Stevens Elementary School

Stevens Elementary School is an elementary campus of one-room-style scale in SEATTLE, Washington, overseen by Seattle School District No. 1, serveing 150 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 61% smaller than 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. Stevens Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Stevens Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 16% multiracial, 15% Hispanic, 10% Black, 5% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Stevens Elementary School logs 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Stevens Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Stevens Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 57.4%; this one delivers 71.3%, a residual of +13.9 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (King County) reports that median household income runs about $124,746, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, King County runs 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), of which Stevens Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Montlake Elementary School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Stevens Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 53.8%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 48%: 286 students in 2018 compared to 150 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 21% to 10%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

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