Thurgood Marshall Elementary

Thurgood Marshall Elementary is one of the moderately sized elementary campuss in SEATTLE, Washington, part of Seattle School District No. 1, with 500 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 32% bigger than the state mean of about 380.

Across the 107 schools in Seattle School District No. 1 (50,773 students total), Thurgood Marshall Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Thurgood Marshall Elementary lists that the most-represented group is White (29%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 22% Black, 18% Asian, 15% multiracial, 15% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 55% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Thurgood Marshall Elementary shows 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Roughly 39% of students at Thurgood Marshall Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Thurgood Marshall Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Washington public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 54.0%; Thurgood Marshall Elementary posts 73.1%, +19.1 points above that line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for King County put the typical household earns roughly $124,746 per year, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, King County runs 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), of which Thurgood Marshall Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Washington Middle School, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Thurgood Marshall Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 44.7%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 11%: 560 students in 2018 compared to 500 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 40% to 29% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

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