Arlington Elementary School

Arlington Elementary School operates as a mid-tier primary school in Tacoma, Washington, operated by Tacoma School District. Current enrollment sits at 390 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Tacoma School District comprises 66 schools with combined enrollment of 28,900 students; Arlington Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Arlington Elementary School reports that 26% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 22% White, 19% Black, 15% multiracial, 10% Asian. By comparison, Pierce County as a whole is about 13% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Arlington Elementary School records 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.2:1. The state averages about 17.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Pierce County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Arlington Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.3%; this one delivers 24.0%.

Around the school, census data for Pierce County shows the typical household earns roughly $99,564 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Arlington Elementary School is one of 287 public schools in Pierce County (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students).

The closest other public school is Edison Elementary School, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Arlington Elementary School comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 26.9%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Arlington Elementary School has grew 6%, going from 367 students in 2018 to 390 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 31% to 22%.

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