Wing Luke Elementary School

As a mid-sized elementary-level community in SEATTLE, Washington, Wing Luke Elementary School serves 334 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Seattle School District No. 1.

Wing Luke Elementary School is one of 107 schools operated by Seattle School District No. 1, a district that works with 50,773 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Wing Luke Elementary School logs that 51% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 21% Asian, 9% White, 8% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 7%.

On the income-and-resources front, Wing Luke Elementary School shows 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Wing Luke Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 72% of students at Wing Luke Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against King County (around 38%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Wing Luke Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.2%; this one delivers 33.8%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for King County put the typical household earns roughly $124,746 per year, 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 Wing Luke Elementary School is one.

Rising Star Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Wing Luke Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wing Luke Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 38.3%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wing Luke Elementary School has changed only slightly, going from 337 students in 2018 to 334 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share decreased from 31% to 21%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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