Bordeaux Elementary School

Located at 350 E. University Ave., in Shelton, Washington, Bordeaux Elementary School is a reasonably sized elementary campus that hosts 528 students (grades K through 4), run under Shelton School District. That puts it 39% bigger than the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 380 students.

Across the 10 schools in Shelton School District (4,517 students total), Bordeaux Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Bordeaux Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 40% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Native American. By comparison, Mason County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Around 69% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Bordeaux Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.7%, the actual is 44.2%, a residual of +10.5 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Mason County indicate the typical household earns roughly $83,270 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Bordeaux Elementary School is one of 26 public schools in Mason County (combined enrollment of about 8,539 students).

Shelton Open Doors is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bordeaux Elementary School at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 32.5%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bordeaux Elementary School has declined 7%, going from 568 students in 2018 to 528 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 18% to 40% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

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