Is Lake Grove Elementary School a good school?

Lake Grove Elementary School ranks in the bottom 12.8% of Washington elementary schools.

How many students attend Lake Grove Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 357 students attended Lake Grove Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Lake Grove Elementary School?

Students at Lake Grove Elementary School are 39% Hispanic, 17% White, 14% African American, 13% Two or more races, 8% Pacific Islander, 8% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Lake Grove Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Lake Grove Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Lakota Middle School High : Federal Way High School

Lake Grove Elementary School

Summary:

Lake Grove Elementary School is a public elementary school in Federal Way, Washington, serving 359 students from pre-kindergarten to 5th grade. The school is part of the Federal Way School District, which is ranked 213 out of 247 school districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

While Lake Grove Elementary has a significantly higher percentage of Hispanic students (41.23%) compared to nearby schools, it consistently ranks in the bottom 20% of Washington elementary schools, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Math, and Science that are well below the state and district averages. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 29.7% of Lake Grove students were proficient in ELA, compared to the state average of 52.63% and the district average of 35.31%. The school also struggles to support its student subgroups, with many ranking in the bottom 20-30% of Washington elementary schools. Additionally, Lake Grove has a very high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 62.03% to 76.88% over the past three school years.

However, some of the nearby schools in the Federal Way School District, such as Brigadoon Elementary School and Twin Lakes Elementary School, perform significantly better academically. This suggests that there is an opportunity for Lake Grove Elementary to improve its performance by implementing targeted interventions, professional development for teachers, and community engagement strategies to support its diverse student population and address the unique challenges it faces.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

303 SW 308th St
Federal Way, WA 98023-3957

(253) 945-2900

District: Federal Way School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
1018^th of 1,168 Washington Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $23,315

Students who attend Lake Grove Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Lakota Middle School
High:	Federal Way High School

Student/teacher ratio: 15.2

Number of students: 357

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

38.9%

White:

17.1%

African American:

14.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 80.1%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Lake Grove Elementary School ranks worse than 87.2% of elementary schools in Washington. It also ranks 14^th among 23 ranked elementary schools in the Federal Way School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 16.74. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at Lake Grove Elementary School is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (38.9%), White (17.1%), African American (14%). (See more...)

Compare Details 80.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Lake Grove Elementary School is 15.2, which is the 6^th best among 23 elementary schools in the Federal Way School District. (See more...)

Compare Lake Grove Elementary School employs 23.4 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Lake Grove Elementary School is $23,315, which is the 6^th highest among 23 elementary schools in the Federal Way School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Lake Grove Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Lake Grove Elementary School 1018^th of 1168 Washington public elementary schools. (See Lake Grove Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Federal Way School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Federal Way School District 213^th of 247 Washington school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Lake Grove Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Lake Grove Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2004	29.41	773^rd	1026	24.7%
2005	38.38	684^th	1031	33.7%
2006	39.63	685^th	1051	34.8%
2007	34.12	760^th	1069	28.9%
2008	35.37	742^nd	1067	30.5%
2009	33.80	769^th	1072	28.3%
2010	42.85	654^th	1088	39.9%
2011	38.12	731^st	1092	33.1%
2012	32.02	822^nd	1097	25.1%
2013	37.21	741^st	1106	33.0%
2015	29.38	804^th	1067	24.6%
2016	29.79	766^th	1053	27.3%
2017	23.88	832^nd	1056	21.2%
2018	27.25	799^th	1054	24.2%
2019	22.64	909^th	1130	19.6%
2021	15.40	964^th	1107	12.9%
2022	16.42	1020^th	1169	12.7%
2023	17.29	1016^th	1169	13.1%
2024	16.74	1018^th	1168	12.8%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Lake Grove Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	10.04	200^th	212	5.7%
2019	26.23	248^th	303	18.2%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Lake Grove Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	36.00	228^th	333	31.5%
2019	43.23	123^rd	248	50.4%
2023	25.62	193^rd	254	24.0%
2024	30.73	218^th	320	31.9%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Lake Grove Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	17.47	596^th	637	6.4%
2019	24.32	466^th	566	17.7%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Lake Grove Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	42.40	502^nd	835	39.9%
2019	42.07	603^rd	979	38.4%
2021	38.22	529^th	854	38.1%
2022	30.55	769^th	1019	24.5%
2023	29.15	780^th	1013	23.0%
2024	29.90	770^th	1024	24.8%

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Rank History for Female students at Lake Grove Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	33.30	698^th	1004	30.5%
2019	27.13	838^th	1068	21.5%
2021	8.33	980^th	1008	2.8%
2022	28.99	796^th	1100	27.6%
2023	17.56	939^th	1094	14.2%
2024	13.55	993^rd	1093	9.1%

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Rank History for Male students at Lake Grove Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	22.27	817^th	999	18.2%
2019	20.77	892^nd	1075	17.0%
2021	26.36	754^th	1025	26.4%
2022	19.10	938^th	1113	15.7%
2023	16.61	966^th	1099	12.1%
2024	24.26	857^th	1099	22.0%

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Rank History for African American students at Lake Grove Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	37.87	71^st	107	33.6%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Lake Grove Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	62.27	173^rd	540	68.0%
2019	37.54	452^nd	697	35.2%
2021	33.59	329^th	501	34.3%
2022	29.05	524^th	694	24.5%
2023	30.48	472^nd	633	25.4%
2024	16.89	585^th	651	10.1%

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Rank History for White students at Lake Grove Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	27.01	654^th	833	21.5%
2019	18.54	896^th	1027	12.8%
2022	21.93	871^st	1031	15.5%
2023	17.06	897^th	1011	11.3%
2024	19.72	877^th	1009	13.1%

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Data source: test scores: Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

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Enrollment information for Lake Grove Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	473	28	37	22	10	n/a	n/a	0	570
1989	496	21	49	13	11	n/a	n/a	0	590
1990	452	30	26	13	7	n/a	n/a	0	528
1991	391	19	29	13	8	n/a	n/a	0	460
1992	409	36	36	10	6	n/a	n/a	0	497
1993	430	49	69	26	8	n/a	n/a	0	582
1994	386	39	47	31	1	n/a	n/a	0	504
1995	373	60	65	41	1	n/a	n/a	0	540
1996	373	60	65	41	1	n/a	n/a	0	540
1997	349	60	66	31	4	n/a	n/a	0	510
1998	350	67	84	35	2	n/a	n/a	0	538
1999	341	78	77	40	1	n/a	n/a	0	537
2000	333	97	87	50	8	n/a	n/a	0	575
2001	288	97	74	62	8	n/a	n/a	0	529
2002	223	89	65	71	8	n/a	n/a	0	456
2003	223	89	65	71	8	n/a	n/a	0	456
2004	181	65	73	73	10	n/a	n/a	0	402
2005	169	76	72	101	12	n/a	n/a	0	430
2006	157	85	66	105	13	n/a	n/a	14	440
2007	131	75	56	110	16	n/a	n/a	27	415
2008	136	63	48	123	11	n/a	n/a	35	416
2009	120	63	46	143	5	n/a	n/a	47	424
2010	111	44	41	143	1	n/a	n/a	39	379
2011	108	36	22	145	1	26	49	0	387
2012	102	47	27	131	1	36	54	0	398
2013	102	57	24	135	1	31	66	0	416
2014	100	64	22	132	1	32	69	0	420
2015	94	53	17	137	0	23	58	0	382
2016	105	50	20	140	4	22	60	0	401
2017	94	53	21	147	5	28	74	0	422
2018	99	47	24	163	5	20	70	0	428
2019	84	41	24	155	6	32	51	0	393
2020	83	31	23	165	6	26	33	0	367
2021	58	40	21	139	5	33	31	0	327
2022	56	52	27	141	2	23	44	0	345
2023	58	48	31	148	2	26	46	0	359
2024	61	50	29	139	1	30	47	0	357

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Lake Grove Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	570	24.0	23.7	0
1989	590	26.0	22.6	n/a
1990	528	22.9	23.0	0
1991	460	20.9	22.0	n/a
1992	497	21.5	23.1	n/a
1993	582	23.9	24.4	n/a
1994	504	21.9	23.0	n/a
1995	540	26.3	20.5	n/a
1996	540	26.3	20.5	n/a
1997	510	27.0	18.9	n/a
1998	538	25.2	21.3	n/a
1999	537	27.5	19.5	n/a
2000	575	27.2	21.1	n/a
2001	529	25.6	20.7	n/a
2002	456	25.2	18.1	52.4
2003	456	25.2	18.1	52.4
2004	402	21.0	19.1	55.7
2005	430	20.9	20.6	63.7
2006	440	25.0	17.6	62
2007	415	25.0	16.6	71.4
2008	416	22.0	18.9	75.6
2009	424	25.0	17.0	78.5
2010	379	25.4	14.8	81.5
2011	387	25.7	15.0	52.5
2012	398	25.8	15.3	72.9
2013	416	24.9	16.6	78.4
2014	420	n/a	n/a	75
2015	382	29.0	13.1	77
2016	401	25.0	16.0	64.6
2017	422	24.6	17.0	84.6
2018	428	28.0	15.2	82.2
2019	393	26.0	15.1	82.7
2020	367	26.0	14.1	74.7
2021	327	25.5	12.8	67.6
2022	345	24.5	14.0	62
2023	359	23.5	15.2	76.9
2024	357	23.4	15.2	80.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Lake Grove Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	570	24.0	23.7	0
1989	590	26.0	22.6	n/a
1990	528	22.9	23.0	0
1991	460	20.9	22.0	n/a
1992	497	21.5	23.1	n/a
1993	582	23.9	24.4	n/a
1994	504	21.9	23.0	n/a
1995	540	26.3	20.5	n/a
1996	540	26.3	20.5	n/a
1997	510	27.0	18.9	n/a
1998	538	25.2	21.3	n/a
1999	537	27.5	19.5	n/a
2000	575	27.2	21.1	n/a
2001	529	25.6	20.7	n/a
2002	456	25.2	18.1	52.4
2003	456	25.2	18.1	52.4
2004	402	21.0	19.1	55.7
2005	430	20.9	20.6	63.7
2006	440	25.0	17.6	62
2007	415	25.0	16.6	71.4
2008	416	22.0	18.9	75.6
2009	424	25.0	17.0	78.5
2010	379	25.4	14.8	81.5
2011	387	25.7	15.0	52.5
2012	398	25.8	15.3	72.9
2013	416	24.9	16.6	78.4
2014	420	n/a	n/a	75
2015	382	29.0	13.1	77
2016	401	25.0	16.0	64.6
2017	422	24.6	17.0	84.6
2018	428	28.0	15.2	82.2
2019	393	26.0	15.1	82.7
2020	367	26.0	14.1	74.7
2021	327	25.5	12.8	67.6
2022	345	24.5	14.0	62
2023	359	23.5	15.2	76.9
2024	357	23.4	15.2	80.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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