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West View Elementary
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardWhat this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 17 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 25 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About West View Elementary
West View Elementary operates as an average-sized elementary school in BURLINGTON, Washington, run under Burlington-Edison School District. Current enrollment sits at 353 students spanning grades K through 6.
Within Burlington-Edison School District, which oversees 9 schools and 3,276 students, West View Elementary is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, West View Elementary logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (82%); the rest is composed of 17% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.
On the resource side, West View Elementary shows 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting West View Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 76% of students at West View Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Skagit County runs at roughly 56%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, West View Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 29.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.4%.
Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Skagit County indicate median household income runs about $89,263, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. West View Elementary is one of 54 public schools in Skagit County (combined enrollment of about 18,298 students).
Nearest neighbor: Burlington Edison High School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts West View Elementary at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 29.3%.
West View Elementary operates from a suburban location.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at West View Elementary has fell 11%, going from 395 students in 2018 to 353 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 71% to 82% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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