Woodmoor Elementary, Bothell WA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Woodmoor Elementary

Woodmoor Elementary serves students in preschool through fifth grade in Bothell, part of the Northshore School District. The school sits in a predominantly suburban corner of King County, in a city that has grown rapidly from a logging and farming past into a hub for biotechnology and high-tech employment along the Canyon Park and North Creek corridors. Downtown Bothell added mixed-use residential density in the 2010s and 2020s, and the Sammamish River Trail offers a pedestrian route through the city. The University of Washington Bothell and Cascadia College share a campus near downtown, but Woodmoor itself is located in a residential neighborhood, as are most of the district’s elementary campuses.

The school enrolls a sizable student body for an elementary school, serving children from pre-kindergarten to fifth grade. The student population is racially and ethnically diverse. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school draws from a housing market where home values are well above national benchmarks, and rents also sit high relative to incomes. King County’s active housing inventory has expanded recently, and median list prices have edged down slightly, but affordability remains a challenge for many families.

Academically, Woodmoor’s most recent state assessment results offer a mixed picture. In math, proficiency rates declined across the tested grades, with the highest proficiency in third grade and lower rates by fifth grade. In English language arts, the pattern was relatively flat across grades three through five, with proficiency rates clustering in a mid-range band. The fifth-grade science proficiency rate was similar to the ELA results for that grade. Looking across all tested subjects and grades, the school’s overall proficiency index places it above the midpoint relative to other school districts in King County, meaning it performs about as well as or a bit better than the typical school in this comparison set.

The data do not provide information on chronic absenteeism, discipline rates, course access, or staffing ratios, so those areas cannot be assessed here. State testing for preschool through second grade does not occur in Washington, so no results are available for the earliest grades. A parent may want to ask the school directly about class sizes, special education services, and supports for English learners, since those figures are also missing from the available records.

The Northshore School District added a new elementary school in the northern part of the district a few years ago, which shifted some attendance boundaries. That change is not known to have directly affected Woodmoor’s zone, but families considering the neighborhood should confirm current boundaries with the district.

For a family evaluating Woodmoor, the school offers a diverse peer environment in a well-resourced, growing suburban community. The assessment data show a school where a majority of students meet state standards in third-grade math and across the elementary grades in English language arts, but where math proficiency drops by fifth grade. The housing market is expensive, and the surrounding area has seen sustained development and population increase. This is a school that fits a family looking for a regular public elementary option in a high-cost, amenity-rich suburban setting, with academic results that are broadly in line with the county average.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 366%

School 66% · District 75% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 454%

School 54% · District 74% · ▼ 20 pts below district

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 540%

School 40% · District 65% · ▼ 24 pts below district

even with state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 359%

School 59% · District 71% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 458%

School 58% · District 75% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 554%

School 54% · District 36% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Science

Grade 554%

School 54% · District 74% · ▼ 20 pts below district

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

This schoolNorthshore School District, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income48%Higher-income65%17 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income35%Higher-income70%35 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income33%Higher-income69%36 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income56%Higher-income77%21 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income50%Higher-income76%26 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income35%Higher-income63%28 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income21%Higher-income54%34 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income20%Higher-income67%47 pp gap