Enrollment
445
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RENTON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530723001085
Talbot Hill Elementary School
2300 Talbot Rd S, Renton, WA 98055 · (425) 204-4900 · King County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL445 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
218 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 100 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is 20% larger than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
79%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 78% · 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
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Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
50.7%
WA avg 58.4% . -3.4pp since 2014
Math
53.1%
WA avg 51.2% . +0.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 have held steady.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.7% | 53.1% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 52.0% |
| 2022-23 | 56.2% | 50.5% |
| 2021-22 | 59.0% | 53.7% |
| 2018-19 | 51.9% | 48.1% |
| 2017-18 | 55.7% | 52.7% |
| 2016-17 | 51.3% | 53.1% |
| 2015-16 | 53.5% | 52.9% |
| 2014-15 | 54.0% | 52.8% |
% 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
50.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Talbot Hill Elementary School
Talbot Hill Elementary School's state test result (50.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talbot Hill Elementary School this school | 445 | 49.0% | 50.9% |
| Evergreen Heights Elementary AUBURN | 457 | 54.0% | 49.1% |
| Benson Hill Elementary School Renton | 477 | 50.1% | 40.0% |
| Covington Elementary School Covington | 456 | 52.0% | 46.7% |
| Oak Heights Elementary LYNNWOOD | 526 | 48.3% | 42.1% |
| Ardmore Elementary School Bellevue | 415 | 53.5% | 38.4% |
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 Talbot Hill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #415 of 936 | #164 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #385 of 1,103 ▲ 13 | #148 of 281 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #496 of 1,102 no change | #161 of 280 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.5pp | #163 of 928 | #50 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 445 | #467 of 1,268 | #130 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #698 of 1,085 | #178 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 78.9% | #45 of 1,088 | #26 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.0% | #659 of 1,169 | #117 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.0% | #379 of 778 | #120 of 220 |
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
445
+11 (+3%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 509
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 445 | 27 | 16.5:1 | 49% (218) |
| 2023-24 | 418 | 25.7 | 16.3:1 | 51% (214) |
| 2022-23 | 389 | 21.8 | 17.8:1 | 50% (195) |
| 2020-21 | 434 | 28 | 15.5:1 | 41% (177) |
| 2017-18 | 536 | 32.3 | 16.6:1 | 42% (225) |
| 2015-16 | 492 | 28 | 17.6:1 | 45% (222) |
| 2010-11 | 484 | 25 | 19.4:1 | 44% (212) |
| 2000-01 | 505 | 23 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 509 | 21 | 24.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Talbot Hill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (536 to 445); teachers down 16% (32.3 to 27).
About Talbot Hill Elementary School
Talbot Hill Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school found in Renton, Washington. The student body numbers 445 students, from kindergarten through 5.
Renton School District (29 schools, 14,873 students) runs Talbot Hill Elementary School.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Talbot Hill Elementary School. The largest is Hispanic students, at 29%. The next largest groups are 25% Asian, 17% White, 13% Black, and 12% multiracial. In King County overall, about 11% of residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 79%, meaning two students picked at random have a 79% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 16.5:1 comes from the school's 27 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. The lunch program counts 49% of students at Talbot Hill Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in King County is 38%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Talbot Hill Elementary School is +3.5 points: 50.9% actual, 47.3% predicted.
Census Bureau estimates for King County show that the median household income is $124,746, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. There are 544 public schools in King County, enrolling about 278,492 students in all.
Nelsen Middle School is the closest public school, about 0.6 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 50.9% average proficiency ranks 1st among 5 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school enrolled 445 students in 2024-25, 11 more than the 434 it had in 2020-21.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. 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 Renton School District
- Hazen Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,796 students
- Renton Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,208 students
- Lindbergh Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,201 students
- Nelsen Middle SchoolMiddle · 913 students
- McKnight Middle SchoolMiddle · 811 students
- Vera Risdon Middle SchoolMiddle · 751 students
Other schools in Renton
- Hazen Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,796 students
- Liberty Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,495 students
- Renton Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,208 students
- Lindbergh Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,201 students
- Nelsen Middle SchoolMiddle · 913 students
- Northwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 911 students
Nearby schools
- Nelsen Middle School0.6 mi · 913
- Renton Academy0.7 mi · 24
- Open Door Youth Reengagement0.7 mi · 50
- H.O.M.E. Program0.7 mi · 136
- Out Of District Facility1.2 mi · 10
- Cascade Elementary School1.2 mi · 434
Frequently asked questions
About Talbot Hill Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Talbot Hill Elementary School?
Talbot Hill Elementary School enrolls approximately 445 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Talbot Hill Elementary School serve?
Talbot Hill Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Talbot Hill Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Talbot Hill Elementary School is approximately 16.5:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Talbot Hill Elementary School?
At Talbot Hill Elementary School, the student body is approximately 17% White, 29% Hispanic, 13% Black, 25% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Talbot Hill Elementary School?
Talbot Hill Elementary School is overseen by Renton School District in King County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.