South Shore PK-8 School

South Shore PK-8 School operates as an average-sized elementary campus in SEATTLE, Washington, one of the schools within Seattle School District No. 1. Current enrollment sits at 546 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 44% above the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 380 students.

Seattle School District No. 1 runs 107 schools in total, collectively educating 50,773 students. South Shore PK-8 School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, South Shore PK-8 School reports that the most-represented group is Black (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 19% White, 16% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 7%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above King County's rate of about 38%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), South Shore PK-8 School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.4%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (King County) logs that median household income runs about $124,746, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across King County's 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), South Shore PK-8 School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Alan T. Sugiyama High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, South Shore PK-8 School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 37.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 4%: 525 students in 2018 compared to 546 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 8% to 19% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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