Anderson Island Elementary

Set in Anderson Island, Washington, Anderson Island Elementary is an one-room-style elementary-level community, one of the schools within Steilacoom Hist. School District. It caters to 19 students across grades pre-K through 3. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Anderson Island Elementary sits 95% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Steilacoom Hist. School District, which oversees 7 schools and 3,043 students, Anderson Island Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Anderson Island Elementary logs that White students make up the majority at 63%. Other groups include 26% multiracial, 11% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Pierce County as a whole.

On the resource side, The school employs 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Pierce County) reports that median household income runs about $99,564, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Pierce County's 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students), Anderson Island Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Saltars Point Elementary, roughly 4.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Anderson Island Elementary has decreased 44%, going from 34 students in 2018 to 19 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share shrank from 26% to 11%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 19.0:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.