23823 NE 22nd St, Sammamish, WA 98074-3567
Avg years and MA-degree share are direct OSPI publications; the 3-year trend is our derivation. From data.wa.gov/yp28-ks6d.
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Beginning 2025-26 the district shifted K-5 services to Classroom-Based Services (CBS) delivered by general-ed teachers in students' neighborhood schools, replacing the former K5HC weekly 30-minute pull-outs. Full-Time Quest (elementary self-contained) and Middle School Quest continue without service-model changes. The earlier Part-Time Quest (POQ) pull-out was discontinued after 2024-25; existing 2nd-5th POQ students transitioned to Full-Time Quest in fall 2025.
Curated from district Highly Capable program pages, with observed-at dates and confidence labels.
Lake Washington School District · grades PreK–5 · 476 students · attendance-area school in Sammamish and a host site for the district's Full-Time Quest program
McAuliffe delivers what the Sammamish plateau's reputation promises: 93.6% of students meeting standard in combined English language arts (ELA) and math, the 97.6th percentile against demographically similar Washington schools, and dual state recognition for Achievement and Growth in 2024-25. None of that will surprise anyone shopping this zip code. The part the reputation misses is enrollment. Plateau elementary enrollment is falling, McAuliffe cut kindergarten from three sections to two for 2025-26, and that shrinkage put it on the district's open-transfer list for 2026-27. A school at this level that non-boundary families can actually apply to is rare, and the window may not outlast the enrollment trough.
The school runs on two engines: a veteran, heavily credentialed staff, and a Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) that behaves like a funded nonprofit. A single fun run brought in $121,984, paying for curriculum add-ons, competition math coaching, and an enrichment slate most elementaries can't touch. Kids who want an accelerated baseline will find one in every classroom; 29.4% of the building is identified highly capable. Families who need flexible after-school logistics, or who bristle at a strict attendance culture, should read the fine print first.
Researched 2026-06-09. Citations and claim ledger included in the full dossier.
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