Is Silver Lake Elementary School a good school?

Silver Lake Elementary School ranks in the bottom 6.0% of Washington elementary schools.

How many students attend Silver Lake Elementary School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 373 students attended Silver Lake Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Silver Lake Elementary School?

Students at Silver Lake Elementary School are 30% Hispanic, 25% African American, 16% White, 13% Pacific Islander, 10% Two or more races, 5% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Silver Lake Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Silver Lake Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Illahee Middle School High : Decatur High School

Silver Lake Elementary School

Summary:

Silver Lake Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Federal Way, Washington, serving grades PK-5 with a student population of 373. The school is part of the Federal Way School District, which is ranked 213 out of 247 districts in Washington and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Silver Lake Elementary School faces significant challenges compared to nearby schools in the district. The school has a much higher percentage of minority students, with 25.2% African American, 29.76% Hispanic, and 12.87% Pacific Islander students. Academically, Silver Lake consistently ranks in the bottom quarter of Washington elementary schools, with performance on state assessments well below the district and state averages. The school's performance is particularly low for its Hispanic, English Language Learner, Special Education, and Low Socioeconomic Status student subgroups. Additionally, Silver Lake has a very high percentage of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 70-76% over the past 3 years.

In contrast, nearby schools like Twin Lakes Elementary and Sherwood Forest Elementary have significantly higher proficiency rates and statewide rankings. The stark differences in performance between Silver Lake and these other schools highlight the need for equitable access to high-quality education, regardless of a student's background or socioeconomic status. Addressing the challenges at Silver Lake through targeted interventions, increased funding, and a focus on equity could be crucial for improving outcomes for the students.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

1310 SW 325th St
Federal Way, WA 98023-4930

(253) 945-3900

District: Federal Way School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
1098^th of 1,168 Washington Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $21,430

Students who attend Silver Lake Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Illahee Middle School
High:	Decatur High School

Student/teacher ratio: 15.8

Number of students: 373

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

29.8%

African American:

25.2%

White:

16.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 76.1%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Silver Lake Elementary School ranks worse than 94% of elementary schools in Washington. It also ranks 18^th among 23 ranked elementary schools in the Federal Way School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 10.12. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at Silver Lake Elementary School is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (29.8%), African American (25.2%), White (16.1%). (See more...)

Compare Details 76.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Silver Lake Elementary School is 15.8, which is the 9^th best among 23 elementary schools in the Federal Way School District. (See more...)

Compare Silver Lake Elementary School employs 23.5 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Silver Lake Elementary School is $21,430. 12 elementary schools in the Federal Way School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Silver Lake Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Silver Lake Elementary School 1098^th of 1168 Washington public elementary schools. (See Silver Lake Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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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 Silver Lake Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Silver Lake Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2004	66.03	301^st	1026	70.7%
2005	48.52	544^th	1031	47.2%
2006	50.42	540^th	1051	48.6%
2007	44.69	626^th	1069	41.4%
2008	48.48	583^rd	1067	45.4%
2009	56.54	466^th	1072	56.5%
2010	44.76	626^th	1088	42.5%
2011	32.82	808^th	1092	26.0%
2012	39.28	725^th	1097	33.9%
2013	22.27	943^rd	1106	14.7%
2015	30.90	782^nd	1067	26.7%
2016	19.52	885^th	1053	16.0%
2017	24.50	819^th	1056	22.4%
2018	21.32	865^th	1054	17.9%
2019	20.39	929^th	1130	17.8%
2021	16.44	948^th	1107	14.4%
2022	17.32	1007^th	1169	13.9%
2023	18.29	998^th	1169	14.6%
2024	10.12	1098^th	1168	6.0%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	46.80	144^th	333	56.8%
2019	34.44	170^th	248	31.5%
2022	34.45	140^th	213	34.3%
2023	38.70	141^st	254	44.5%
2024	27.78	233^rd	320	27.2%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Silver Lake Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	29.60	474^th	637	25.6%
2019	14.23	558^th	566	1.4%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	26.77	680^th	835	18.6%
2019	21.97	845^th	979	13.7%
2021	39.29	511^th	854	40.2%
2022	34.57	705^th	1019	30.8%
2023	29.13	781^st	1013	22.9%
2024	14.18	950^th	1024	7.2%

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Rank History for Female students at Silver Lake Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	20.75	838^th	1004	16.5%
2019	17.88	926^th	1068	13.3%
2022	16.86	963^rd	1100	12.5%
2023	19.13	920^th	1094	15.9%
2024	12.14	1011^th	1093	7.5%

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Rank History for Male students at Silver Lake Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	24.78	787^th	999	21.2%
2019	25.99	840^th	1075	21.9%
2021	22.47	809^th	1025	21.1%
2022	22.11	891^st	1113	19.9%
2023	19.28	933^rd	1099	15.1%
2024	9.48	1050^th	1099	4.5%

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Rank History for African American students at Silver Lake Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	22.98	102^nd	107	4.7%
2019	32.09	82^nd	110	25.5%
2021	36.99	28^th	47	40.4%
2022	36.63	66^th	108	38.9%
2023	38.14	42^nd	66	36.4%
2024	44.41	40^th	71	43.7%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Silver Lake Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	60.56	189^th	540	65.0%
2019	30.24	524^th	697	24.8%
2022	32.04	490^th	694	29.4%
2023	23.38	530^th	633	16.3%
2024	14.77	602^nd	651	7.5%

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Rank History for Pacific Islander students at Silver Lake Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	65.19	2^nd	3	33.3%

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Rank History for White students at Silver Lake Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	18.75	728^th	833	12.6%
2019	36.94	715^th	1027	30.4%

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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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by a parent
Monday, September 26, 2016

90 of the staff just doesn't care, the older the kids get, the less the staff is engaged. The principal is terrible, does not work with teachers to improve difficult situations and doesn't work with parents. There is little or no communication about what is happening with parents as far as what is going on with the school. The principal is not forthcoming with answers regarding fundraising and there is not evidence of money that has been raised or donated going to school improvement. Parent involvement is minimal, but why should parents want to get involved with the staff doesn't address them or give them updates or communicate with them in anyway? Basically, very few of the staff members care and the majority of the parents don't care either. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Silver Lake Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1990	422	18	86	10	4	n/a	n/a	0	540
1991	494	24	106	11	3	n/a	n/a	0	638
1992	483	29	121	8	2	n/a	n/a	0	643
1993	481	38	135	9	4	n/a	n/a	0	667
1994	470	41	144	6	3	n/a	n/a	0	664
1995	392	103	136	17	3	n/a	n/a	0	651
1996	392	103	136	17	3	n/a	n/a	0	651
1997	352	103	113	29	4	n/a	n/a	0	601
1998	315	83	138	33	3	n/a	n/a	0	572
1999	306	95	156	31	8	n/a	n/a	0	596
2000	313	94	166	34	5	n/a	n/a	0	612
2001	307	103	162	28	4	n/a	n/a	0	604
2002	250	79	157	43	8	n/a	n/a	0	537
2003	250	79	157	43	8	n/a	n/a	0	537
2004	209	72	137	50	5	n/a	n/a	0	473
2005	183	91	129	35	5	n/a	n/a	9	452
2006	170	107	108	44	5	n/a	n/a	15	449
2007	139	123	109	63	3	n/a	n/a	29	466
2008	125	134	112	75	5	n/a	n/a	26	477
2009	132	97	97	74	3	n/a	n/a	37	440
2010	119	65	85	75	4	n/a	n/a	48	396
2011	115	47	53	84	6	24	57	0	386
2012	123	50	48	95	7	27	68	0	418
2013	112	46	38	104	2	31	52	0	385
2014	107	41	49	125	2	37	62	0	423
2015	97	53	48	117	0	28	54	0	397
2016	84	55	40	126	0	36	58	0	399
2017	84	97	32	151	0	44	57	0	465
2018	82	103	33	124	1	29	56	0	428
2019	75	121	27	116	3	30	55	0	427
2020	61	122	19	119	0	35	62	1	419
2021	52	106	16	97	0	41	49	1	362
2022	51	89	13	96	0	39	44	2	334
2023	60	94	20	111	0	48	39	1	373

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 Silver Lake Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1990	540	0.0	0.0	0
1991	638	23.0	27.7	n/a
1992	643	24.0	26.7	n/a
1993	667	27.4	24.3	n/a
1994	664	27.5	24.1	n/a
1995	651	28.0	23.3	n/a
1996	651	28.0	23.3	n/a
1997	601	29.6	20.3	n/a
1998	572	27.1	21.1	n/a
1999	596	29.5	20.2	n/a
2000	612	24.0	25.5	n/a
2001	604	30.6	19.7	n/a
2002	537	27.0	19.9	27.4
2003	537	27.0	19.9	27.4
2004	473	22.0	21.5	32.1
2005	452	21.5	21.0	40
2006	449	23.0	19.5	48.8
2007	466	23.5	19.8	56.3
2008	477	23.5	20.3	62.5
2009	440	24.5	18.0	54.8
2010	396	24.9	15.8	70.7
2011	386	25.0	15.4	41.7
2012	418	23.9	17.4	59.6
2013	385	22.5	17.1	62.9
2014	423	n/a	n/a	61
2015	397	28.0	14.1	62.2
2016	399	24.0	16.6	63.4
2017	465	26.7	17.3	68.2
2018	428	25.5	16.7	66.8
2019	427	27.5	15.5	68.1
2020	419	28.0	14.9	78.5
2021	362	24.5	14.7	71
2022	334	23.4	14.2	70.1
2023	373	23.5	15.8	76.1

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 Silver Lake Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1990	540	0.0	0.0	0
1991	638	23.0	27.7	n/a
1992	643	24.0	26.7	n/a
1993	667	27.4	24.3	n/a
1994	664	27.5	24.1	n/a
1995	651	28.0	23.3	n/a
1996	651	28.0	23.3	n/a
1997	601	29.6	20.3	n/a
1998	572	27.1	21.1	n/a
1999	596	29.5	20.2	n/a
2000	612	24.0	25.5	n/a
2001	604	30.6	19.7	n/a
2002	537	27.0	19.9	27.4
2003	537	27.0	19.9	27.4
2004	473	22.0	21.5	32.1
2005	452	21.5	21.0	40
2006	449	23.0	19.5	48.8
2007	466	23.5	19.8	56.3
2008	477	23.5	20.3	62.5
2009	440	24.5	18.0	54.8
2010	396	24.9	15.8	70.7
2011	386	25.0	15.4	41.7
2012	418	23.9	17.4	59.6
2013	385	22.5	17.1	62.9
2014	423	n/a	n/a	61
2015	397	28.0	14.1	62.2
2016	399	24.0	16.6	63.4
2017	465	26.7	17.3	68.2
2018	428	25.5	16.7	66.8
2019	427	27.5	15.5	68.1
2020	419	28.0	14.9	78.5
2021	362	24.5	14.7	71
2022	334	23.4	14.2	70.1
2023	373	23.5	15.8	76.1

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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