Terminal Park Elementary School

Set in AUBURN, Washington, Terminal Park Elementary School is a roomy elementary-level community, part of Auburn School District. It educates 610 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 61% larger than the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 380 students.

Within Auburn School District, which oversees 26 schools and 18,174 students, Terminal Park Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Terminal Park Elementary School logs that 40% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 24% White, 10% Asian, 9% Black, 9% Pacific Islander. By comparison, King County as a whole is about 11% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Terminal Park Elementary School reports 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above King County's rate of about 38%.

After controlling for student poverty, Terminal Park Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.7%, the actual is 41.8%, a residual of +8.1 points.

In the broader community, census data for King County shows median household income runs about $124,746, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across King County's 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), Terminal Park Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Olympic Middle School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Terminal Park Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 31.3%.

Terminal Park Elementary School operates from a high-density location.

Five-year trend. Terminal Park Elementary School's enrollment has edged up 21% since 2018, when it stood at 503 (now 610). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 29% to 40% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.