Original Research by School Decision on Old Redmond Schoolhouse
Old Redmond Schoolhouse is a public preschool in Redmond, Washington, serving children in pre-kindergarten only. It is part of the Lake Washington School District. Because it serves only a single grade level that falls outside the range of state-mandated testing, there is no state assessment data, no graduation rate, and no chronic absenteeism figure to report. A parent looking at typical K-12 metrics will find those fields absent, which is entirely expected for a school of this type.
The school enrolls a small student body drawn from the surrounding area. The student population is racially and ethnically diverse. The largest group of students is Asian, followed by a substantial share of Hispanic students, a smaller but noticeable share of White students, and smaller shares of students who identify as two or more races, Black, and American Indian or Alaska Native. The school does not report the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, nor does it report figures for students with disabilities or English learners, so the socioeconomic and support-need profile of the student body is not available from the data on hand.
Redmond itself is a major technology employment hub, best known as the home of Microsoft and Nintendo of America. The city has seen rapid population growth over the past several decades, and housing costs reflect that pressure. The median home value in the area is very high, and rents are also high relative to national averages. The city has two urban centers: downtown Redmond and the Overlake neighborhood to the southwest. The Lake Washington School District is the entity that oversees this preschool, but publicly reported information about recent district-level changes, such as referendums, curriculum shifts, or property tax adjustments, was not found in the available data.
For a family with a preschool-aged child, Old Redmond Schoolhouse offers an early childhood program within a district located in a region with high housing costs and a large technology-sector workforce. The school does not have the kind of academic performance data that parents might use to evaluate elementary or secondary schools, which is typical for a pre-kindergarten program. The student body is diverse, and the school is situated in a city with substantial economic resources and infrastructure connected to the broader Seattle area by light rail. A parent considering this school would likely want to contact the school or district directly for information about curriculum, daily schedule, staff qualifications, and any family-income-based tuition or enrollment criteria, as those details are not captured in the available standard data fields.
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