It serves grades K-5 in the Seattle School District and offers a dual-immersion program in Japanese and Spanish that is available to all students.

The current Landmark school was built in 1906 as one of nineteen wood-frame schoolhouses based on a "model plan", of which three others were still in use in 2011 (Coe, Hay, and Stevens).

In 1917 a three-story Renaissance style brick wing was added along the north edge of the site, in 1975 Alternative Elementary #3 was established, and in the 1980s the Escuela Latona program was developed.

The school's 1999 restoration by Bassetti Architects included the revitalization of the 1906 historic building and the educational program.

An addition to the historic building recalls the massing, colors and details of the original and exterior paths reinforce connections to the neighborhood.