Is Lake Dolloff Elementary School a good school?

Lake Dolloff Elementary School ranks in the bottom 7.2% of Washington elementary schools.

How many students attend Lake Dolloff Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 486 students attended Lake Dolloff Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Lake Dolloff Elementary School?

Students at Lake Dolloff Elementary School are 23% Hispanic, 20% African American, 19% White, 16% Asian, 15% Two or more races, 7% Pacific Islander.

What schools do graduates of Lake Dolloff Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Lake Dolloff Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Sequoyah Middle School High : Todd Beamer High School

Lake Dolloff Elementary School

Summary:

Lake Dolloff Elementary School is a public elementary school serving 469 students in grades PK-5 in the Federal Way School District in Auburn, Washington. The school has a diverse student population, with a racial makeup that includes 20.68% White, 19.4% African American, 22.39% Hispanic, 14.07% Asian, 0.21% Native American, 10.02% Pacific Islander, and 13.22% two or more races.

Despite its diverse student body, Lake Dolloff Elementary School consistently underperforms compared to the district and state averages in standardized test scores. In the 2023-2024 school year, only 29.95% of students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, and just 22.07% were proficient or better in Math, compared to 35.31% and 23.51% for the district, respectively. The school also has a high percentage of students from low-income families, with 84.65% receiving free or reduced-price lunch. As a result, Lake Dolloff Elementary School has consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of Washington elementary schools, with a ranking of 1084 out of 1168 schools in the 2023-2024 school year and a rating of 0 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger.

While Lake Dolloff Elementary School faces significant challenges, some nearby schools, such as Nautilus K-8 School and Camelot Elementary School, have significantly higher academic performance and school rankings. Additionally, despite the school's underperformance, Lake Dolloff Elementary School has a relatively high spending per student, with $18,777 spent per student in the 2021-2022 school year, compared to the district average of $20,096 for Nautilus K-8 School and $21,121 for Meredith Hill Elementary School.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

4200 S 308th St
Auburn, WA 98001-2641

(253) 945-2800

District: Federal Way School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
1084^th of 1,168 Washington Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $18,777

Students who attend Lake Dolloff Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Sequoyah Middle School
High:	Todd Beamer High School

Student/teacher ratio: 18.6

Number of students: 486

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

23.5%

African American:

20.0%

White:

19.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 89.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Lake Dolloff Elementary School ranks worse than 92.8% of elementary schools in Washington. It also ranks 17^th among 23 ranked elementary schools in the Federal Way School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 11.53. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at Lake Dolloff Elementary School is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (23.5%), African American (20%), White (19.3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 89.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Lake Dolloff Elementary School is 18.6. 22 elementary schools in the Federal Way School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Lake Dolloff Elementary School employs 26 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Lake Dolloff Elementary School is $18,777. 23 elementary schools in the Federal Way School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Lake Dolloff Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Lake Dolloff Elementary School 1084^th of 1168 Washington public elementary schools. (See Lake Dolloff Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Male students:

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White students:

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 Dolloff Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Lake Dolloff Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2004	62.01	363^rd	1026	64.6%
2005	58.96	428^th	1031	58.5%
2006	59.09	434^th	1051	58.7%
2007	53.12	522^nd	1069	51.2%
2008	64.27	380^th	1067	64.4%
2009	52.53	515^th	1072	52.0%
2010	54.82	483^rd	1088	55.6%
2011	48.16	593^rd	1092	45.7%
2012	47.54	616^th	1097	43.8%
2013	33.85	791^st	1106	28.5%
2015	25.97	840^th	1067	21.3%
2016	32.96	733^rd	1053	30.4%
2017	11.99	975^th	1056	7.7%
2018	19.52	879^th	1054	16.6%
2019	16.81	967^th	1130	14.4%
2021	24.51	822^nd	1107	25.7%
2022	18.14	992^nd	1169	15.1%
2023	20.41	971^st	1169	16.9%
2024	11.53	1084^th	1168	7.2%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	31.62	158^th	212	25.5%
2019	19.76	258^th	303	14.9%
2023	28.37	152^nd	194	21.6%
2024	23.36	162^nd	188	13.8%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	40.85	184^th	333	44.7%
2021	30.96	27^th	32	15.6%
2022	38.65	123^rd	213	42.3%
2023	33.05	163^rd	254	35.8%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Lake Dolloff Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	52.04	253^rd	637	60.3%
2019	32.37	384^th	566	32.2%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	24.25	706^th	835	15.4%
2019	27.87	779^th	979	20.4%
2021	34.59	577^th	854	32.4%
2022	29.01	798^th	1019	21.7%
2023	31.73	746^th	1013	26.4%
2024	19.33	907^th	1024	11.4%

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Rank History for Female students at Lake Dolloff Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	27.00	775^th	1004	22.8%
2019	21.24	889^th	1068	16.8%
2021	21.93	807^th	1008	19.9%
2022	15.17	980^th	1100	10.9%
2023	16.65	951^st	1094	13.1%
2024	13.55	992^nd	1093	9.2%

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Rank History for Male students at Lake Dolloff Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	14.87	901^st	999	9.8%
2019	16.94	930^th	1075	13.5%
2021	28.22	725^th	1025	29.3%
2022	26.90	835^th	1113	25.0%
2023	26.95	824^th	1099	25.0%
2024	10.76	1034^th	1099	5.9%

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Rank History for Asian students at Lake Dolloff Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	32.71	150^th	201	25.4%
2023	18.11	150^th	170	11.8%
2024	2.39	163^rd	163	0.0%

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Rank History for African American students at Lake Dolloff Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	24.10	99^th	107	7.5%
2019	29.37	90^th	110	18.2%
2021	44.37	20^th	47	57.4%
2022	27.93	82^nd	108	24.1%
2023	21.41	54^th	66	18.2%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Lake Dolloff Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	30.66	398^th	540	26.3%
2019	36.22	470^th	697	32.6%
2022	31.65	493^rd	694	29.0%
2023	38.59	402^nd	633	36.5%
2024	19.75	565^th	651	13.2%

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Rank History for White students at Lake Dolloff Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	9.22	792^nd	833	4.9%
2019	8.69	984^th	1027	4.2%
2021	38.24	591^st	943	37.3%
2022	25.38	826^th	1031	19.9%
2023	28.57	779^th	1011	22.9%
2024	16.80	913^th	1009	9.5%

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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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Wednesday, December 30, 2015

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Enrollment information for Lake Dolloff Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	467	15	25	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	509
1989	527	17	33	19	0	n/a	n/a	0	596
1990	576	21	37	15	1	n/a	n/a	0	650
1991	546	17	32	13	2	n/a	n/a	0	610
1992	562	18	31	13	0	n/a	n/a	0	624
1993	586	17	42	17	4	n/a	n/a	0	666
1994	595	18	45	19	4	n/a	n/a	0	681
1995	361	42	51	20	13	n/a	n/a	0	487
1996	361	42	51	20	13	n/a	n/a	0	487
1997	365	65	45	24	11	n/a	n/a	0	510
1998	400	77	47	20	12	n/a	n/a	0	556
1999	380	69	47	24	8	n/a	n/a	0	528
2000	339	67	36	29	9	n/a	n/a	0	480
2001	363	76	54	38	7	n/a	n/a	0	538
2002	339	77	64	50	6	n/a	n/a	0	536
2003	339	77	64	50	6	n/a	n/a	0	536
2004	282	56	62	42	3	n/a	n/a	0	445
2005	275	68	60	54	4	n/a	n/a	2	463
2006	258	62	61	69	6	n/a	n/a	13	469
2007	254	48	91	76	6	n/a	n/a	38	513
2008	227	37	97	61	7	n/a	n/a	35	464
2009	209	30	89	72	7	n/a	n/a	39	446
2010	205	36	79	69	5	n/a	n/a	51	445
2011	201	31	69	76	0	10	48	0	435
2012	177	31	66	63	0	9	62	0	408
2013	154	38	70	58	2	8	61	0	391
2014	142	42	68	58	1	13	65	0	389
2015	144	68	60	69	2	7	68	0	418
2016	133	67	61	84	5	11	71	0	432
2017	114	79	57	104	3	22	89	0	468
2018	126	73	60	106	7	34	83	0	489
2019	111	79	64	115	2	30	65	0	466
2020	106	91	52	107	1	25	54	0	436
2021	92	79	55	99	2	26	49	0	402
2022	89	94	40	109	1	39	47	0	419
2023	97	91	66	105	1	47	62	0	469
2024	94	97	77	114	0	33	71	0	486

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 Dolloff Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	509	20.0	25.4	0
1989	596	23.0	25.9	n/a
1990	650	28.1	23.1	0
1991	610	27.0	22.5	n/a
1992	624	25.5	24.4	n/a
1993	666	25.0	26.6	n/a
1994	681	27.5	24.8	n/a
1995	487	21.8	22.3	n/a
1996	487	21.8	22.3	n/a
1997	510	24.4	20.9	n/a
1998	556	23.9	23.3	n/a
1999	528	27.7	19.1	n/a
2000	480	25.5	18.8	n/a
2001	538	29.5	18.2	n/a
2002	536	27.6	19.4	40.7
2003	536	27.6	19.4	40.7
2004	445	25.0	17.8	42.7
2005	463	25.0	18.5	44.5
2006	469	25.3	18.5	45.8
2007	513	25.0	20.5	47.2
2008	464	25.0	18.6	47.6
2009	446	25.0	17.8	49.1
2010	445	23.5	18.9	62.2
2011	435	23.5	18.5	43.9
2012	408	21.4	19.0	55.9
2013	391	21.5	18.1	60.6
2014	389	n/a	n/a	58.9
2015	418	25.0	16.7	68.9
2016	432	23.0	18.7	66.9
2017	468	24.1	19.3	67.5
2018	489	28.1	17.3	68.9
2019	466	29.0	16.0	71.9
2020	436	27.9	15.5	71.3
2021	402	27.0	14.8	68.7
2022	419	24.1	17.3	77.3
2023	469	25.5	18.3	84.6
2024	486	26.0	18.6	89.3

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 Dolloff Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	509	20.0	25.4	0
1989	596	23.0	25.9	n/a
1990	650	28.1	23.1	0
1991	610	27.0	22.5	n/a
1992	624	25.5	24.4	n/a
1993	666	25.0	26.6	n/a
1994	681	27.5	24.8	n/a
1995	487	21.8	22.3	n/a
1996	487	21.8	22.3	n/a
1997	510	24.4	20.9	n/a
1998	556	23.9	23.3	n/a
1999	528	27.7	19.1	n/a
2000	480	25.5	18.8	n/a
2001	538	29.5	18.2	n/a
2002	536	27.6	19.4	40.7
2003	536	27.6	19.4	40.7
2004	445	25.0	17.8	42.7
2005	463	25.0	18.5	44.5
2006	469	25.3	18.5	45.8
2007	513	25.0	20.5	47.2
2008	464	25.0	18.6	47.6
2009	446	25.0	17.8	49.1
2010	445	23.5	18.9	62.2
2011	435	23.5	18.5	43.9
2012	408	21.4	19.0	55.9
2013	391	21.5	18.1	60.6
2014	389	n/a	n/a	58.9
2015	418	25.0	16.7	68.9
2016	432	23.0	18.7	66.9
2017	468	24.1	19.3	67.5
2018	489	28.1	17.3	68.9
2019	466	29.0	16.0	71.9
2020	436	27.9	15.5	71.3
2021	402	27.0	14.8	68.7
2022	419	24.1	17.3	77.3
2023	469	25.5	18.3	84.6
2024	486	26.0	18.6	89.3

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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