Summary
Dutch Hill Elementary is a public K–6 school in Snohomish, Washington, serving 694 students in a competitive local elementary-school market. It belongs to the Snohomish School District, which ranks 40th out of 238 Washington districts, placing it in the 83rd percentile statewide. Dutch Hill ranks 228th out of 1,138 Washington elementary schools, in the 80th percentile, and has a four-star rating. Among nearby schools, only Little Cedars Elementary School and Skyline Elementary rank higher overall.
The school’s recent progress is a major strength. Dutch Hill moved from the 66th percentile in 2022–2023 to the 80th percentile in 2025–2026. Its current proficiency rates are 64.59% in English Language Arts, 58.51% in math, and 68.04% in science—above both district and state results in all three subjects. Science stands out most, exceeding the district by 8.16 percentage points and the state by 17.09 points. Dutch Hill has the third-highest ELA result among the listed nearby schools, behind Little Cedars and Skyline, and performs better overall than schools such as Glenwood Elementary, Hillcrest Elementary School, and Riverview Elementary.
Performance is strongest in grades 3–5, where ELA proficiency is near or above 70%, while grade 3 math reaches 74.26%. Grade 6 is the main area to monitor, with ELA at 49.11% and math at 46.85%, both below district results but still above state math performance. Dutch Hill also reports strong effectiveness rankings for low-income students, at the 88th percentile, and special education students, at the 79th percentile. Its 17.8-to-1 student-teacher ratio and $16,831 per-student spending are fairly typical locally, suggesting its results are not simply the product of unusually high spending or the smallest classes. Overall, Dutch Hill is a strong, improving school with particular opportunities in sixth-grade instruction and math consistency.
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