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Enrollment
402
Elementary
DISTRICT 433 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FEDERAL WAY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530282000456
Woodmont K-8 School
26454 16TH AV S, DES MOINES, WA 98198 · (253) 945-4500 · King County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL402 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 23% of Washington public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
285 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 24 | 6% |
| Grade 7 | 17 | 4% |
| Grade 8 | 19 | 5% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 189% larger than its 8th grade class (19).
Student demographics
80%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 68% · US 70%
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
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
32.5%
WA avg 58.4% . -23.6pp since 2014
Math
36.9%
WA avg 51.2% . -13.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 24 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 13 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.5% | 36.9% |
| 2023-24 | 40.1% | 31.2% |
| 2022-23 | 43.7% | 34.0% |
| 2021-22 | 40.1% | 34.2% |
| 2018-19 | 51.1% | 45.8% |
| 2017-18 | 49.6% | 41.5% |
| 2016-17 | 51.8% | 42.9% |
| 2015-16 | 64.0% | 54.1% |
| 2014-15 | 56.1% | 50.2% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.6%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Woodmont K-8 School
Woodmont K-8 School's state test result (34.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodmont K-8 School this school | 402 | 70.9% | 34.5% |
| Star Lake Elementary School KENT | 434 | 70.0% | 41.0% |
| Helen Stafford Elementary School Tacoma | 453 | 74.4% | 30.0% |
| Sherwood Forest Elementary School FEDERAL WAY | 325 | 68.9% | 38.3% |
| Birney Elementary School Tacoma | 476 | 71.6% | 26.9% |
| Brigadoon Elementary School Federal Way | 366 | 65.8% | 42.5% |
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 Woodmont K-8 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #725 of 936 | #224 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.9% | #732 of 1,103 ▲ 97 | #208 of 281 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #900 of 1,102 ▼ 176 | #232 of 280 ▼ 26 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.4pp | #256 of 928 | #81 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 402 | #626 of 1,268 | #166 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #662 of 1,085 | #167 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 80.0% | #22 of 1,088 | #13 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.9% | #249 of 1,169 | #46 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.6% | #305 of 778 | #100 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 2024-25Enrollment
402
-31 (-7%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 569
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 16.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 402 | 24.7 | 16.3:1 | 71% (285) |
| 2023-24 | 407 | 25 | 16.3:1 | 67% (273) |
| 2022-23 | 439 | 25.9 | 16.9:1 | 65% (285) |
| 2020-21 | 433 | 26 | 16.6:1 | 56% (244) |
| 2017-18 | 500 | 28.1 | 17.8:1 | 57% (285) |
| 2015-16 | 475 | 26 | 18.3:1 | 56% (265) |
| 2010-11 | 459 | 25 | 18.4:1 | 38% (174) |
| 2000-01 | 509 | 24 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 569 | 23 | 24.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodmont K-8 School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (500 to 402); teachers down 12% (28.1 to 24.7).
About Woodmont K-8 School
Located in DES MOINES, Washington, Woodmont K-8 School is a mid-sized elementary school. It offers kindergarten through 8 and has 402 students enrolled.
Federal Way School District includes 43 schools. Together they enroll 22,250 students.
At Woodmont K-8 School, Hispanic students make up the biggest share, 30%. The remaining students are 21% White, 18% Asian, 15% Black, and 10% multiracial. Among people living in King County, the Hispanic share is about 11%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 80, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Woodmont K-8 School is 16.3:1, based on 24.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Washington, 17.3:1, is higher. Woodmont K-8 School counts 71% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in King County is 38%.
Among Washington public elementary schools, Woodmont K-8 School outscored 23%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Woodmont K-8 School is 1.8 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 34.5% actual, 32.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Washington.
The school's county is King County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $124,746 a year, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in King County number 544, with about 278,492 students.
Woodmont K-8 School's closest public school neighbor is Mark Twain Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away. Within five miles of Woodmont K-8 School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 34.5% is above the 30.4% average for nearby schools.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment decreased by 7% across 4 years, from 433 in 2020-21 to 402 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Woodmont K-8 School is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
King County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
Other schools in Federal Way School District
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,810 students
- Federal Way High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Todd Beamer High SchoolHigh · 1,412 students
- Decatur High SchoolHigh · 1,352 students
- Evergreen Middle SchoolMiddle · 810 students
- Kilo Middle SchoolMiddle · 669 students
Other schools in DES MOINES
- Mount Rainier High SchoolHigh · 1,846 students
- Pacific Middle SchoolMiddle · 604 students
- Midway ElementaryElementary · 548 students
- Parkside ElementaryElementary · 535 students
- North Hill ElementaryElementary · 518 students
- Des Moines ElementaryElementary · 500 students
Nearby schools
- Mark Twain Elementary School0.8 mi · 531
- Parkside Elementary1.3 mi · 535
- Evergreen Middle School1.4 mi · 810
- Star Lake Elementary School1.4 mi · 434
- Nautilus K-8 School1.5 mi · 469
- Valhalla Elementary School1.6 mi · 517
Frequently asked questions
About Woodmont K-8 SchoolHow many students attend Woodmont K-8 School?
Woodmont K-8 School enrolls approximately 402 students in grades KG-08.
Is Woodmont K-8 School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Woodmont K-8 School is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Woodmont K-8 School have?
Woodmont K-8 School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Woodmont K-8 School?
Student demographics at Woodmont K-8 School are roughly 21% White, 30% Hispanic, 15% Black, 18% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Woodmont K-8 School?
Woodmont K-8 School is overseen by Federal Way School District in King County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.