Maple Elementary School vs Montlake Elementary School

Maple Elementary School and Montlake Elementary School sit just 5.8 miles apart in Seattle, yet their profiles diverge in ways that matter for families with different priorities. Maple Elementary School edges out Montlake Elementary School in overall rating by 0.1 points — 9.2/10 versus 9.1/10 — and ranks #66 out of 2,225 Washington schools compared to Montlake's #90, placing both firmly in the state's top 5% but with Maple holding a clear positional advantage.

On academics, Montlake Elementary School scores marginally higher at 9.4/10 versus Maple Elementary School's 9.3/10 — a difference of just 0.1 points. The growth score tells a different story: Maple Elementary School scores 9.0/10, half a point ahead of Montlake Elementary School's 8.5/10. That gap suggests students at Maple are advancing faster relative to their starting points, which can matter more than a snapshot proficiency number when projecting long-term outcomes.

The demographic contrast between the two schools is stark. Maple Elementary School enrolls 408 students with 60% qualifying for free or reduced lunch — a student body that reflects a broad economic cross-section of Seattle. Montlake Elementary School enrolls just 167 students with only 9% on free or reduced lunch, making it one of the city's most economically homogeneous elementary schools. Montlake's student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1 is tighter than Maple's 15.7:1, translating to roughly two fewer students per teacher on average — a tangible classroom-size difference at a school already running at less than half of Maple's enrollment.

Both schools serve grades KG–05, so grade-range is not a differentiator. The meaningful distinctions are the ones above: Maple's stronger growth trajectory, larger and more economically diverse student body, and slightly higher overall state rank; Montlake's fractionally higher academic score, smaller class sizes, and tight-knit enrollment of 167 students.