Hazen Senior High School1.1 mi · 1,796
- Honey Dew Elementary1.3 mi · 276
Frequently asked questions
About Sierra Heights Elementary SchoolHow large is Sierra Heights Elementary School?
Sierra Heights Elementary School enrolls approximately 323 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Sierra Heights Elementary School serve?
Sierra Heights Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Sierra Heights Elementary School?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at Sierra Heights Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sierra Heights Elementary School?
At Sierra Heights Elementary School, the student body is approximately 22% White, 43% Hispanic, 7% Black, 17% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Sierra Heights Elementary School public or private?
Sierra Heights Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Renton School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.