Wildwood Elementary School

Wildwood Elementary School is one of the expansive elementary campuss in FEDERAL WAY, Washington, run under Federal Way School District, with 598 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 57% above the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 380 students.

Federal Way School District runs 43 schools in total, collectively educating 22,250 students. Wildwood Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Wildwood Elementary School shows that 45% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 14% Asian, 12% White, 11% Black, 10% multiracial. By comparison, King County as a whole is about 11% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Wildwood Elementary School logs 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Wildwood Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 79% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against King County (around 38%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Wildwood Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.1%, the actual is 32.7%, a residual of +5.6 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (King County) logs that median household earnings sit near $124,746, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, King County runs 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), of which Wildwood Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Federal Way High School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Wildwood Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Wildwood Elementary School comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 29.8%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wildwood Elementary School has held roughly steady, going from 587 students in 2018 to 598 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment shrank from 55% to 45% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.