Enrollment
382
Elementary
DISTRICT 433 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FEDERAL WAY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530282002255
Silver Lake Elementary School
1310 SW 325TH ST, FEDERAL WAY, WA 98023 · (253) 945-3900 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL382 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of Washington public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-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
16.3:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
285 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
80%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 79% · 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
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Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
36.4%
WA avg 58.4% . -7.5pp since 2014
Math
33.5%
WA avg 51.2% . -6.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 36 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.4% | 33.5% |
| 2023-24 | 25.1% | 21.8% |
| 2022-23 | 35.6% | 24.5% |
| 2021-22 | 35.3% | 24.4% |
| 2018-19 | 44.0% | 35.8% |
| 2017-18 | 43.2% | 37.5% |
| 2016-17 | 41.3% | 38.0% |
| 2015-16 | 44.1% | 32.9% |
| 2014-15 | 43.9% | 39.7% |
% 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
28.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Silver Lake Elementary School
Silver Lake Elementary School's state test result (28.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Lake Elementary School this school | 382 | 74.6% | 28.9% |
| Manitou Park Elementary School Tacoma | 429 | 76.0% | 27.3% |
| Arlington Elementary School Tacoma | 390 | 75.9% | 24.0% |
| Twin Lakes Elementary School FEDERAL WAY | 371 | 72.5% | 47.1% |
| Edison Elementary School Tacoma | 413 | 70.9% | 37.0% |
| Beverly Park Elem at Glendale Seattle | 411 | 77.1% | 26.0% |
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 Silver Lake Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #813 of 936 | #244 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #814 of 1,103 ▲ 188 | #222 of 281 ▲ 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #836 of 1,102 ▲ 179 | #223 of 280 ▲ 37 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.1pp | #253 of 928 | #62 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 382 | #702 of 1,268 | #200 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #658 of 1,085 | #166 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 80.3% | #18 of 1,088 | #9 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.6% | #183 of 1,169 | #28 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.7% | #537 of 778 | #163 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
382
+20 (+6%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 638
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 382 | 23.5 | 16.3:1 | 75% (285) |
| 2023-24 | 381 | 22.7 | 16.8:1 | 82% (314) |
| 2022-23 | 373 | 23.5 | 15.9:1 | 76% (284) |
| 2020-21 | 362 | 24 | 15.1:1 | 71% (257) |
| 2017-18 | 428 | 25.5 | 16.8:1 | 67% (286) |
| 2015-16 | 399 | 23 | 17.4:1 | 63% (253) |
| 2010-11 | 386 | 25 | 15.4:1 | 42% (161) |
| 2000-01 | 604 | 30 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 638 | 23 | 27.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Silver Lake Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (428 to 382); teachers down 8% (25.5 to 23.5).
About Silver Lake Elementary School
Silver Lake Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of FEDERAL WAY, Washington. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 382 students enrolled.
Silver Lake Elementary School reports to Federal Way School District, which has 43 schools and 22,250 students.
No group is above 50% at Silver Lake Elementary School; the largest is Hispanic, at 31%. Other reported shares: 20% Black, 15% White, 13% Pacific Islander, and 12% multiracial. King County's residents are about 11% Hispanic, 20 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Silver Lake Elementary School scores 80%.
Classroom staffing at Silver Lake Elementary School totals 23.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Washington is 17.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Silver Lake Elementary School is about 75%. Public schools in King County average 38%.
Silver Lake Elementary School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 20% of Washington public elementary schools.
Test results at Silver Lake Elementary School are 1.2 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (28.9% actual, 30.1% predicted).
Looking at the county, King County, the median household earns about $124,746 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Counting Silver Lake Elementary School, King County has 544 public schools.
Silver Lake Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Employment Transition Program, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Silver Lake Elementary School is ahead of the 26.9% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 8.
Silver Lake Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 382, from 362 in 2020-21. The school's ratio increased from 15.1:1 to 16.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The discussion board for Silver Lake Elementary School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates 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 Federal Way School District
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,810 students
- Federal Way High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Todd Beamer High SchoolHigh · 1,412 students
- Decatur High SchoolHigh · 1,352 students
- Evergreen Middle SchoolMiddle · 810 students
- Kilo Middle SchoolMiddle · 669 students
Other schools in FEDERAL WAY
- Federal Way High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Todd Beamer High SchoolHigh · 1,412 students
- Decatur High SchoolHigh · 1,352 students
- Sacajawea Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Illahee Middle SchoolMiddle · 655 students
- Lakota Middle SchoolMiddle · 645 students
Other Silver Lake Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 8 states are named Silver Lake Elementary. Silver Lake Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 9.
- Silver Lake ElementaryEverett, WA · 550 students
- Silver Lake ElementaryEAGLE MOUNTAIN, UT · 870 students
- Silver Lake Elementary SchoolMiddletown, DE · 552 students
- Silver Lake ElementaryRENO, NV · 491 students
- Silver Lake Elementary SchoolGRAPEVINE, TX · 450 students
Nearby schools
- Employment Transition Program0.6 mi · 62
- Lakota Middle School0.7 mi · 645
- Olympic View Elementary School0.7 mi · 547
- Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie0.9 mi · 532
- Decatur High School0.9 mi · 1,352
- Lake Grove Elementary School1.2 mi · 390
Frequently asked questions
About Silver Lake Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Silver Lake Elementary School?
Silver Lake Elementary School enrolls approximately 382 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Silver Lake Elementary School serve?
Silver Lake Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Silver Lake Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Silver Lake Elementary School is approximately 16.3:1 (24 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Silver Lake Elementary School?
Silver Lake Elementary School reports a student body of 15% White, 31% Hispanic, 20% Black, 9% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Silver Lake Elementary School?
Silver Lake Elementary School is overseen by Federal Way School District in King County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.