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What's the most underrated thing about Somerset Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
741
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLEVUE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530039000087
Somerset Elementary School
14100 Somerset Boulevard SE, Bellevue, WA 98006 · (425) 456-5800 · King County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL741 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
57 students
DISTRICT 26% · 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 | 76 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 137 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 129 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 167 | 23% |
| Grade 5 | 142 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 46% smaller than its 5th grade class (142).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
91.8%
WA avg 58.4% . +8.2pp since 2014
Math
91.9%
WA avg 51.2% . +2.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 92 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 92 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 91.8% | 91.9% |
| 2023-24 | 89.6% | 91.9% |
| 2022-23 | 87.8% | 89.8% |
| 2021-22 | 90.9% | 90.2% |
| 2018-19 | 93.1% | 91.3% |
| 2017-18 | 89.8% | 89.6% |
| 2016-17 | 91.3% | 91.2% |
| 2015-16 | 90.8% | 93.4% |
| 2014-15 | 83.5% | 89.1% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
91.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 91% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 75% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Washington's top 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 Somerset Elementary School
Somerset Elementary School's state test result (91.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somerset Elementary School this school | 741 | 7.7% | 91.2% |
| Fernwood Elementary Bothell | 714 | 6.0% | 85.0% |
| Louisa May Alcott Elementary Redmond | 615 | 5.4% | 86.3% |
| Medina Elementary School MEDINA | 591 | 5.6% | 92.5% |
| Jing Mei Elementary School Bellevue | 577 | 10.1% | 84.5% |
| Tambark Creek Elementary School Bothell | 740 | 11.1% | 88.2% |
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 Somerset Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 91.2% | #4 of 936 | #4 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 91.9% | #7 of 1,103 ▼ 1 | #7 of 281 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 91.8% | #6 of 1,102 ▲ 5 | #6 of 280 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.3pp | #478 of 928 | #130 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 741 | #19 of 1,268 | #3 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #1,047 of 1,085 | #270 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.2% | #884 of 1,088 | #278 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.7% | #1,142 of 1,169 | #268 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.8% | #212 of 257 | #44 of 54 |
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
741
+111 (+18%) vs 2020
+49% since 1990-91, when it was 496
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 18.0:1
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 | 741 | 38.6 | 19.2:1 | 8% (57) |
| 2023-24 | 714 | 33.4 | 21.4:1 | 7% (49) |
| 2022-23 | 623 | 31.9 | 19.5:1 | 8% (50) |
| 2020-21 | 630 | 35 | 18.0:1 | 4% (23) |
| 2017-18 | 721 | 35.3 | 20.4:1 | 5% (39) |
| 2015-16 | 733 | 37 | 19.8:1 | 5% (34) |
| 2010-11 | 597 | 27 | 22.1:1 | 9% (51) |
| 2000-01 | 532 | 24 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 496 | 21 | 23.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Somerset Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (721 to 741); teachers up 9% (35.3 to 38.6).
About Somerset Elementary School
Somerset Elementary School is an elementary school in Bellevue, Washington, according to federal school records. The school's 741 students are in kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Washington average about 380 students each.
Bellevue School District is the district for Somerset Elementary School. It has 30 schools and 20,339 students.
Asian students are the majority at Somerset Elementary School, with 74% of enrollment. Other groups include 11% White, 10% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. The county population is about 21% Asian. Pick two students at random and there is a 42% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 38.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 19.2:1. That is 1.9 students per teacher above the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 8%. The average for public schools in King County is 38%.
Somerset Elementary School scores 16.2 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 91.2% actual versus 75.0% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Washington schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the county around the school, King County, the median household income is $124,746, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 544 public schools in King County, enrolling about 278,492 students in all.
The nearest other public school, Tyee Middle School, is about 0.8 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Somerset Elementary School is 1st of 8 nearby schools with test data.
NCES describes the area around Somerset Elementary School as City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Somerset Elementary School's enrollment grew from 630 in 2020-21 to 741 in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (19.2:1) than in 2020-21 (18.0:1).
Discussions about Somerset Elementary School may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Bellevue School District
- Newport Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,850 students
- Bellevue High SchoolHigh · 1,683 students
- Interlake Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,611 students
- Sammamish Senior HighHigh · 1,363 students
- Tyee Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,007 students
- Odle Middle SchoolMiddle · 974 students
Other schools in Bellevue
- Newport Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,850 students
- Bellevue High SchoolHigh · 1,683 students
- Interlake Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,611 students
- Sammamish Senior HighHigh · 1,363 students
- Tyee Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,007 students
- Odle Middle SchoolMiddle · 974 students
Other Somerset Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Somerset Elementary. Somerset Elementary School is the largest of the 7.
- Somerset Elementary SchoolSOMERSET, TX · 716 students
- Somerset ElementarySomerset, WI · 577 students
- SOMERSET ELEMENTARYMENDOTA HEIGHTS, MN · 412 students
- Somerset ElementaryChevy Chase, MD · 314 students
- Somerset Elementary SchoolSomerset, OH · 264 students
Nearby schools
- Tyee Middle School0.8 mi · 1,007
- Newport Senior High School1.0 mi · 1,850
- Newport Heights Elementary1.4 mi · 549
- Cougar Ridge Elementary1.6 mi · 458
- Bellevue Big Picture School2.1 mi · 346
- Vera Risdon Middle School2.2 mi · 751
Frequently asked questions
About Somerset Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Somerset Elementary School?
Somerset Elementary School enrolls approximately 741 students in grades KG-05.
Is Somerset Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Somerset Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Somerset Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Somerset Elementary School is approximately 19.2:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Somerset Elementary School?
At Somerset Elementary School, the student body is approximately 11% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 74% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Somerset Elementary School in?
Somerset Elementary School is part of Bellevue School District.
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