Enrollment
290
Elementary
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1·NCES 530771003356
Viewlands Elementary School
10525 3 AV NW, SEATTLE, WA 98177 · (206) 252-4400 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL290 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
122 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 32% larger than its 5th grade class (37).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
57.8%
WA avg 58.4% . +6.8pp since 2014
Math
62.1%
WA avg 51.2% . +9.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.8% | 62.1% |
| 2023-24 | 62.8% | 64.2% |
| 2022-23 | 58.1% | 56.9% |
| 2021-22 | 54.6% | 59.5% |
| 2018-19 | 57.9% | 49.1% |
| 2017-18 | 52.3% | 45.8% |
| 2016-17 | 43.0% | 50.0% |
| 2015-16 | 48.6% | 44.3% |
| 2014-15 | 51.0% | 52.3% |
% 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
62.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Viewlands Elementary School
Viewlands Elementary School's state test result (62.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viewlands Elementary School this school | 290 | 42.1% | 62.4% |
| Olympic View Elementary School SEATTLE | 341 | 39.3% | 55.2% |
| Bryant Montessori School Tacoma | 313 | 49.8% | 38.1% |
| Meriwether Elementary School JBLM Lewis North | 240 | 45.8% | 58.4% |
| Grove Elementary Marysville | 392 | 46.4% | 40.7% |
| Parkwood Elementary Shoreline | 390 | 43.3% | 65.5% |
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 Viewlands Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #224 of 936 | #126 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #228 of 1,103 ▼ 36 | #121 of 281 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #347 of 1,102 ▼ 84 | #139 of 280 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.8pp | #389 of 928 | #99 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 290 | #977 of 1,268 | #258 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #951 of 1,085 | #243 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.7% | #232 of 1,088 | #125 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.1% | #773 of 1,169 | #129 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.0% | #117 of 778 | #47 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
290
-60 (-17%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 290 | 16.3 | 17.8:1 | 42% (122) |
| 2023-24 | 267 | 17.8 | 15.0:1 | 37% (100) |
| 2022-23 | 273 | 20.5 | 13.3:1 | 46% (126) |
| 2020-21 | 350 | 26 | 13.5:1 | 31% (109) |
| 2017-18 | 414 | 28.1 | 14.7:1 | 38% (156) |
| 2015-16 | 392 | 23 | 17.0:1 | 36% (143) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Viewlands Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (414 to 290); teachers down 42% (28.1 to 16.3).
About Viewlands Elementary School
Viewlands Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in SEATTLE, Washington, administered by Seattle School District No. 1. Enrollment totals 290 students across pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Washington, the average enrollment is about 380.
Seattle School District No. 1 has 107 schools and 50,773 students, and Viewlands Elementary School is one of those schools.
The biggest share of students at Viewlands Elementary School, 44%, is White. The rest of enrollment is 21% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 12% Black, and 7% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of King County's population at about 55%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Viewlands Elementary School scores 72%.
For every teacher at Viewlands Elementary School, there are about 17.8 students; the school has 16.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. There are 122 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 42% of enrollment.
The model predicts 52.0% for a school in Washington with Viewlands Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Viewlands Elementary School posts 62.4%.
The school is in King County, where the median household earns about $124,746 a year, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Viewlands Elementary School shares King County with 543 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Whitman Middle School is closest at about 1.0 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Viewlands Elementary School. By average proficiency, Viewlands Elementary School is 7th among 9 schools close by.
NCES assigns Viewlands Elementary School the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 350 to 290, a 17% decline. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (17.8:1) than in 2020-21 (13.5:1).
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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 Seattle School District No. 1
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Ballard High SchoolHigh · 1,697 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,542 students
- Garfield High SchoolHigh · 1,507 students
- West Seattle High SchoolHigh · 1,479 students
- Ingraham High SchoolHigh · 1,391 students
Other schools in SEATTLE
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Ballard High SchoolHigh · 1,697 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,542 students
- Garfield High SchoolHigh · 1,507 students
- West Seattle High SchoolHigh · 1,479 students
- Ingraham High SchoolHigh · 1,391 students
Nearby schools
- Whitman Middle School1.0 mi · 633
- Robert Eagle Staff Middle School1.2 mi · 729
- Greenwood Elementary School1.3 mi · 339
- Broadview-Thomson K-8 School1.3 mi · 581
- Cascadia Elementary1.3 mi · 531
- North Beach Elementary School1.4 mi · 344
Frequently asked questions
About Viewlands Elementary SchoolHow large is Viewlands Elementary School?
Viewlands Elementary School enrolls approximately 290 students in grades PK-05.
Is Viewlands Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Viewlands Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Viewlands Elementary School have?
Viewlands Elementary School employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Viewlands Elementary School?
At Viewlands Elementary School, the student body is approximately 44% White, 21% Hispanic, 12% Black, 7% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Viewlands Elementary School public or private?
Viewlands Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Seattle School District No. 1.
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