Viewlands Elementary School

Viewlands Elementary School is a cozy primary school in SEATTLE, Washington, operated by Seattle School District No. 1. The school serves 290 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 24% below the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 380 students.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Viewlands Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is White (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 21% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 12% Black, 7% Asian. By comparison, King County as a whole is about 55% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Viewlands Elementary School logs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.8:1. The state averages about 17.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Viewlands Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.0%, the actual is 62.4%, a residual of +10.4 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for King County indicate the typical household earns roughly $124,746 per year, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, King County runs 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), of which Viewlands Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Whitman Middle School, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Viewlands Elementary School comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 69.1%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 30%: 414 students in 2018 compared to 290 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 49% to 44%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Viewlands Elementary School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.