Willow Crest Elementary

Willow Crest Elementary, a heavily attended primary school in Auburn, Washington, operated by Auburn School District, instructs 656 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 73% above the state mean of about 380.

Auburn School District comprises 26 schools with combined enrollment of 18,174 students; Willow Crest Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Willow Crest Elementary shows that 32% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 31% Asian, 18% Hispanic, 10% Black, 7% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of King County's rate of about 38%.

After controlling for student poverty, Willow Crest Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.0%, the actual is 54.0%, a residual of +11.1 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (King County) shows 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 Willow Crest Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Lea Hill Elementary School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Willow Crest Elementary at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 35.3%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

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