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Wellington Elementary
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (76).
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardWhat this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 13 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.9% | 70.8% |
| 2023-24 | 79.6% | 75.6% |
| 2022-23 | 79.3% | 70.0% |
| 2021-22 | 70.6% | 69.2% |
| 2018-19 | 76.5% | 76.5% |
| 2017-18 | 75.2% | 79.0% |
| 2016-17 | 79.9% | 77.2% |
| 2015-16 | 82.8% | 83.2% |
| 2014-15 | 83.7% | 84.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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%.
Schools most like Wellington Elementary
Wellington Elementary's state test result (75.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington Elementary this school | 380 | 12.9% | 75.5% |
| Wedgwood Elementary School SEATTLE | 333 | 12.3% | 83.7% |
| Totem Falls Snohomish | 412 | 10.9% | 71.4% |
| Magnolia Elementary School Seattle | 320 | 12.8% | 71.1% |
| Fishers Landing Elementary School Vancouver | 402 | 17.9% | N/A |
| Carl Sandburg Elementary Kirkland | 391 | 8.7% | 74.1% |
Where Wellington Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.5% | #86 of 936 | #69 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #120 of 1,103 ▼ 39 | #81 of 281 ▼ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.9% | #84 of 1,102 ▼ 23 | #65 of 280 ▼ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #321 of 928 | #81 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 380 | #713 of 1,268 | #201 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #777 of 1,085 | #201 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.9% | #568 of 1,088 | #230 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.9% | #1,101 of 1,169 | #235 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.8% | #386 of 778 | #122 of 220 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 380 | 22.6 | 16.8:1 | 13% (49) |
| 2023-24 | 406 | 25 | 16.3:1 | 13% (52) |
| 2022-23 | 429 | 28.1 | 15.3:1 | 12% (52) |
| 2020-21 | 442 | 29 | 15.2:1 | 7% (31) |
| 2017-18 | 457 | 25.3 | 18.1:1 | 7% (30) |
| 2015-16 | 541 | 25 | 21.6:1 | 9% (51) |
| 2010-11 | 566 | 26 | 21.8:1 | 13% (72) |
| 2000-01 | 579 | 27 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 636 | 30 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (457 to 380); teachers down 10% (25.3 to 22.6).
About Wellington Elementary
Wellington Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Woodinville, Washington. It enrolls 380 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5.
Wellington Elementary is one school in a 37-school district, Northshore School District, which enrolls 22,735 students.
The student body at Wellington Elementary is 61% White. The school is also 14% Asian, 12% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, and 3% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 58%.
Wellington Elementary reported 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 16.8:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Washington is similar, at 17.3:1. There are 49 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 13% of enrollment. That is lower than the 38% average for public schools in King County.
On the allk12 Grade, Wellington Elementary lands at A-, ahead of 84% of Washington public elementary schools.
Test results at Wellington Elementary are 4.0 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (75.5% actual, 71.6% predicted).
In King County, home to about 2,287,171 people, the median household earns about $124,746 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Wellington Elementary shares King County with 543 other public schools.
Wellington Elementary is about 0.2 miles from Leota Middle School, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Wellington Elementary at 3rd of 8.
Federal data place Wellington Elementary in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Wellington Elementary had a net loss of 62 students, or 14%. The school's ratio increased from 15.2:1 to 16.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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