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Wellington Elementary

16501 NE 195 ST, Woodinville, WA 98072 · (425) 408-5900 · King County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL380 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 84% of Washington public elementary schools
  • 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
380
Elementary
DISTRICT 478 · STATE 380
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
49 students
DISTRICT 21% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten5615%
Grade 15514%
Grade 26617%
Grade 36718%
Grade 46016%
Grade 57620%

This year's kindergarten class (56) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (76).

Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 68% · US 70%
White
23361%
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 47% · US 43%
Hispanic
3710%
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 27% · US 30%
Black
103%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 5% · US 15%
Asian
5514%
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 9% · US 6%
Two+
4412%
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 9% · US 5%
Pacific Islander
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 2% · US 0%
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
Male
19652%
Female
18448%

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Test scores

Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded Standard
English Language Arts
76.9%
WA avg 58.4% . -6.8pp since 2014
Math
70.8%
WA avg 51.2% . -13.1pp since 2014

What 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 yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2576.9%70.8%
2023-2479.6%75.6%
2022-2379.3%70.0%
2021-2270.6%69.2%
2018-1976.5%76.5%
2017-1875.2%79.0%
2016-1779.9%77.2%
2015-1682.8%83.2%
2014-1583.7%84.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
75.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.6%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation

What 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%.

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 Wellington Elementary

Wellington Elementary's state test result (75.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Wellington Elementary this school38012.9%75.5%
Wedgwood Elementary School
SEATTLE
33312.3%83.7%
Totem Falls
Snohomish
41210.9%71.4%
Magnolia Elementary School
Seattle
32012.8%71.1%
Fishers Landing Elementary School
Vancouver
40217.9%N/A
Carl Sandburg Elementary
Kirkland
3918.7%74.1%
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 Wellington Elementary ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn WashingtonIn 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
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 2024-25
Enrollment
380
-62 (-14%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 636
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 15.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2538022.616.8:113% (49)
2023-244062516.3:113% (52)
2022-2342928.115.3:112% (52)
2020-214422915.2:17% (31)
2017-1845725.318.1:17% (30)
2015-165412521.6:19% (51)
2010-115662621.8:113% (72)
2000-015792721.4:1N/A
1990-916363021.2:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wellington Elementary.

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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King County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Wellington Elementary
District
Northshore School District
Address
16501 NE 195 ST, Woodinville, WA 98072
Phone
(425) 408-5900
County
King County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
380
Teachers (FTE)
23
Student–teacher ratio
16.8:1
Free and reduced lunch
49 (13%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
530591000894
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Northshore School District
Other schools in Woodinville
Other Wellington Elementary schools

5 other US public schools in 4 states are named Wellington Elementary. Wellington Elementary is the 5th largest of the 6.

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Frequently asked questions

About Wellington Elementary
How many students attend Wellington Elementary?
Wellington Elementary enrolls approximately 380 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Wellington Elementary serve?
Wellington Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wellington Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wellington Elementary is approximately 16.8:1 (23 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Wellington Elementary?
Wellington Elementary reports a student body of 61% White, 10% Hispanic, 3% Black, 14% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Wellington Elementary in?
Wellington Elementary is part of Northshore School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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