Is Beacon Hill International School a good school?

Beacon Hill International School ranks 304 th of 1168 Washington elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Beacon Hill International School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 342 students attended Beacon Hill International School.

What is the racial makeup of Beacon Hill International School?

Students at Beacon Hill International School are 32% Hispanic, 31% Asian, 18% White, 13% Two or more races, 4% African American.

What schools do graduates of Beacon Hill International School attend?

Students who attend Beacon Hill International School usually go on to attend: Middle : Mercer International Middle School High : Franklin High School

Beacon Hill International School

Summary:

Beacon Hill International School is a public elementary school serving grades K-5 in the Seattle School District No. 1, with a diverse student population of 32.46% Hispanic, 31.29% Asian, 18.13% White, and 12.57% two or more races.

Beacon Hill International School consistently outperforms the state average in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Math proficiency, with 55.93% and 65.56% proficiency rates respectively in 2023-2024, compared to the state's 52.63% and 41.68%. The school's performance is also above the Seattle School District No. 1 average, and has improved over the years. However, the school's Hispanic and English Language Learner students perform below the state average. Beacon Hill International School has a relatively high per-student spending of $23,795 and a low student-teacher ratio of 13.9, which may contribute to its strong academic performance.

Compared to nearby schools in the Seattle School District No. 1, such as Leschi Elementary, Maple Elementary, and Hawthorne Elementary, Beacon Hill International School outperforms them in both ELA and Math proficiency. However, Thurgood Marshall Elementary and Pathfinder K-8 School have higher academic performance than Beacon Hill International School.

Detail:

Public K-5

2025 14 Av S
Seattle, WA 98144-4205

(206) 252-2700

District: Seattle School District No. 1

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

Per Pupil Expenditures: $23,795

Students who attend Beacon Hill International School usually attend:

Middle:	Mercer International Middle School
High:	Franklin High School

Student/teacher ratio: 13.9

Number of students: 342

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

32.5%

Asian:

31.3%

White:

18.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 52.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Beacon Hill International School ranks better than 74% of elementary schools in Washington. It also ranks 38^th among 71 ranked elementary schools in the Seattle School District No. 1. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 71.01. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at Beacon Hill International School is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (32.5%), Asian (31.3%), White (18.1%). (See more...)

Compare Details 52.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Beacon Hill International School is 13.9, which is the 34^th best among 71 elementary schools in the Seattle School District No. 1. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Beacon Hill International School is $23,795, which is the 30^th highest among 71 elementary schools in the Seattle School District No. 1.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Beacon Hill International School:

SchoolDigger ranks Beacon Hill International School 304^th of 1168 Washington public elementary schools. (See Beacon Hill International School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Seattle School District No. 1:

SchoolDigger ranks Seattle School District No. 1 48^th of 247 Washington school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Beacon Hill International School

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Rank History for all students at Beacon Hill International School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2004	40.52	638^th	1026	37.8%
2005	49.61	535^th	1031	48.1%
2006	32.21	769^th	1051	26.8%
2007	38.49	709^th	1069	33.7%
2008	58.58	455^th	1067	57.4%
2009	50.59	550^th	1072	48.7%
2010	51.14	538^th	1088	50.6%
2011	45.16	622^nd	1092	43.0%
2012	53.20	551^st	1097	49.8%
2013	65.18	385^th	1106	65.2%
2015	54.34	472^nd	1067	55.8%
2016	65.49	359^th	1053	65.9%
2017	64.17	386^th	1056	63.4%
2018	72.83	281^st	1054	73.3%
2019	65.37	386^th	1130	65.8%
2021	43.77	579^th	1107	47.7%
2022	55.30	481^st	1169	58.9%
2023	67.55	351^st	1169	70.0%
2024	71.01	304^th	1168	74.0%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Beacon Hill International School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	70.05	71^st	303	76.6%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Beacon Hill International School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	66.59	53^rd	333	84.1%
2019	61.26	48^th	248	80.6%
2022	42.93	106^th	213	50.2%
2023	59.34	79^th	254	68.9%
2024	52.34	133^rd	320	58.4%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Beacon Hill International School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	42.05	355^th	637	44.3%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Beacon Hill International School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	76.28	106^th	835	87.3%
2019	65.78	277^th	979	71.7%
2021	45.45	431^st	854	49.5%
2022	49.48	483^rd	1019	52.6%
2023	61.68	328^th	1013	67.6%
2024	53.86	453^rd	1024	55.8%

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Rank History for Female students at Beacon Hill International School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	67.20	330^th	1004	67.1%
2019	76.55	237^th	1068	77.8%
2021	38.15	593^rd	1008	41.2%
2022	53.18	483^rd	1100	56.1%
2023	53.35	484^th	1094	55.8%
2024	59.63	404^th	1093	63.0%

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Rank History for Male students at Beacon Hill International School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	75.16	246^th	999	75.4%
2019	53.45	501^st	1075	53.4%
2021	48.50	484^th	1025	52.8%
2022	56.26	443^rd	1113	60.2%
2023	71.85	285^th	1099	74.1%
2024	73.70	263^rd	1099	76.1%

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Rank History for Asian students at Beacon Hill International School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	65.08	72^nd	169	57.4%
2019	55.71	93^rd	201	53.7%
2021	26.80	99^th	131	24.4%
2022	50.49	101^st	187	46.0%
2023	46.15	91^st	170	46.5%
2024	52.52	76^th	163	53.4%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Beacon Hill International School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	47.45	266^th	540	50.7%
2019	52.91	306^th	697	56.1%
2021	35.09	318^th	501	36.5%
2022	41.81	383^rd	694	44.8%
2023	45.38	355^th	633	43.9%
2024	35.72	440^th	651	32.4%

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Rank History for White students at Beacon Hill International School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	86.74	61^st	833	92.7%
2019	71.38	295^th	1027	71.3%

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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
Monday, June 20, 2011

Beacon Hill Elementary is a collaboration of culture, ideas, language, and ideology. This small place of learning serves as a conduit through which parents and children from far flung places come together to create community.... Tentatively and awkwardly, but it does happen. Despite the differences in language, education, residency status, religion...Connections are made child by child. The grown ups tend to follow behind the kids. We, all of us, are learning all the time. Crossing a cultural divide daily is not easy. But at Beacon Hill, the more we practice, the Accidental learning happens often here, when we can find time for it. The poor teachers are so stressed.... I just want to lift their burden a bit so that they can do what they were meant to do and inspire these children to be the best that they are. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Beacon Hill International School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	135	46	122	19	34	n/a	n/a	0	356
1989	125	46	114	20	22	n/a	n/a	0	327
1990	28	77	126	19	24	n/a	n/a	0	274
1991	80	56	103	21	18	n/a	n/a	0	278
1992	67	58	86	19	16	n/a	n/a	0	246
1993	68	52	97	19	12	n/a	n/a	0	248
1994	72	51	106	22	12	n/a	n/a	0	263
1995	62	41	123	27	7	n/a	n/a	0	260
1996	62	41	123	27	7	n/a	n/a	0	260
1997	50	45	135	42	7	n/a	n/a	0	279
1998	44	54	146	53	5	n/a	n/a	0	302
1999	45	54	167	64	5	n/a	n/a	0	335
2000	44	63	177	77	5	n/a	n/a	0	366
2001	48	60	178	79	5	n/a	n/a	0	370
2002	52	40	194	92	3	n/a	n/a	0	381
2003	52	40	194	92	3	n/a	n/a	0	381
2004	58	39	203	101	3	n/a	n/a	0	404
2005	37	39	201	91	2	n/a	n/a	0	370
2006	32	34	199	97	3	n/a	n/a	0	365
2007	27	32	197	113	6	n/a	n/a	0	375
2008	28	39	191	118	6	n/a	n/a	0	382
2009	39	53	202	101	6	n/a	n/a	0	401
2010	49	62	214	110	6	n/a	n/a	0	441
2011	55	55	189	126	2	1	21	0	449
2012	59	52	167	146	3	2	23	0	452
2013	62	44	159	163	2	1	30	0	461
2014	68	30	147	179	2	1	37	0	464
2015	72	36	138	186	3	1	44	0	480
2016	70	28	130	173	3	1	52	0	457
2017	65	22	126	150	3	1	56	0	423
2018	68	28	113	145	2	0	60	0	416
2019	72	25	104	141	2	0	67	0	411
2020	73	25	102	142	2	0	74	0	418
2021	68	25	102	131	1	1	60	0	388
2022	57	17	98	109	1	0	43	1	326
2023	62	15	107	111	1	0	43	3	342

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 Beacon Hill International School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	356	18.0	19.7	0
1989	327	19.0	17.2	n/a
1990	274	17.5	15.6	0
1991	278	14.0	19.8	n/a
1992	246	13.5	18.2	n/a
1993	248	15.5	16.0	n/a
1994	263	15.5	17.0	n/a
1995	260	15.0	17.3	n/a
1996	260	15.0	17.3	n/a
1997	279	16.5	16.9	n/a
1998	302	17.6	17.2	n/a
1999	335	19.5	17.2	n/a
2000	366	21.0	17.4	n/a
2001	370	24.0	15.4	n/a
2002	381	23.3	16.4	63.5
2003	381	23.3	16.4	63.5
2004	404	24.0	16.8	62.1
2005	370	24.0	15.4	67.8
2006	365	23.0	15.9	67.1
2007	375	21.0	17.9	69.3
2008	382	23.0	16.6	70.7
2009	401	23.0	17.4	67.3
2010	441	24.2	18.2	64.9
2011	449	26.1	17.2	61.9
2012	452	25.4	17.7	63.9
2013	461	29.1	15.8	63.3
2014	464	n/a	n/a	60.1
2015	480	34.0	14.1	57.5
2016	457	31.0	14.7	48.4
2017	423	29.7	14.2	58.6
2018	416	26.6	15.6	55.3
2019	411	26.9	15.2	51.8
2020	418	26.8	15.5	49
2021	388	26.5	14.6	49.7
2022	326	26.7	12.2	47.5
2023	342	24.5	13.9	52.6

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 Beacon Hill International School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	356	18.0	19.7	0
1989	327	19.0	17.2	n/a
1990	274	17.5	15.6	0
1991	278	14.0	19.8	n/a
1992	246	13.5	18.2	n/a
1993	248	15.5	16.0	n/a
1994	263	15.5	17.0	n/a
1995	260	15.0	17.3	n/a
1996	260	15.0	17.3	n/a
1997	279	16.5	16.9	n/a
1998	302	17.6	17.2	n/a
1999	335	19.5	17.2	n/a
2000	366	21.0	17.4	n/a
2001	370	24.0	15.4	n/a
2002	381	23.3	16.4	63.5
2003	381	23.3	16.4	63.5
2004	404	24.0	16.8	62.1
2005	370	24.0	15.4	67.8
2006	365	23.0	15.9	67.1
2007	375	21.0	17.9	69.3
2008	382	23.0	16.6	70.7
2009	401	23.0	17.4	67.3
2010	441	24.2	18.2	64.9
2011	449	26.1	17.2	61.9
2012	452	25.4	17.7	63.9
2013	461	29.1	15.8	63.3
2014	464	n/a	n/a	60.1
2015	480	34.0	14.1	57.5
2016	457	31.0	14.7	48.4
2017	423	29.7	14.2	58.6
2018	416	26.6	15.6	55.3
2019	411	26.9	15.2	51.8
2020	418	26.8	15.5	49
2021	388	26.5	14.6	49.7
2022	326	26.7	12.2	47.5
2023	342	24.5	13.9	52.6

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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