Beachwood Elementary School

Beachwood Elementary School operates as a mid-tier elementary campus in JBLM Lewis North, Washington, run under Clover Park School District. Current enrollment sits at 397 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 32 schools in Clover Park School District (12,345 students total), Beachwood Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Beachwood Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is White (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 33% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 10% Black, 3% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Pierce County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Beachwood Elementary School lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.9:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 49% of students at Beachwood Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Beachwood Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 47.4%; this one delivers 75.8%, a residual of +28.3 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Pierce County indicate median household earnings sit near $99,564, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Pierce County runs 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students), of which Beachwood Elementary School is one.

Meriwether Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Beachwood Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 42.5%.

Beachwood Elementary School operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Beachwood Elementary School's enrollment has edged up 21% since 2018, when it stood at 328 (now 397). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 24% to 33%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.

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