Talbot Hill Elementary School

Talbot Hill Elementary School is one of the mid-tier elementary-level communitys in Renton, Washington, one of the schools within Renton School District, with 445 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Within Renton School District, which oversees 29 schools and 14,873 students, Talbot Hill Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Talbot Hill Elementary School reports that 29% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 25% Asian, 17% White, 13% Black, 12% multiracial. By comparison, King County as a whole is about 11% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Roughly 49% of students at Talbot Hill Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above King County's rate of about 38%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Talbot Hill Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.3%, the actual is 50.9%, a residual of +3.5 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (King County) logs that median household earnings sit near $124,746, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across King County's 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), Talbot Hill Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Nelsen Middle School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Talbot Hill Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Talbot Hill Elementary School at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 35.2%.

Talbot Hill Elementary School operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Talbot Hill Elementary School has fell 17%, going from 536 students in 2018 to 445 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 17% to 29% over that span.

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