Kokanee Elementary vs Hollywood Hill Elementary

Hollywood Hill Elementary ranks #5 of 2,225 Washington elementary schools, placing it in the top 0.3% statewide. Kokanee Elementary is no slouch — it sits at #60 of 2,225 — but the 55-position gap reflects a meaningful performance difference between two schools just 2.3 miles apart in Woodinville. Hollywood Hill's overall rating of 9.5/10 edges Kokanee Elementary's 9.0/10 by half a point, a delta that compounds across both core academic dimensions.

On the academic score, Hollywood Hill Elementary scores 9.6/10 against Kokanee Elementary's 9.2/10 — a 0.4-point gap. The growth score difference is sharper: Hollywood Hill Elementary posts a 9.9/10 versus Kokanee Elementary's 9.5/10. Growth scores measure how much students improve relative to peers with similar starting points, so Hollywood Hill's edge there signals that kids are accelerating academically at an above-average rate regardless of their incoming ability level.

The two schools diverge significantly on demographics and class size. Kokanee Elementary enrolls 665 students compared to Hollywood Hill Elementary's 345 — nearly double the enrollment. Hollywood Hill's student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1 is tighter than Kokanee's 16.2:1, meaning slightly more individual attention per student. The free and reduced-price lunch rates flip the socioeconomic picture: Hollywood Hill Elementary serves 17% FRL-eligible students versus Kokanee Elementary's 5%, indicating Hollywood Hill draws from a more economically diverse set of families despite its higher performance scores.

One structural distinction separates the two schools: Hollywood Hill Elementary serves grades PK–05, offering a pre-kindergarten entry point that Kokanee Elementary's KG–05 program does not. For families with four-year-olds who want to start in the same building their child will attend through fifth grade, that pre-K year at Hollywood Hill eliminates a mid-year school transition.