Summary:
ZIP code 98033 contains seven elementary schools in the Lake Washington School District, a highly rated district serving the Kirkland area; six schools generally serve kindergarten through fifth grade, while Community School serves grades 1–5 and has a much smaller enrollment.
Overall, this is a very strong group of schools. Five schools rank among Washington’s top 61 elementary schools, led by Benjamin Franklin Elementary at 13th and Lakeview Elementary at 15th. Franklin has the strongest overall balance, with about 87% proficiency in English language arts, math, and science, including the highest math result at 86.93%. Lakeview is nearly as strong and stands out in science, where 91.11% of students are proficient. Peter Kirk Elementary ranks 36th and shows solid improvement, while Rose Hill Elementary ranks 40th and has the second-highest math result. Mark Twain Elementary, ranked 61st, has made especially notable gains in math and science.
The main performance concern is Alexander Graham Bell Elementary, whose proficiency rates—58.88% in English language arts, 51.52% in math, and 60.42% in science—are well below the other larger schools and district averages. By contrast, science was the clearest area of growth across the group, improving at five of six schools with comparable results. Community School has a strong historical ranking but only 67 students, and its current test results are suppressed, so it should be considered separately rather than directly compared. Reported student-teacher ratios and spending vary, but neither measure alone explains the differences in achievement.
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