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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Stillwater Elementary administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
491
Elementary
DISTRICT 441 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVERVIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530456002258
Stillwater Elementary
11530 320th Ave NE, Carnation, WA 98014 · (425) 844-4680 · King County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL491 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
118 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Stillwater Elementary→Tolt Middle School
Based on grade levels within Riverview School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
61.2%
WA avg 58.4% . -3.4pp since 2014
Math
62.0%
WA avg 51.2% . -3.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.2% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.6% | 59.4% |
| 2022-23 | 61.1% | 54.0% |
| 2021-22 | 65.3% | 60.6% |
| 2018-19 | 74.0% | 63.0% |
| 2017-18 | 71.0% | 64.5% |
| 2016-17 | 70.0% | 69.6% |
| 2015-16 | 62.1% | 65.4% |
| 2014-15 | 64.6% | 65.5% |
% 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
62.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Stillwater Elementary
Stillwater Elementary's state test result (62.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stillwater Elementary this school | 491 | 24.0% | 62.6% |
| Poulsbo Elementary School Poulsbo | 487 | 27.1% | 69.3% |
| Woodburn Elementary Camas | 553 | 24.6% | N/A |
| Cathcart Elementary Snohomish | 497 | 28.4% | 62.4% |
| Riverview Elementary Snohomish | 489 | 25.4% | 51.0% |
| Helen Baller Elem Camas | 487 | 21.8% | N/A |
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 Stillwater Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.6% | #219 of 936 | #124 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #231 of 1,103 ▲ 36 | #122 of 281 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #271 of 1,102 ▲ 57 | #124 of 280 ▲ 18 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.3pp | #310 of 928 | #99 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 491 | #319 of 1,268 | #85 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #608 of 1,085 | #150 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.9% | #700 of 1,088 | #249 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.0% | #996 of 1,169 | #182 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.8% | #195 of 257 | #38 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
491
+19 (+4%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 490
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 491 | 30.6 | 16.0:1 | 24% (118) |
| 2023-24 | 522 | 29.2 | 17.9:1 | 24% (127) |
| 2022-23 | 482 | 27 | 17.9:1 | 20% (96) |
| 2020-21 | 472 | 28 | 16.9:1 | 11% (54) |
| 2017-18 | 473 | 23.5 | 20.1:1 | 13% (63) |
| 2015-16 | 459 | 23 | 20.0:1 | 17% (77) |
| 2010-11 | 447 | 21 | 21.3:1 | 13% (60) |
| 2000-01 | 439 | 24 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 490 | 26 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stillwater Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (473 to 491); teachers up 30% (23.5 to 30.6).
About Stillwater Elementary
Stillwater Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Carnation, Washington. In all, 491 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 29% larger than the 380-student average for elementary schools in Washington.
Riverview School District has a total of 7 schools and 2,996 students, Stillwater Elementary among them.
About 65% of the student body at Stillwater Elementary is White. Other students are 17% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 7% Asian. By comparison, King County residents are about 55% White. A diversity index of 53% means there is a 53% chance two randomly chosen students at Stillwater Elementary are from different groups.
The school's 30.6 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1. The average for elementary schools in Washington is 17.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. At Stillwater Elementary, 24% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in King County average 38%.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 64.1% at Stillwater Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 62.6%.
The school is in King County, where the median household earns about $124,746 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Stillwater Elementary shares King County with 543 other public schools.
Cedarcrest High School, about 3.1 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 7. Stillwater Elementary is 4th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
Federal enrollment counts increased from 472 (2020-21) to 491 (2024-25).
People who know Stillwater Elementary can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Riverview School District
- Cedarcrest High SchoolHigh · 889 students
- Tolt Middle SchoolMiddle · 633 students
- Cherry Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 445 students
- Carnation Elementary SchoolElementary · 388 students
- PARADECombined · 86 students
- CLIPHigh · 64 students
Other schools in Carnation
- Tolt Middle SchoolMiddle · 633 students
- Carnation Elementary SchoolElementary · 388 students
- PARADECombined · 86 students
- CLIPHigh · 64 students
- ChoiceHigh
Other Stillwater Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Stillwater Elementary. Stillwater Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- STILLWATER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSTILLWATER, NY · 505 students
Nearby schools
- Cedarcrest High School3.1 mi · 889
- CLIP3.3 mi · 64
- PARADE3.3 mi · 86
- Carnation Elementary School3.4 mi · 388
- Tolt Middle School4.0 mi · 633
- Cherry Valley Elementary School4.7 mi · 445
Frequently asked questions
About Stillwater ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Stillwater Elementary?
Stillwater Elementary enrolls approximately 491 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Stillwater Elementary serve?
Stillwater Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Stillwater Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Stillwater Elementary is approximately 16.0:1 (31 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Stillwater Elementary?
Stillwater Elementary reports a student body of 65% White, 17% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Stillwater Elementary public or private?
Stillwater Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Riverview School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.