Greenwood Elementary School vs Maple Elementary School

Maple Elementary School ranks #66 of 2,225 Washington schools, placing it in the top 3 percent statewide. Greenwood Elementary School ranks #130 of the same 2,225 schools — still an elite position, but 64 spots behind Maple. In overall rating, Maple Elementary School scores 9.2/10 against Greenwood Elementary School's 8.9/10, a 0.3-point gap that reflects the consistent statewide rank difference between these two strong Seattle schools.

On academic proficiency, the picture flips: Greenwood Elementary School holds a 9.5/10 academic score versus Maple Elementary School's 9.3/10, a two-tenths advantage that makes Greenwood the sharper performer on raw test-score attainment. Growth tells the opposite story. Maple Elementary School's 9.0/10 growth score outpaces Greenwood Elementary School's 8.6/10, meaning students at Maple are advancing further relative to where they started — a 0.4-point delta that carries meaningful weight for families whose children enter below or at grade level and need trajectory, not just a high-scoring environment.

The demographic profiles of these two schools diverge sharply. Greenwood Elementary School enrolls 324 students with 8% qualifying for free or reduced lunch, pointing to a low-poverty concentration. Maple Elementary School serves 408 students — 26 percent more — with 60% on free or reduced lunch, making it one of Seattle's more economically integrated elementary schools. The student-teacher ratio at Maple Elementary School is 15.7:1 versus 17.1:1 at Greenwood Elementary School, giving Maple students more adult contact time despite the larger total enrollment.

One structural distinction separates the two campuses: Greenwood Elementary School offers a prekindergarten program and serves grades PK–05, while Maple Elementary School begins at kindergarten (KG–05). Families with preschool-age children who want a single-school solution through fifth grade will find only Greenwood Elementary School accommodates that path. The two schools sit 9.1 miles apart within Seattle, so for most families this is a deliberate enrollment choice rather than a neighborhood default.