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What's the one class at Artondale Elementary School every student should take?
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Enrollment
413
Elementary
DISTRICT 405 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENINSULA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530669000980
Artondale Elementary School
6219 40th Street NW, Gig Harbor, WA 98335 · (253) 530-1100 · Pierce County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL413 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of Washington public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
69 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 51%
Community
1
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 | 38 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
73.0%
WA avg 58.4% . +7.3pp since 2014
Math
68.8%
WA avg 51.2% . +2.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 68.8% |
| 2023-24 | 69.7% | 59.2% |
| 2022-23 | 79.7% | 64.0% |
| 2021-22 | 75.4% | 67.9% |
| 2018-19 | 79.9% | 71.7% |
| 2017-18 | 74.8% | 73.4% |
| 2016-17 | 75.5% | 72.0% |
| 2015-16 | 75.4% | 68.6% |
| 2014-15 | 65.7% | 66.7% |
% 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
68.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Artondale Elementary School
Artondale Elementary School's state test result (68.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artondale Elementary School this school | 413 | 16.7% | 68.0% |
| Skyline Elementary Spokane | 412 | 17.0% | 74.1% |
| Voyager Elementary Gig Harbor | 443 | 12.2% | 70.3% |
| Capt Johnston Blakely Elem Sch Bainbridge Island | 356 | 12.9% | 86.9% |
| Desert Sky Elementary West Richland | 441 | 20.2% | N/A |
| Sherman Elementary School Tacoma | 432 | 19.4% | 70.0% |
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 Artondale Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #161 of 936 | #20 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.8% | #141 of 1,103 ▲ 129 | #13 of 142 ▲ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #121 of 1,102 ▲ 32 | #9 of 142 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.8pp | #342 of 928 | #61 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 413 | #584 of 1,268 | #84 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #865 of 1,085 | #108 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.0% | #993 of 1,088 | #142 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.7% | #1,068 of 1,169 | #145 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.3% | #455 of 778 | #56 of 91 |
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
413
-8 (-2%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 520
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 413 | 24 | 17.2:1 | 17% (69) |
| 2023-24 | 391 | 24.9 | 15.7:1 | 18% (71) |
| 2022-23 | 402 | 23.9 | 16.9:1 | 20% (81) |
| 2020-21 | 421 | 27 | 15.6:1 | 12% (50) |
| 2017-18 | 482 | 30.6 | 15.8:1 | 16% (77) |
| 2015-16 | 416 | 25 | 16.6:1 | 18% (73) |
| 2010-11 | 514 | 28 | 18.4:1 | 10% (53) |
| 2000-01 | 521 | 25 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 520 | 21 | 24.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Artondale Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (482 to 413); teachers down 22% (30.6 to 24).
About Artondale Elementary School
Artondale Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Gig Harbor, Washington, administered by Peninsula School District. Its enrollment is 413 students, spread over pre-K through 5.
The district for Artondale Elementary School is Peninsula School District, with 17 schools and 9,015 students.
The share of White students at Artondale Elementary School is 81%. Other groups include 11% multiracial and 7% Hispanic. The county population is about 64% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Artondale Elementary School scores 33%.
Artondale Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.2:1, with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. The school has 17% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 50% for public schools in Pierce County.
On the allk12 Grade, Artondale Elementary School lands at B, ahead of 62% of Washington public elementary schools.
In Washington, Artondale Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 68.0% actual against a predicted 69.0%.
In the wider Pierce County area, median household income comes to about $99,564, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Pierce County's 287 public schools enroll about 138,462 students and include Artondale Elementary School.
Harbor Heights Elementary School, about 1.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Artondale Elementary School is 4th on average proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Federal data show 421 students in 2020-21 and 413 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. The ratio was 15.6:1 in 2020-21 and 17.2:1 in 2024-25.
This page collects posts and questions about Artondale Elementary School, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. 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 Peninsula School District
- Gig Harbor HighHigh · 1,375 students
- Peninsula High SchoolHigh · 1,345 students
- Harbor Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 627 students
- Goodman Middle SchoolMiddle · 519 students
- Swift Water ElementaryElementary · 519 students
- Kopachuck Middle SchoolMiddle · 516 students
Other schools in Gig Harbor
- Gig Harbor HighHigh · 1,375 students
- Peninsula High SchoolHigh · 1,345 students
- Harbor Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 627 students
- Goodman Middle SchoolMiddle · 519 students
- Swift Water ElementaryElementary · 519 students
- Kopachuck Middle SchoolMiddle · 516 students
Nearby schools
- Harbor Heights Elementary School1.3 mi · 397
- Goodman Middle School1.4 mi · 519
- Gig Harbor High2.6 mi · 1,375
- Discovery Elementary School2.7 mi · 380
- Kopachuck Middle School2.8 mi · 516
- Henderson Bay Alt High School2.8 mi · 139
Frequently asked questions
About Artondale Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Artondale Elementary School?
Artondale Elementary School enrolls approximately 413 students in grades PK-05.
Is Artondale Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Artondale Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Artondale Elementary School have?
Artondale Elementary School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Artondale Elementary School?
At Artondale Elementary School, the student body is approximately 81% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Artondale Elementary School?
Artondale Elementary School is overseen by Peninsula School District in Pierce County.
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