Is Hazelwood Elementary School a good school?

Yes. Hazelwood Elementary School ranks in the top 5.9% of Washington elementary schools.

How many students attend Hazelwood Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 462 students attended Hazelwood Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Hazelwood Elementary School?

Students at Hazelwood Elementary School are 43% White, 27% Asian, 14% Two or more races, 11% Hispanic, 4% African American, 1% Pacific Islander.

What schools do graduates of Hazelwood Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Hazelwood Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Vera Risdon Middle School High : Hazen Senior High School

Hazelwood Elementary School

Summary:

Hazelwood Elementary School is a public elementary school in Newcastle, Washington, serving around 550 students from kindergarten to 5th grade. The school consistently ranks among the top 20% of elementary schools in the state, with exceptional academic performance that significantly exceeds the district and state averages across all grade levels and subject areas.

Hazelwood Elementary's academic success is particularly noteworthy, with 76.15% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 80.28% proficient or better in Math, compared to the Renton School District averages of 47.04% and 39.42%, respectively, and the state's 52.63% and 41.68%. The school's performance is especially strong in Math, with 3rd and 4th-grade students scoring over 80% proficient or better, significantly higher than the district and state. Hazelwood Elementary also consistently ranks among the top schools in the state for various student subgroups, including Female Students, Male Students, Asian Students, Hispanic Students, White Students, Multi-racial Students, English Language Learner Students, and Low Socio-Economic Status Students.

When compared to nearby schools, such as Puesta del Sol Elementary School, Kennydale Elementary School, and Sierra Heights Elementary School, all within the Renton School District, Hazelwood Elementary stands out as a high-performing school, significantly outpacing the academic performance of other schools in the district, as well as some schools in the higher-ranked Bellevue School District and Issaquah School District.

Detail:

Public K-5

7100 116th Ave SE
Newcastle, WA 98056-1133

(425) 204-4550

District: Renton School District

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

Per Pupil Expenditures: $18,670

Students who attend Hazelwood Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Vera Risdon Middle School
High:	Hazen Senior High School

Student/teacher ratio: 16.7

Number of students: 462

Racial breakdown:

White:

43.3%

Asian:

27.1%

Two or more races:

13.6%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 19%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Hazelwood Elementary School ranks better than 94.1% of elementary schools in Washington. It also ranks first among 15 ranked elementary schools in the Renton School District! (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 93.38. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at Hazelwood Elementary School is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (43.3%), Asian (27.1%), two or more races (13.6%). (See more...)

Compare Details 19% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Hazelwood Elementary School is 16.7. 11 elementary schools in the Renton School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Hazelwood Elementary School employs 27.5 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Hazelwood Elementary School is $18,670. 11 elementary schools in the Renton School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Hazelwood Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Hazelwood Elementary School 69^th of 1168 Washington public elementary schools. (See Hazelwood Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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White students:

Renton School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Renton School District 139^th of 247 Washington school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Hazelwood Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Hazelwood Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2004	82.69	133^rd	1026	87.0%
2005	77.02	191^st	1031	81.5%
2006	75.51	207^th	1051	80.3%
2007	71.01	263^rd	1069	75.4%
2008	80.43	145^th	1067	86.4%
2009	77.67	175^th	1072	83.7%
2010	71.54	258^th	1088	76.3%
2011	83.52	124^th	1092	88.6%
2012	82.95	126^th	1097	88.5%
2013	76.94	211^th	1106	80.9%
2015	76.12	231^st	1067	78.4%
2016	75.31	250^th	1053	76.3%
2017	80.43	191^st	1056	81.9%
2018	80.71	189^th	1054	82.1%
2019	77.17	240^th	1130	78.8%
2021	80.21	203^rd	1107	81.7%
2022	81.59	205^th	1169	82.5%
2023	82.88	190^th	1169	83.7%
2024	93.38	69^th	1168	94.1%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Hazelwood Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	71.18	58^th	212	72.6%
2019	68.69	77^th	303	74.6%
2021	67.85	32^nd	128	75.0%
2022	71.27	72^nd	252	71.4%
2023	83.69	16^th	194	91.8%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Hazelwood Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2021	93.09	3^rd	32	90.6%
2022	84.15	14^th	213	93.4%
2023	80.86	34^th	254	86.6%
2024	87.36	26^th	320	91.9%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Hazelwood Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	47.93	295^th	637	53.7%
2019	46.84	250^th	566	55.8%
2021	61.24	55^th	158	65.2%
2022	76.01	66^th	478	86.2%
2023	39.48	189^th	308	38.6%
2024	74.33	52^nd	339	84.7%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Hazelwood Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	52.61	396^th	835	52.6%
2019	65.81	275^th	979	71.9%
2021	76.30	116^th	854	86.4%
2022	77.36	119^th	1019	88.3%
2023	77.69	143^rd	1013	85.9%
2024	86.55	57^th	1024	94.4%

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Rank History for Female students at Hazelwood Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	75.06	234^th	1004	76.7%
2019	85.50	126^th	1068	88.2%
2021	81.50	163^rd	1008	83.8%
2022	75.93	242^nd	1100	78.0%
2023	82.11	171^st	1094	84.4%
2024	94.91	37^th	1093	96.6%

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Rank History for Male students at Hazelwood Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	84.71	135^th	999	86.5%
2019	68.40	328^th	1075	69.5%
2021	75.99	231^st	1025	77.5%
2022	80.12	209^th	1113	81.2%
2023	82.26	174^th	1099	84.2%
2024	91.28	82^nd	1099	92.5%

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Rank History for Asian students at Hazelwood Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	67.77	63^rd	169	62.7%
2019	67.21	67^th	201	66.7%
2021	56.12	67^th	131	48.9%
2022	59.25	90^th	187	51.9%
2023	48.18	88^th	170	48.2%
2024	72.47	48^th	163	70.6%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Hazelwood Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	65.03	196^th	697	71.9%
2021	84.17	38^th	501	92.4%
2022	70.92	123^rd	694	82.3%
2023	87.27	37^th	633	94.2%
2024	80.40	82^nd	651	87.4%

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Rank History for White students at Hazelwood Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	78.99	155^th	833	81.4%
2019	77.59	212^th	1027	79.4%
2021	82.63	136^th	943	85.6%
2022	84.30	128^th	1031	87.6%
2023	87.93	94^th	1011	90.7%
2024	91.50	41^st	1009	95.9%

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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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by a parent
Tuesday, October 3, 2017

This is a great school. All the staff from the Principal on down are very helpful in any situation. I'm very grateful my grandson was allowed to attend Hazelwood School.
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Enrollment information for Hazelwood Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	472	22	41	3	6	n/a	n/a	0	544
1989	466	22	44	2	7	n/a	n/a	0	541
1990	477	24	40	6	6	n/a	n/a	0	553
1991	502	23	44	7	4	n/a	n/a	0	580
1992	463	19	57	10	4	n/a	n/a	0	553
1993	460	16	72	14	7	n/a	n/a	0	569
1994	417	9	75	10	7	n/a	n/a	0	518
1995	446	19	101	15	4	n/a	n/a	0	585
1996	446	19	101	15	4	n/a	n/a	0	585
1997	471	18	114	14	4	n/a	n/a	0	621
1998	406	14	99	7	4	n/a	n/a	0	530
1999	379	20	102	9	1	n/a	n/a	0	511
2000	385	19	94	7	1	n/a	n/a	0	506
2001	380	20	99	7	4	n/a	n/a	0	510
2002	369	23	106	14	2	n/a	n/a	0	514
2003	369	23	106	14	2	n/a	n/a	0	514
2004	355	31	113	18	2	n/a	n/a	0	519
2005	324	25	124	9	3	n/a	n/a	0	485
2006	324	25	124	13	5	n/a	n/a	0	491
2007	299	27	126	14	3	n/a	n/a	0	469
2008	284	24	141	14	3	n/a	n/a	0	466
2009	292	35	134	29	6	n/a	n/a	0	496
2010	296	23	126	36	5	n/a	n/a	3	489
2011	272	13	120	33	2	0	14	0	454
2012	260	17	115	29	4	0	27	0	452
2013	277	27	124	53	3	0	35	0	519
2014	280	29	139	54	3	0	44	0	549
2015	271	34	154	56	3	0	55	0	573
2016	308	34	158	67	3	0	60	0	630
2017	309	27	139	67	5	0	68	0	615
2018	315	28	151	69	5	1	89	0	658
2019	269	26	132	74	4	3	103	0	611
2020	272	22	140	78	3	1	91	0	607
2021	242	34	135	83	4	1	88	5	592
2022	201	25	134	72	4	1	68	0	505
2023	217	31	129	83	2	6	82	0	550
2024	200	19	125	49	1	5	63	0	462

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

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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 Hazelwood Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	544	23.0	23.6	0
1989	541	23.0	23.5	n/a
1990	553	23.1	23.9	0
1991	580	25.4	22.8	n/a
1992	553	25.0	22.1	n/a
1993	569	23.0	24.7	n/a
1994	518	25.2	20.6	n/a
1995	585	26.8	21.8	n/a
1996	585	26.8	21.8	n/a
1997	621	27.0	23.0	n/a
1998	530	25.1	21.1	n/a
1999	511	23.1	22.1	n/a
2000	506	23.5	21.5	n/a
2001	510	23.5	21.7	n/a
2002	514	25.6	20.1	9.1
2003	514	25.6	20.1	9.1
2004	519	26.0	20.0	11.6
2005	485	25.5	19.0	9.3
2006	491	24.6	20.0	9.4
2007	469	24.0	19.5	9.8
2008	466	25.0	18.6	9.4
2009	496	25.0	19.8	14.9
2010	489	25.5	19.1	16.9
2011	454	23.7	19.1	17.4
2012	452	23.6	19.1	20.4
2013	519	26.1	19.8	23.7
2014	549	n/a	n/a	22.4
2015	573	34.0	16.8	22.5
2016	630	32.0	19.6	21
2017	615	33.8	18.1	21.3
2018	658	36.1	18.2	20.1
2019	611	32.1	18.9	18
2020	607	34.8	17.4	18
2021	592	34.6	17.0	18.9
2022	505	33.4	15.1	17.4
2023	550	32.8	16.7	23.5
2024	462	27.5	16.7	19

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 Hazelwood Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	544	23.0	23.6	0
1989	541	23.0	23.5	n/a
1990	553	23.1	23.9	0
1991	580	25.4	22.8	n/a
1992	553	25.0	22.1	n/a
1993	569	23.0	24.7	n/a
1994	518	25.2	20.6	n/a
1995	585	26.8	21.8	n/a
1996	585	26.8	21.8	n/a
1997	621	27.0	23.0	n/a
1998	530	25.1	21.1	n/a
1999	511	23.1	22.1	n/a
2000	506	23.5	21.5	n/a
2001	510	23.5	21.7	n/a
2002	514	25.6	20.1	9.1
2003	514	25.6	20.1	9.1
2004	519	26.0	20.0	11.6
2005	485	25.5	19.0	9.3
2006	491	24.6	20.0	9.4
2007	469	24.0	19.5	9.8
2008	466	25.0	18.6	9.4
2009	496	25.0	19.8	14.9
2010	489	25.5	19.1	16.9
2011	454	23.7	19.1	17.4
2012	452	23.6	19.1	20.4
2013	519	26.1	19.8	23.7
2014	549	n/a	n/a	22.4
2015	573	34.0	16.8	22.5
2016	630	32.0	19.6	21
2017	615	33.8	18.1	21.3
2018	658	36.1	18.2	20.1
2019	611	32.1	18.9	18
2020	607	34.8	17.4	18
2021	592	34.6	17.0	18.9
2022	505	33.4	15.1	17.4
2023	550	32.8	16.7	23.5
2024	462	27.5	16.7	19

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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