Black Lake Elementary

Located at 6345 Belmore-Black Lake Road, in Olympia, Washington, Black Lake Elementary is a mid-sized elementary-level community that instructs 382 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Tumwater School District.

Black Lake Elementary is one of 14 schools operated by Tumwater School District, a district that caters to 6,350 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Black Lake Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 13% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 2% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Black Lake Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Thurston County (around 43%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Black Lake Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.1%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Thurston County) reports that median household earnings sit near $96,563, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Thurston County's 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 44,412 students), Black Lake Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: A G West Black Hills High School, around 1.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Black Lake Elementary. On composite proficiency, Black Lake Elementary comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 49.0%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Black Lake Elementary's enrollment has shrank 6% since 2018, when it stood at 405 (now 382). White enrollment moved from 76% to 71% across the same window.

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