Boston Harbor Elementary

Set in OLYMPIA, Washington, Boston Harbor Elementary is a compact elementary school, run under Olympia School District. It hosts 178 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 380 students per school, that is 53% smaller than typical.

Olympia School District comprises 20 schools with combined enrollment of 9,386 students; Boston Harbor Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Boston Harbor Elementary lists that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 12% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 3% Asian.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Boston Harbor Elementary has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.8:1. The state averages about 17.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 18% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Thurston County's rate of about 43%.

With demographic context factored in, Boston Harbor Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.2%, the actual is 66.5%, a residual of -1.6 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Thurston County put the typical household earns roughly $96,563 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Thurston County's 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 44,412 students), Boston Harbor Elementary is one campus in the mix.

South Bay Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Boston Harbor Elementary comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 49.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 3%: 184 students in 2018 compared to 178 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 83% to 66% across the same window.

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