WashingtonSchoolsSilver Lake Elementary School

Silver Lake Elementary School

PublicRegular
FEDERAL WAY, Washington · Federal Way School District
Teachers22.0FTE
Ratio17.3:1students per teacher
Students381enrolled
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students381
Grade Span
Student:Teacher17.3:1
Free/Reduced Lunch82%
Title INo
SectorPublic
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
4.0%vs prior yrUS avg 15.4:1
Teacher FTE
23
4.5%vs prior yr
Enrollment
382
0.3%vs prior yr
Years of Data
5
2020–2024
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

14.3:114.9:115.6:116.2:116.9:117.5:12020202120222023202415.1:114.5:116.2:117.3:116.6:1This schoolUS public-school avg

Enrollment & Teacher FTE

330341352364375386222223232424202020212022202320243623343733813822423232223EnrollmentTeacher FTE

Year-by-year workforce

Metric20202021202220232024Nat Avg
Enrollment362334373381382
Teacher FTE2423232223
Pupil : Teacher ratio15.1:114.5:116.2:117.3:116.6:115.4:1

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.