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What's something View Ridge Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
497
Elementary
DISTRICT 549 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EVERETT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530267000410
View Ridge Elementary
202 Alder St., Everett, WA 98203 · (425) 385-5400 · Snohomish County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL497 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
301 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 2 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
53.6%
WA avg 58.4% . -8.8pp since 2014
Math
54.8%
WA avg 51.2% . -6.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.6% | 54.8% |
| 2023-24 | 64.3% | 57.6% |
| 2022-23 | 61.5% | 55.6% |
| 2021-22 | 59.8% | 55.8% |
| 2018-19 | 68.7% | 61.4% |
| 2017-18 | 65.8% | 61.0% |
| 2016-17 | 61.2% | 65.3% |
| 2015-16 | 59.2% | 53.3% |
| 2014-15 | 62.4% | 60.8% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
59.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.6%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 40% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in Washington's top 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 View Ridge Elementary
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| View Ridge Elementary this school | 497 | 60.6% | 59.7% |
| Image Elementary School Vancouver | 446 | 61.4% | N/A |
| Endeavour Elementary School Vancouver | 471 | 62.0% | N/A |
| Edward Zeiger Elem Puyallup | 500 | 57.4% | 44.1% |
| Skyline Elementary School Ferndale | 496 | 56.5% | 45.1% |
| Burton Elementary School Vancouver | 452 | 58.2% | 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 View Ridge Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #263 of 936 | #39 of 105 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #348 of 1,103 ▼ 57 | #46 of 106 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #435 of 1,102 ▼ 199 | #58 of 106 ▼ 28 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.6pp | #190 of 928 | #9 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 497 | #298 of 1,268 | #56 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #904 of 1,085 | #91 of 109 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.6% | #272 of 1,088 | #35 of 110 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.6% | #438 of 1,169 | #26 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #426 of 778 | #20 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
497
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 491
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 497 | 28.5 | 17.4:1 | 61% (301) |
| 2023-24 | 467 | 31.3 | 14.9:1 | 57% (268) |
| 2022-23 | 480 | 29 | 16.6:1 | 53% (253) |
| 2020-21 | 501 | 32 | 15.7:1 | 39% (196) |
| 2017-18 | 587 | 33.5 | 17.5:1 | 35% (203) |
| 2015-16 | 563 | 30 | 18.8:1 | 41% (232) |
| 2010-11 | 575 | 36 | 16.0:1 | 31% (181) |
| 2000-01 | 549 | 34 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 491 | 26 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for View Ridge Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (587 to 497); teachers down 15% (33.5 to 28.5).
About View Ridge Elementary
View Ridge Elementary is one of the public schools in Everett, Washington. It is a mid-sized elementary school. Its enrollment is 497 students, spread over pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in Washington enroll around 380, and this school is 31% larger than that mark.
The 32 schools of Everett School District, including View Ridge Elementary, enroll 20,489 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at View Ridge Elementary is White, with 45% of students. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 8% Asian, and 4% Black. The county population is about 64% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 71, compared with 70 nationally.
View Ridge Elementary has 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 17.4:1. The ratio is within a point of the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 61%. That is higher than the 41% average for public schools in Snohomish County.
In Washington, View Ridge Elementary is one of the top 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 59.7% compared with a predicted 39.6%.
In the surrounding county, Snohomish County, the median household earns about $111,246 a year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting View Ridge Elementary, Snohomish County has 227 public schools.
A public school about 0.8 miles away, Madison Elementary, is the closest to View Ridge Elementary. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 45.8%, lower than View Ridge Elementary's 59.7%.
NCES describes the area around View Ridge Elementary as City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school's size has been steady, with 501 students in 2020-21 and 497 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 15.7:1 to 17.4:1.
This page collects posts and questions about View Ridge Elementary, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Everett School District
- Henry M. Jackson High SchoolHigh · 2,148 students
- Cascade High SchoolHigh · 1,651 students
- Everett High SchoolHigh · 1,643 students
- Gateway Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,057 students
- Heatherwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,031 students
- Eisenhower Middle SchoolMiddle · 914 students
Other schools in Everett
- Mariner High SchoolHigh · 2,106 students
- Cascade High SchoolHigh · 1,651 students
- Everett High SchoolHigh · 1,643 students
- Gateway Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,057 students
- Eisenhower Middle SchoolMiddle · 914 students
- Voyager Middle SchoolMiddle · 902 students
Other View Ridge Elementary schools
One other US public school is named View Ridge Elementary. View Ridge Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- View Ridge Elementary SchoolSEATTLE, WA · 290 students
Nearby schools
- Madison Elementary0.8 mi · 405
- Jackson Elementary School1.2 mi · 322
- Lowell Elementary1.3 mi · 531
- Port Gardner1.5 mi · 88
- Sequoia High School1.5 mi · 145
- Everett Reengagement Academy1.5 mi · 183
Frequently asked questions
About View Ridge ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at View Ridge Elementary?
View Ridge Elementary enrolls approximately 497 students in grades PK-05.
Is View Ridge Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
View Ridge Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does View Ridge Elementary have?
View Ridge Elementary employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at View Ridge Elementary?
At View Ridge Elementary, the student body is approximately 45% White, 24% Hispanic, 4% Black, 8% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is View Ridge Elementary in?
View Ridge Elementary is part of Everett School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.