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The fastest-declining public schools by enrollment in Thurston County, Washington

44 public schools in Thurston County, Washington appear in this ranking of the fastest-declining public schools by enrollment, ranked by the steepest enrollment decline between the 2017-18 and 2024-25 school years. Michael T Simmons Elementary leads the list at -34.6%, against a median of -11.1% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

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Thurston County, Washington

Best Enrollment change

-34.6%

Median Enrollment change

-11.1%

FASTEST DECLINING · THURSTON COUNTY, WASHINGTON

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	Michael T Simmons Elementary	Tumwater, WA	Tumwater School District	699	457	-34.6%
2	South Bay Elementary	Lacey, WA	North Thurston Public Schools	850	595	-30.0%
3	Evergreen Forest Elementary	Lacey, WA	North Thurston Public Schools	586	442	-24.6%
4	Lacey Elementary	Lacey, WA	North Thurston Public Schools	488	368	-24.6%
5	Madison Elementary School	OLYMPIA, WA	Olympia School District	258	203	-21.3%
6	Pioneer Elementary School	OLYMPIA, WA	Olympia School District	487	384	-21.1%
7	Lakes Elementary School	Lacey, WA	North Thurston Public Schools	616	495	-19.6%
8	Garfield Elementary School	OLYMPIA, WA	Olympia School District	383	314	-18.0%
9	Mill Pond Elementary School	Yelm, WA	Yelm School District	456	374	-18.0%
10	Centennial Elementary	OLYMPIA, WA	Olympia School District	528	434	-17.8%
11	Roosevelt Elementary School	OLYMPIA, WA	Olympia School District	410	340	-17.1%
12	A G West Black Hills High School	Tumwater, WA	Tumwater School District	906	753	-16.9%
13	Rochester Primary School	Rochester, WA	Rochester School District	571	488	-14.5%
14	McKenny Elementary	OLYMPIA, WA	Olympia School District	376	322	-14.4%
15	Woodland Elementary	Lacey, WA	North Thurston Public Schools	534	458	-14.2%
16	Fort Stevens Elementary	Yelm, WA	Yelm School District	533	462	-13.3%
17	Leland P Brown Elementary	OLYMPIA, WA	Olympia School District	377	328	-13.0%
18	Lackamas Elementary	Yelm, WA	Yelm School District	333	290	-12.9%
19	Washington Middle School	OLYMPIA, WA	Olympia School District	804	702	-12.7%
20	Timberline High School	Lacey, WA	North Thurston Public Schools	1,601	1,401	-12.5%
21	ESD 113 Consortium Reengagement Program	Tumwater, WA	Capital Region ESD 113	391	344	-12.0%
22	Griffin School	Olympia, WA	Griffin School District	658	585	-11.1%
23	Tumwater High School	Tumwater, WA	Tumwater School District	1,257	1,117	-11.1%
24	Reeves Middle School	OLYMPIA, WA	Olympia School District	439	394	-10.3%
25	Seven Oaks Elementary	Lacey, WA	North Thurston Public Schools	473	428	-9.5%
26	Julia Butler Hansen Elementary	OLYMPIA, WA	Olympia School District	452	412	-8.8%
27	Yelm Prairie Elementary	Yelm, WA	Yelm School District	465	427	-8.2%
28	Komachin Middle School	Lacey, WA	North Thurston Public Schools	693	640	-7.6%
29	Rochester High School	Rochester, WA	Rochester School District	658	608	-7.6%
30	Tumwater Middle School	Tumwater, WA	Tumwater School District	711	665	-6.5%
31	Capital High School	OLYMPIA, WA	Olympia School District	1,409	1,322	-6.2%
32	Ridgeline Middle School	Yelm, WA	Yelm School District	603	568	-5.8%
33	Black Lake Elementary	Olympia, WA	Tumwater School District	405	382	-5.7%
34	Chambers Prairie Elementary School	Lacey, WA	North Thurston Public Schools	518	490	-5.4%
35	Tumwater Hill Elementary	Tumwater, WA	Tumwater School District	422	400	-5.2%
36	North Thurston High School	Lacey, WA	North Thurston Public Schools	1,442	1,378	-4.4%
37	Grand Mound Elementary	Rochester, WA	Rochester School District	526	507	-3.6%
38	Tenino Elementary School	Tenino, WA	Tenino School District	300	293	-2.3%
39	George Bush Middle School	Tumwater, WA	Tumwater School District	780	762	-2.3%
40	Yelm Middle School	Yelm, WA	Yelm School District	667	652	-2.2%
41	Nisqually Middle School	Lacey, WA	North Thurston Public Schools	799	789	-1.3%
42	Salish Middle School	Lacey, WA	North Thurston Public Schools	749	745	-0.5%
43	Tenino Middle School	Tenino, WA	Tenino School District	292	291	-0.3%
44	Parkside Elementary	Tenino, WA	Tenino School District	317	316	-0.3%

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