Enrollment
358
Elementary
DISTRICT 364 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ENUMCLAW SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530000100382
Southwood Elementary School
3240 McDougall Avenue, Enumclaw, WA 98022 · (360) 272-6537 · King County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL358 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.4:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
134 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 | 70 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
51.9%
WA avg 58.4% . -8.2pp since 2014
Math
50.8%
WA avg 51.2% . -1.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 1 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.9% | 50.8% |
| 2023-24 | 51.1% | 46.7% |
| 2022-23 | 56.7% | 49.7% |
| 2021-22 | 59.3% | 49.1% |
| 2018-19 | 69.3% | 54.7% |
| 2017-18 | 74.0% | 54.9% |
| 2016-17 | 66.7% | 51.3% |
| 2015-16 | 64.0% | 57.3% |
| 2014-15 | 60.1% | 52.0% |
% 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
51.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Southwood Elementary School
Southwood Elementary School's state test result (51.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwood Elementary School this school | 358 | 37.4% | 51.3% |
| Green Mountain Elementary BREMERTON | 360 | 38.6% | 54.3% |
| Fidalgo Elementary Anacortes | 339 | 36.6% | 64.2% |
| Valley View Elementary School Ellensburg | 408 | 37.3% | 59.5% |
| Edison Elementary EDISON | 390 | 38.7% | 55.3% |
| Richard Gordon Elementary Kingston | 361 | 35.7% | 56.9% |
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 Southwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #401 of 936 | #160 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #429 of 1,103 ▲ 74 | #161 of 281 ▲ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #467 of 1,102 ▲ 4 | #156 of 280 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.8pp | #237 of 928 | #73 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 358 | #777 of 1,268 | #212 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #677 of 1,085 | #173 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.6% | #927 of 1,088 | #281 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.4% | #839 of 1,169 | #142 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.5% | #66 of 257 | #21 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
358
+59 (+20%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 585
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 358 | 21.8 | 16.4:1 | 37% (134) |
| 2023-24 | 345 | 22.3 | 15.4:1 | 37% (126) |
| 2022-23 | 345 | 21.7 | 15.9:1 | 38% (130) |
| 2020-21 | 299 | 21 | 14.2:1 | 37% (111) |
| 2017-18 | 302 | 17.6 | 17.2:1 | 30% (92) |
| 2015-16 | 306 | 18 | 17.0:1 | 32% (98) |
| 2010-11 | 328 | 18 | 18.2:1 | 33% (109) |
| 2000-01 | 392 | 20 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 585 | 25 | 23.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (302 to 358); teachers up 24% (17.6 to 21.8).
About Southwood Elementary School
Among the schools in Enumclaw, Washington, is Southwood Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. The school's enrollment of 358 students covers kindergarten through 5.
Southwood Elementary School is one school in Enumclaw School District, a system of 10 schools with 4,564 students.
At Southwood Elementary School, White students make up 76% of the student body. The next largest groups are 15% Hispanic and 8% multiracial. The school's White share is 21 points above the 55% share among King County residents. The school's diversity index is 40%, meaning two students picked at random have a 40% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The teaching staff at Southwood Elementary School is 21.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 16.4:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. About 37% of students, or 134, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in King County average 38%.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Southwood Elementary School would be expected to post about 55.1%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 51.3%.
Within King County, the median household income is $124,746, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. In all, King County has 544 public schools and roughly 278,492 students.
The closest public school to Southwood Elementary School is Enumclaw Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Southwood Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Southwood Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Southwood Elementary School's enrollment climbed 20%, to 358. By 2024-25, the school had 16.4 students per teacher, compared with 14.2 in 2020-21.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Southwood Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome 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 Enumclaw School District
- Enumclaw Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,333 students
- Enumclaw Middle SchoolMiddle · 522 students
- Thunder Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 506 students
- Byron Kibler Elementary SchoolElementary · 442 students
- Black Diamond ElementaryElementary · 414 students
- Westwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 409 students
Other schools in Enumclaw
- Enumclaw Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,333 students
- Enumclaw Middle SchoolMiddle · 522 students
- Thunder Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 506 students
- Byron Kibler Elementary SchoolElementary · 442 students
- Westwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 409 students
- Sunrise ElementaryElementary · 382 students
Other Southwood Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 9 states are named Southwood Elementary. Southwood Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 10.
- Southwood ElementaryLexington, NC · 616 students
- SOUTHWOOD ELEMENTARYORLANDO, FL · 481 students
- Southwood Elementary SchoolWabash, IN · 458 students
- SOUTHWOOD ELEM.RAYTOWN, MO · 346 students
- SOUTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPINE BLUFF, AR · 345 students
Nearby schools
- Enumclaw Middle School0.2 mi · 522
- Sunrise Elementary0.2 mi · 382
- Special Ed School0.2 mi · 22
- Enumclaw Sr High School0.3 mi · 1,333
- Elk Ridge Elementary1.5 mi · 564
- JJ Smith Elementary1.6 mi · 176
Frequently asked questions
About Southwood Elementary SchoolHow large is Southwood Elementary School?
Southwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 358 students in grades KG-05.
Is Southwood Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Southwood Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Southwood Elementary School have?
Southwood Elementary School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Southwood Elementary School?
At Southwood Elementary School, the student body is approximately 76% White, 15% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Southwood Elementary School in?
Southwood Elementary School is part of Enumclaw School District.
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