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What's the biggest difference between Tukwila Elementary and what you expected?
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Enrollment
458
Elementary
DISTRICT 442 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TUKWILA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530813001344
Tukwila Elementary
5939 S 149TH ST, TUKWILA, WA 98168 · (206) 901-7500 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL458 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of Washington public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
327 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 51%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 33 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Tukwila Elementary→Showalter Middle School
Based on grade levels within Tukwila School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
43.7%
WA avg 58.4% . -4.8pp since 2014
Math
38.8%
WA avg 51.2% . -10.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 are down about 11 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.7% | 38.8% |
| 2023-24 | 44.7% | 29.7% |
| 2022-23 | 38.7% | 33.2% |
| 2021-22 | 36.5% | 29.9% |
| 2018-19 | 52.1% | 48.6% |
| 2017-18 | 47.8% | 44.5% |
| 2016-17 | 42.6% | 42.6% |
| 2015-16 | 46.1% | 46.1% |
| 2014-15 | 48.5% | 49.8% |
% 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
39.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Tukwila Elementary
Tukwila Elementary's state test result (39.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tukwila Elementary this school | 458 | 71.4% | 39.9% |
| White Center Heights Elementary Seattle | 527 | 75.1% | 32.0% |
| Beverly Park Elem at Glendale Seattle | 411 | 77.1% | 26.0% |
| Enterprise Elementary School FEDERAL WAY | 450 | 67.8% | 32.2% |
| Cascade Elementary School Renton | 434 | 63.8% | 38.8% |
| Lake Hills Elementary Bellevue | 498 | 66.3% | 36.9% |
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 Tukwila Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #634 of 936 | #204 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #692 of 1,103 ▲ 168 | #202 of 281 ▲ 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #659 of 1,102 ▼ 51 | #191 of 280 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.0pp | #133 of 928 | #28 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 458 | #419 of 1,268 | #114 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.4:1 | #1,068 of 1,085 | #273 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.7% | #98 of 1,088 | #53 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.4% | #236 of 1,169 | #43 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.5% | #420 of 778 | #134 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
458
-20 (-4%) vs 2020
+38% since 1990-91, when it was 332
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 458 | 22.5 | 20.4:1 | 71% (327) |
| 2023-24 | 448 | 30.3 | 14.8:1 | 75% (334) |
| 2022-23 | 450 | 31.2 | 14.4:1 | 74% (332) |
| 2020-21 | 478 | 31 | 15.4:1 | 64% (307) |
| 2017-18 | 542 | 31.6 | 17.2:1 | 66% (357) |
| 2015-16 | 560 | 32 | 17.5:1 | 68% (383) |
| 2010-11 | 545 | 29 | 18.8:1 | 72% (393) |
| 2000-01 | 377 | 22 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 332 | 15 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tukwila Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (542 to 458); teachers down 29% (31.6 to 22.5).
About Tukwila Elementary
A mid-sized elementary school in TUKWILA, Washington, Tukwila Elementary is part of Tukwila School District. Enrollment totals 458 students across pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 21% larger than the 380-student average for elementary schools in Washington.
Tukwila School District counts 5 schools and 2,886 students, including Tukwila Elementary.
The largest group at Tukwila Elementary is Hispanic students, at 36%. Smaller groups are 20% Black, 20% Asian, 13% White, and 8% multiracial. For comparison, the population of King County is roughly 11% Hispanic. The diversity index for Tukwila Elementary is 77%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 20.4:1. The gap from the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington is 3.1 students per teacher. The school reported 71% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 33 points above the 38% average for public schools in King County.
Tukwila Elementary holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 56% of Washington public elementary schools.
Tukwila Elementary is 7.6 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (39.9% versus 32.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Washington.
The school is in King County, where the median household earns about $124,746 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Tukwila Elementary shares King County with 543 other public schools.
A public school about 0.8 miles away, Thorndyke Elementary, is the closest to Tukwila Elementary. Tukwila Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Tukwila Elementary ranks 3rd on proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 458, from 478 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.4:1 to 20.4:1 over the same years.
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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 Tukwila School District
- Foster Senior High SchoolHigh · 910 students
- Showalter Middle SchoolMiddle · 651 students
- Cascade View ElementaryElementary · 481 students
- Thorndyke ElementaryElementary · 386 students
- Gateway to CollegeHigh
- Renton Technical CollegeHigh
Other schools in TUKWILA
- Foster Senior High SchoolHigh · 910 students
- Impact Public SchoolsElementary · 505 students
- Cascade View ElementaryElementary · 481 students
- Raisbeck Aviation High SchoolHigh · 400 students
- Tukwila Online LearningHigh
Nearby schools
- Thorndyke Elementary0.8 mi · 386
- Showalter Middle School0.8 mi · 651
- Foster Senior High School1.1 mi · 910
- Impact Public Schools1.4 mi · 505
- Talley High School1.5 mi · 248
- McMicken Heights Elementary1.6 mi · 484
Frequently asked questions
About Tukwila ElementaryHow many students attend Tukwila Elementary?
Tukwila Elementary enrolls approximately 458 students in grades PK-05.
Is Tukwila Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Tukwila Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Tukwila Elementary have?
Tukwila Elementary employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tukwila Elementary?
At Tukwila Elementary, the student body is approximately 13% White, 36% Hispanic, 20% Black, 20% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Tukwila Elementary public or private?
Tukwila Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Tukwila School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.