Silver Lake Elementary

Silver Lake Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in Everett, Washington, run under Everett School District. The school caters to 550 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 380 students per school, that is 45% bigger than typical.

Silver Lake Elementary is one of 32 schools operated by Everett School District, a district that caters to 20,489 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Silver Lake Elementary reports that the largest single group is White at 39%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 23% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 12% multiracial, 6% Black. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Silver Lake Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Snohomish County (around 41%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Silver Lake Elementary sits in the top 10% of Washington schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 32.3%; actual is 55.2%, +22.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Snohomish County put median household earnings sit near $111,246, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Snohomish County runs 227 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,688 students), of which Silver Lake Elementary is one.

Henry M. Jackson High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Silver Lake Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 58.6%.

Silver Lake Elementary operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Silver Lake Elementary's enrollment has decreased 24% since 2018, when it stood at 728 (now 550). Over the same period, the White share declined from 47% to 39%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Silver Lake Elementary community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.