Enrollment
412
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SNOHOMISH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530802002432
Totem Falls
14211 Snohomish-Cascade Drive, Snohomish, WA 98296 · (360) 563-4750 · Snohomish County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL412 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
45 students
DISTRICT 28% · 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 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 62 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 11% larger than its 6th grade class (62).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
72.0%
WA avg 58.4% . -4.7pp since 2014
Math
69.7%
WA avg 51.2% . -0.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 69.7% |
| 2023-24 | 68.0% | 67.1% |
| 2022-23 | 70.9% | 66.1% |
| 2021-22 | 65.1% | 66.1% |
| 2018-19 | 74.4% | 78.5% |
| 2017-18 | 78.3% | 73.9% |
| 2016-17 | 77.6% | 77.3% |
| 2015-16 | 76.8% | 80.9% |
| 2014-15 | 76.6% | 70.5% |
% 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
71.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.9%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Totem Falls
Totem Falls's state test result (71.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Totem Falls this school | 412 | 10.9% | 71.4% |
| Wellington Elementary Woodinville | 380 | 12.9% | 75.5% |
| Carl Sandburg Elementary Kirkland | 391 | 8.7% | 74.1% |
| Frantz Coe Elementary School SEATTLE | 467 | 11.1% | 88.6% |
| Henry David Thoreau Elementary Kirkland | 404 | 16.1% | 72.2% |
| Grass Valley Elementary Camas | 445 | 16.6% | 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 Totem Falls ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.4% | #124 of 936 | #14 of 105 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #130 of 1,103 ▲ 25 | #15 of 106 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #132 of 1,102 ▲ 49 | #17 of 106 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.2pp | #251 of 928 | #28 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 412 | #594 of 1,268 | #91 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #269 of 1,085 | #25 of 109 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.0% | #543 of 1,088 | #77 of 110 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.9% | #1,118 of 1,169 | #112 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.2% | #649 of 778 | #54 of 68 |
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
412
-9 (-2%) vs 2020
-39% since 2000-01, when it was 671
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 412 | 28.1 | 14.7:1 | 11% (45) |
| 2023-24 | 441 | 28.5 | 15.5:1 | 11% (48) |
| 2022-23 | 393 | 28.1 | 14.0:1 | 11% (45) |
| 2020-21 | 421 | 29 | 14.5:1 | 8% (35) |
| 2017-18 | 439 | 26.4 | 16.6:1 | 7% (31) |
| 2015-16 | 446 | 23 | 19.4:1 | 7% (32) |
| 2010-11 | 520 | 27 | 19.3:1 | 5% (28) |
| 2000-01 | 671 | 31 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Totem Falls.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (439 to 412); teachers up 6% (26.4 to 28.1).
About Totem Falls
Totem Falls is an elementary school in Snohomish, Washington, reachable at (360) 563-4750. It reports enrollment of 412 students in kindergarten through 6.
Besides Totem Falls, Snohomish School District runs 17 other schools. The district enrolls 9,732 students.
Of every 100 students at Totem Falls, about 60 are White. The rest of enrollment is 19% Asian, 11% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 3% Black. The diversity index for Totem Falls is 59%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 28.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 14.7 students per teacher. The gap from the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington is 2.6 students per teacher. Roughly 11% of students at Totem Falls can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 41% average for public schools in Snohomish County, the school's rate is lower.
Test results at Totem Falls are 1.4 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (71.4% actual, 72.9% predicted).
The school is in Snohomish County, where median household income comes to about $111,246, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Snohomish County's 227 public schools enroll about 118,688 students and include Totem Falls.
The closest school to Totem Falls is Silver Firs Elementary, located about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Totem Falls at 4th of 9.
Totem Falls falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 412, close to the 421 recorded in 2020-21.
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Snohomish County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
844,430
Census ACS
Median income
$111,246
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
227
118,688 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Snohomish School District
- Glacier Peak High SchoolHigh · 1,642 students
- Snohomish High SchoolHigh · 1,496 students
- Centennial Middle SchoolMiddle · 734 students
- Dutch Hill ElementaryElementary · 694 students
- Little Cedars Elementary SchoolElementary · 646 students
- Valley View Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
Other schools in Snohomish
- Glacier Peak High SchoolHigh · 1,642 students
- Snohomish High SchoolHigh · 1,496 students
- Centennial Middle SchoolMiddle · 734 students
- Dutch Hill ElementaryElementary · 694 students
- Little Cedars Elementary SchoolElementary · 646 students
- Valley View Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
Nearby schools
- Silver Firs Elementary0.4 mi · 538
- Little Cedars Elementary School0.5 mi · 646
- Glacier Peak High School0.5 mi · 1,642
- Forest View Elementary School0.9 mi · 634
- Gateway Middle School1.0 mi · 1,057
- Seattle Hill Elementary1.3 mi · 567
Frequently asked questions
About Totem FallsHow many students attend Totem Falls?
Totem Falls enrolls approximately 412 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Totem Falls serve?
Totem Falls serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Totem Falls have?
Totem Falls employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
How diverse is Totem Falls?
Totem Falls reports a student body of 60% White, 7% Hispanic, 3% Black, 19% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Totem Falls?
Totem Falls is overseen by Snohomish School District in Snohomish County.
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