Summary
Cedar Valley Elementary is a K–6 school in Lynnwood, Washington, serving 427 students in the Edmonds School District and located in a diverse, relatively high-need area of the district. The school’s 2025–26 statewide ranking was 1,074th out of 1,138 schools, placing it in the 6th percentile, with a 0-star SchoolDigger rating. In 2024–25, 73.77% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch, higher than at most nearby schools. At the same time, Cedar Valley reported a relatively low student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1 and spent $21,432 per student in 2023–24, slightly above the nearby-school comparison average.
Academic performance is currently the school’s most important concern. In 2025–26, 22.67% of students were proficient in English language arts, 14.22% in math, and 30.77% in science. Math was the weakest subject across every tested grade, including 9.62% proficiency in 5th grade, while ELA results ranged from 17.24% to 28.85%. Cedar Valley ranked below all nine nearby comparison schools in ELA and math and was second-lowest in science, ahead of College Place Elementary. College Place is a particularly relevant comparison because its free or reduced-price lunch rate was also high at 75.26%; however, its ELA and math results were somewhat stronger, while Cedar Valley had slightly higher science proficiency.
The school’s statewide percentile has improved modestly from 4th percentile in 2023–24 and 2024–25 to 6th percentile in 2025–26, but it remains well below nearby schools such as Seaview Elementary at the 84th percentile, Oak Heights Elementary at the 56th, and Meadowdale Elementary at the 53rd. Science offers the clearest positive sign, rising from 22.92% to 30.77% in one year. Overall, the data point to broad schoolwide needs in math and ELA, along with a need to examine support for English Language Learners and economically disadvantaged students, while treating the recent science improvement as a possible source of momentum.
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