Enrollment
390
Elementary
DISTRICT 356 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TACOMA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530870001453
Arlington Elementary School
7202 South Pine Street, Tacoma, WA 98409 · (253) 571-3200 · Pierce County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL390 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
296 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 51%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 35 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
81%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 68% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
24.6%
WA avg 58.4% . -7.0pp since 2014
Math
24.6%
WA avg 51.2% . -13.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 13 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.6% | 24.6% |
| 2023-24 | 27.7% | 19.6% |
| 2022-23 | 24.9% | 20.2% |
| 2021-22 | 25.3% | 16.7% |
| 2018-19 | 34.1% | 24.0% |
| 2017-18 | 36.9% | 33.8% |
| 2016-17 | 28.0% | 32.8% |
| 2015-16 | 29.4% | 35.5% |
| 2014-15 | 31.5% | 38.0% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
24.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Washington's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Arlington Elementary School
Arlington Elementary School's state test result (24.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arlington Elementary School this school | 390 | 75.9% | 24.0% |
| Silver Lake Elementary School FEDERAL WAY | 382 | 74.6% | 28.9% |
| Twin Lakes Elementary School FEDERAL WAY | 371 | 72.5% | 47.1% |
| Manitou Park Elementary School Tacoma | 429 | 76.0% | 27.3% |
| Edison Elementary School Tacoma | 413 | 70.9% | 37.0% |
| Whitman Elementary School Tacoma | 365 | 71.2% | 31.5% |
Matched among Washington elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Arlington Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #876 of 936 | #140 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #967 of 1,103 ▲ 66 | #130 of 142 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #1,030 of 1,102 ▼ 58 | #141 of 142 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.6pp | #342 of 928 | #55 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 390 | #675 of 1,268 | #92 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #863 of 1,085 | #107 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 81.2% | #5 of 1,088 | #4 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.9% | #164 of 1,169 | #12 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.3% | #156 of 257 | #29 of 43 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
390
+7 (+2%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 318
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 15.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 390 | 22.7 | 17.2:1 | 76% (296) |
| 2023-24 | 374 | 22.7 | 16.5:1 | 78% (293) |
| 2022-23 | 397 | 25.3 | 15.7:1 | 72% (285) |
| 2020-21 | 383 | 25 | 15.3:1 | 72% (276) |
| 2017-18 | 367 | 22.5 | 16.3:1 | 74% (271) |
| 2015-16 | 281 | 20 | 14.1:1 | 83% (232) |
| 2010-11 | 279 | 17 | 16.4:1 | 70% (196) |
| 2000-01 | 347 | 20 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 318 | 17 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Arlington Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (367 to 390); teachers up 1% (22.5 to 22.7).
About Arlington Elementary School
Arlington Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Tacoma, Washington. Federal data show 390 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Tacoma School District has 28,900 students spread across 66 schools.
No group is above 50% at Arlington Elementary School; the largest is Hispanic, at 26%. Beyond that, enrollment is 22% White, 19% Black, 15% multiracial, and 10% Asian. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 13%. The diversity index for Arlington Elementary School is 81%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
With 22.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.2:1. The 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington is close to this figure. Roughly 76% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 50% for public schools in Pierce County.
Test results at Arlington Elementary School are 5.2 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (24.0% actual, 29.3% predicted).
In Pierce County, median household income comes to about $99,564, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Pierce County counts 287 public schools with about 138,462 students.
Edison Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Arlington Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Arlington Elementary School is 7th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Mid-size.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 390, starting from 383. The number of students per teacher increased from 15.3 to 17.2 over 4 years.
This page is set up for the Arlington Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Pierce County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,319
Census ACS
Median income
$99,564
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
287
138,462 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tacoma School District
- Stadium High SchoolHigh · 1,700 students
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,556 students
- Mount Tahoma High SchoolHigh · 1,410 students
- Dr. Dolores Silas High SchoolHigh · 1,160 students
- Baker Middle SchoolMiddle · 687 students
- Tacoma School of the ArtsHigh · 658 students
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- Stadium High SchoolHigh · 1,700 students
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,556 students
- Mount Tahoma High SchoolHigh · 1,410 students
- Dr. Dolores Silas High SchoolHigh · 1,160 students
- Washington High SchoolHigh · 989 students
- Franklin Pierce High SchoolHigh · 977 students
Other Arlington Elementary schools
16 other US public schools in 13 states are named Arlington Elementary. Arlington Elementary School is the 8th largest of the 17.
- Arlington ElementarySpokane, WA · 379 students
- Arlington ElementaryArlington, TN · 926 students
- Arlington Elementary SchoolJackson, TN · 626 students
- Arlington ElementaryTorrance, CA · 594 students
- Arlington ElementaryLawrence, MA · 558 students
Nearby schools
- Edison Elementary School0.8 mi · 413
- Gray Middle School1.0 mi · 510
- Manitou Park Elementary School1.0 mi · 429
- Birney Elementary School1.1 mi · 476
- Mount Tahoma High School1.3 mi · 1,410
- Baker Middle School1.4 mi · 687
Frequently asked questions
About Arlington Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Arlington Elementary School?
Arlington Elementary School enrolls approximately 390 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Arlington Elementary School serve?
Arlington Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Arlington Elementary School have?
Arlington Elementary School employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Arlington Elementary School?
Student demographics at Arlington Elementary School are roughly 22% White, 26% Hispanic, 19% Black, 10% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Is Arlington Elementary School public or private?
Arlington Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Tacoma School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.