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Fernwood Elementary

Northshore School District · Elementary · grades K-5 · 3933 Jewell Rd, Bothell, WA 98012-7331

Location

3933 Jewell Rd, Bothell, WA 98012-7331

Academic snapshot

Meeting standard — latest year
85.7%
SBAC ELA+Math combined, 2024-25
Meeting standard — 3-year
86.1%
#19 of 558 elementary schools region-wide · #2 of 20 in this district
Exceeding standard — latest year
64.9%
SBAC Level 4, the top score band
Exceeding standard — 3-year
65.7%
#19 of 558 elementary schools region-wide · #2 of 20 in this district
3-year trend

Who attends

Students from low-income homes
6.2%
English language learners
22.9%
Highly Capable program
45.2%
Enrollment
715
Kids per typical block
—
Density band: unknown

Teachers

Teachers (latest)
42
Avg years experience
13.7
MA-degree share
64.3%
3-year experience trend

Avg years and MA-degree share are direct OSPI publications; the 3-year trend is our derivation. From data.wa.gov/yp28-ks6d.

Highly Capable / gifted pathway

Curated from district Highly Capable program pages, with observed-at dates and confidence labels.

Parent capital (PTA / boosters)

Aggregated from IRS Form 990 filings via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer. Per NMSC-style caveats elsewhere on this page, PTA revenue is one signal among many — it does not measure educational quality.

Research dossier

Fernwood Elementary: What The Data Says

Fernwood Elementary is an elementary school in Northshore School District. The local dataset puts it at grade span K-5 with enrollment of 715. The headline academic number: 86.1% combined ELA/math meeting standard across the available three-year data, with 85.7% in the latest year.

The useful question is not just whether the scores are high. It is whether the school combines academics, access, peer depth, and day-to-day fit in a way that works for a specific child.

The Short Version

  • Local structured data: 86.1% combined ELA/math over available three-year data; 85.3% ELA and 87.0% math.
  • Access is the first filter: Attendance-area school. Home-address assignment for neighborhood schools; waiver/application process for other placements.
  • Program status is a live issue: 45.2% of the student body carries a Highly Capable designation ([elementary_sbac_readiness_summary_mapped.csv](local CSV)).
  • There is public evidence of advanced peer depth: Over 40 students from Fernwood Elementary are actively rated in regional competitive chess by the Northwest Scholastic Rating System (NWSRS Fernwood Report).
  • The surrounding block group is High for kid density, about 7.7 estimated kids per typical block.

Researched 2026-06-10. Citations and claim ledger included in the full dossier.

That is the free excerpt. The full dossier continues with the complete evidence review: academic outcomes in context, advanced-peer depth, program and access analysis, culture signals, logistics, neighborhood context, open questions, and every citation.

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