Is Mill Creek Elementary a good school?

Yes. Mill Creek Elementary ranks in the top 5.7% of Washington elementary schools.

How many students attend Mill Creek Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 659 students attended Mill Creek Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Mill Creek Elementary?

Students at Mill Creek Elementary are 46% White, 26% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 9% Two or more races, 4% African American.

What schools do graduates of Mill Creek Elementary attend?

Students who attend Mill Creek Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Heatherwood Middle School High : Henry M. Jackson High School

Mill Creek Elementary

Summary:

Mill Creek Elementary is a public elementary school located in Mill Creek, Washington, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 668 students. The school is part of the Everett School District, which is ranked 43 out of 247 school districts in Washington and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Mill Creek Elementary consistently ranks among the top elementary schools in Washington, with a statewide ranking between 14 and 156 over the past several years. The school's proficiency rates in SBAC/English Language Arts and SBAC/Math for all grades are significantly higher than the Everett School District and Washington state averages. For example, in 2023-2024, 78.13% of Mill Creek Elementary students were proficient or better in SBAC/English Language Arts, compared to 66.43% for the Everett School District and 52.63% for Washington state. The school also consistently ranks among the top schools in Washington for various student subgroups, including female students, Asian students, Hispanic students, and multi-racial students.

Mill Creek Elementary has a relatively diverse student population, with a racial makeup of 45.66% White, 4.04% African American, 11.98% Hispanic, 26.65% Asian, 0.45% Native American, 1.2% Pacific Islander, and 10.03% two or more races. This diversity is higher than some of the nearby schools, such as Woodside Elementary and Silver Lake Elementary, which have a higher percentage of White students. Additionally, Mill Creek Elementary has a relatively high per-student spending of $18,561 in the 2021-2022 school year, compared to the Everett School District average of $16,405, and a low student-teacher ratio of 17:1 in the 2022-2023 school year.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

3400 148th St. SE
Mill Creek, WA 98012-5856

(425) 385-6800

District: Everett School District

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

Per Pupil Expenditures: $18,561

Students who attend Mill Creek Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Heatherwood Middle School
High:	Henry M. Jackson High School

Student/teacher ratio: 17.4

Number of students: 659

Racial breakdown:

White:

46.1%

Asian:

26.1%

Hispanic:

14.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 27.5%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Mill Creek Elementary ranks better than 94.3% of elementary schools in Washington. It also ranks 5^th among 18 ranked elementary schools in the Everett School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 93.67. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at Mill Creek Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (46.1%), Asian (26.1%), Hispanic (14.1%). (See more...)

Compare Details 27.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Mill Creek Elementary is 17.4. 10 elementary schools in the Everett School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Mill Creek Elementary employs 37.7 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Mill Creek Elementary is $18,561. 13 elementary schools in the Everett School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Mill Creek Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Mill Creek Elementary 67^th of 1168 Washington public elementary schools. (See Mill Creek Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Everett School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Everett School District 43^rd of 247 Washington school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for all students at Mill Creek Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2004	92.50	40^th	1026	96.1%
2005	90.10	61^st	1031	94.1%
2006	92.89	29^th	1051	97.2%
2007	94.15	26^th	1069	97.6%
2008	91.22	50^th	1067	95.3%
2009	87.54	73^rd	1072	93.2%
2010	91.31	50^th	1088	95.4%
2011	93.38	26^th	1092	97.6%
2012	92.31	31^st	1097	97.2%
2013	90.26	50^th	1106	95.5%
2015	89.93	84^th	1067	92.1%
2016	93.04	43^rd	1053	95.9%
2017	92.64	53^rd	1056	95.0%
2018	96.15	21^st	1054	98.0%
2019	93.86	46^th	1130	95.9%
2021	72.03	285^th	1107	74.3%
2022	85.87	156^th	1169	86.7%
2023	93.14	74^th	1169	93.7%
2024	93.67	67^th	1168	94.3%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Mill Creek Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	90.23	13^th	212	93.9%
2019	92.22	8^th	303	97.4%
2021	82.17	13^th	128	89.8%
2022	85.87	24^th	252	90.5%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Mill Creek Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	51.54	73^rd	213	65.7%
2024	88.47	25^th	320	92.2%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Mill Creek Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	86.49	52^nd	637	91.8%
2019	79.71	61^st	566	89.2%
2021	51.45	72^nd	158	54.4%
2022	78.73	61^st	478	87.2%
2023	79.42	35^th	308	88.6%
2024	81.19	36^th	339	89.4%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Mill Creek Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	95.28	4^th	835	99.5%
2019	95.29	10^th	979	99.0%
2021	50.34	369^th	854	56.8%
2022	80.29	95^th	1019	90.7%
2023	86.78	54^th	1013	94.7%
2024	92.08	25^th	1024	97.6%

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Rank History for Female students at Mill Creek Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	95.79	15^th	1004	98.5%
2019	94.27	27^th	1068	97.5%
2021	72.67	239^th	1008	76.3%
2022	86.20	134^th	1100	87.8%
2023	92.91	61^st	1094	94.4%
2024	96.00	26^th	1093	97.6%

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Rank History for Male students at Mill Creek Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	95.16	23^rd	999	97.7%
2019	92.79	49^th	1075	95.4%
2021	68.61	290^th	1025	71.7%
2022	84.16	160^th	1113	85.6%
2023	91.39	78^th	1099	92.9%
2024	89.95	99^th	1099	91.0%

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Rank History for Asian students at Mill Creek Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2021	67.57	54^th	131	58.8%
2022	68.16	72^nd	187	61.5%
2023	84.91	29^th	170	82.9%
2024	87.30	22^nd	163	86.5%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Mill Creek Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	90.41	33^rd	540	93.9%
2019	92.00	28^th	697	96.0%
2021	49.56	200^th	501	60.1%
2022	73.14	110^th	694	84.1%
2023	92.41	17^th	633	97.3%
2024	92.03	15^th	651	97.7%

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Rank History for White students at Mill Creek Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	93.73	11^th	833	98.7%
2019	90.75	39^th	1027	96.2%
2021	60.43	344^th	943	63.5%
2022	80.13	183^rd	1031	82.3%
2023	86.86	99^th	1011	90.2%
2024	89.35	65^th	1009	93.6%

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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

Review counts

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Reviews:

by a parent
Thursday, June 27, 2013

2012/2013 school year, my son came in as a new student 1st grader. His teacher is a 29 year veteran. I was extremely impressed with the quality of her teaching. I spent some time in her classroom volunteering every Friday and was able to witness first hand what a quality education my son was receiving. Her teaching technique, manner in which she handled her kids, and consistent way in which she kept all of the kids involved were outstanding. My son came home happy, with a positive attitude towards school every day.

In any case, the PTA has a very involved, approachable, enthusiastic and positive group of advocates for the kids and the school itself. The principal and office staff are incredibly well organized, professional and friendly as well.

I had no idea what a high caliber school MCE was when I moved into the area last summer. I'm now learning that there are families all over the area trying to get a variance to get their kids enrolled in the school. I feel very fortunate to have my kids in such a quality education system. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Mill Creek Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	617	4	49	8	2	n/a	n/a	0	680
1990	603	7	70	10	0	n/a	n/a	0	690
1991	674	9	93	12	0	n/a	n/a	0	788
1992	522	13	58	12	2	n/a	n/a	0	607
1993	550	11	61	12	5	n/a	n/a	0	639
1994	558	11	67	7	9	n/a	n/a	0	652
1995	537	14	81	13	7	n/a	n/a	0	652
1996	537	14	81	13	7	n/a	n/a	0	652
1997	389	7	75	10	3	n/a	n/a	0	484
1998	475	10	89	13	3	n/a	n/a	0	590
1999	531	13	92	17	4	n/a	n/a	0	657
2000	546	13	90	19	1	n/a	n/a	0	669
2001	549	31	96	18	5	n/a	n/a	0	699
2002	425	22	103	9	2	n/a	n/a	0	561
2003	425	22	103	9	2	n/a	n/a	0	561
2004	417	20	115	7	4	n/a	n/a	0	563
2005	401	16	120	12	5	n/a	n/a	2	556
2006	373	12	123	15	4	n/a	n/a	12	539
2007	408	8	124	20	3	n/a	n/a	28	591
2008	474	11	124	29	4	n/a	n/a	35	677
2009	454	9	136	38	5	n/a	n/a	51	693
2010	435	7	130	64	3	n/a	n/a	40	679
2011	422	15	130	67	5	5	67	0	711
2012	402	16	135	52	5	3	70	0	683
2013	393	14	137	49	4	2	66	0	665
2014	390	19	133	55	7	2	64	0	670
2015	406	19	129	59	7	5	59	0	684
2016	379	23	128	67	2	1	61	0	661
2017	388	22	136	72	0	2	56	0	676
2018	379	18	148	61	3	1	57	0	667
2019	384	20	169	57	3	1	71	0	705
2020	383	22	138	85	1	3	65	0	697
2021	326	31	145	75	2	6	54	0	639
2022	310	32	133	80	3	5	66	0	629
2023	305	27	178	80	3	8	67	0	668
2024	304	27	172	93	1	5	57	0	659

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 Mill Creek Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	680	24.0	28.3	n/a
1990	690	25.5	27.0	0
1991	788	29.0	27.1	n/a
1992	607	23.0	26.3	n/a
1993	639	24.5	26.1	n/a
1994	652	26.5	24.6	n/a
1995	652	28.0	23.3	n/a
1996	652	28.0	23.3	n/a
1997	484	28.7	16.9	n/a
1998	590	27.8	21.2	n/a
1999	657	30.5	21.5	n/a
2000	669	32.0	20.9	n/a
2001	699	32.5	21.5	n/a
2002	561	27.5	20.4	5.9
2003	561	27.5	20.4	5.9
2004	563	28.0	20.1	5.9
2005	556	28.4	19.6	7.2
2006	539	27.4	19.7	8.2
2007	591	28.9	20.4	7.8
2008	677	33.5	20.2	8.9
2009	693	33.5	20.7	11.7
2010	679	33.7	20.1	14.6
2011	711	33.3	21.3	13.8
2012	683	31.0	22.0	8.8
2013	665	32.0	20.7	15.8
2014	670	n/a	n/a	15.5
2015	684	38.0	18.0	15.9
2016	661	33.0	20.0	14.1
2017	676	33.3	20.2	11.7
2018	667	34.4	19.3	9.3
2019	705	38.7	18.1	12.1
2020	697	38.3	18.1	20.1
2021	639	38.5	16.5	22.2
2022	629	38.1	16.5	21.8
2023	668	39.1	17.0	24.7
2024	659	37.7	17.4	27.5

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 Mill Creek Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	680	24.0	28.3	n/a
1990	690	25.5	27.0	0
1991	788	29.0	27.1	n/a
1992	607	23.0	26.3	n/a
1993	639	24.5	26.1	n/a
1994	652	26.5	24.6	n/a
1995	652	28.0	23.3	n/a
1996	652	28.0	23.3	n/a
1997	484	28.7	16.9	n/a
1998	590	27.8	21.2	n/a
1999	657	30.5	21.5	n/a
2000	669	32.0	20.9	n/a
2001	699	32.5	21.5	n/a
2002	561	27.5	20.4	5.9
2003	561	27.5	20.4	5.9
2004	563	28.0	20.1	5.9
2005	556	28.4	19.6	7.2
2006	539	27.4	19.7	8.2
2007	591	28.9	20.4	7.8
2008	677	33.5	20.2	8.9
2009	693	33.5	20.7	11.7
2010	679	33.7	20.1	14.6
2011	711	33.3	21.3	13.8
2012	683	31.0	22.0	8.8
2013	665	32.0	20.7	15.8
2014	670	n/a	n/a	15.5
2015	684	38.0	18.0	15.9
2016	661	33.0	20.0	14.1
2017	676	33.3	20.2	11.7
2018	667	34.4	19.3	9.3
2019	705	38.7	18.1	12.1
2020	697	38.3	18.1	20.1
2021	639	38.5	16.5	22.2
2022	629	38.1	16.5	21.8
2023	668	39.1	17.0	24.7
2024	659	37.7	17.4	27.5

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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