Artondale Elementary School

Set in Gig Harbor, Washington, Artondale Elementary School is an average-sized elementary campus, one of the schools within Peninsula School District. It hosts 413 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Peninsula School District runs 17 schools in total, collectively educating 9,015 students. Artondale Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Artondale Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%). Other groups include 11% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Artondale Elementary School shows 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Pierce County's rate of about 50%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Artondale Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 69.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 68.0%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Pierce County) records 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), Artondale Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Harbor Heights Elementary School, roughly 1.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Artondale Elementary School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 66.4%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Artondale Elementary School has edged down 14%, going from 482 students in 2018 to 413 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 76% to 81% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 today.

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