WashingtonSchoolsMargaret Mead Elementary

Margaret Mead Elementary

PublicRegular
Sammamish, Washington · Lake Washington School District
Teachers35.0FTE
Ratio17.4:1students per teacher
Students609enrolled
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students609
Grade Span0–5
Student:Teacher17.4:1
Free/Reduced Lunch4%
Title INo
SectorPublic
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
4.6%vs prior yrUS avg 15.4:1
Teacher FTE
35
0.0%vs prior yr
Enrollment
580
4.8%vs prior yr
Avg Experience
8
years
Counselors
ASCA max 1:250
Nurses
NASN max 1:750
Psychologists
NASP max 1:500
Social Workers
SSWAA max 1:250
Trends & 5-year history below

Pupil : Teacher Ratio — 5-Year Trend

15.1:115.9:116.8:117.6:118.5:119.3:12020202120222023202418.9:117.8:119.0:117.4:116.6:1Margaret Mead ElementaryUS public-school avg

Enrollment & Teacher FTE

572595618642665688323334343536202020212022202320246805896076095803633323535EnrollmentTeacher FTE

Year-by-year workforce

Metric20202021202220232024Nat Avg
Enrollment680589607609580
Teacher FTE3633323535
Pupil : Teacher ratio18.9:117.8:119.0:117.4:116.6:115.4:1

Teacher Experience & Qualifications (2024)

Average years of experience8.1 yrs
Novice teachers (< 3 yrs)0%
Hold advanced degree81%
Source: State Department of Education teacher workforce reports.

What These Numbers Mean

Teacher FTE

Full-Time Equivalent counts part-time teachers proportionally. One full-time teacher = 1.0 FTE; two half-time teachers also = 1.0 FTE. This is the standard federal reporting unit.

Pupil : Teacher ratio

NCES-reported ratio divides total enrollment by teacher FTE. It is NOT the same as average class size — schools with specialists, coaches, and resource teachers will show lower ratios than typical class sizes.

How to read the trend

A falling pupil:teacher ratio (line going down) means more staffing per student — generally a positive signal. A rising line can indicate budget pressure or fast enrollment growth outpacing hiring. Always compare to the US average (dashed grey).

Historical data spans 20202024 from NCES CCD.

Student Support & Wellbeing

Counselor, nurse, psychologist and social-worker staffing data will appear here once the latest CRDC (Civil Rights Data Collection) ingestion completes for this school.

Source: US Dept of Education — CRDC.