Enrollment
178
Elementary
DISTRICT 329 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OLYMPIA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530618000922
Boston Harbor Elementary
7300 ZANGLE RD NE, OLYMPIA, WA 98506 · (360) 596-6200 · Thurston County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL178 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
32 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 27 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 23 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (27) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (38).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
67.7%
WA avg 58.4% . -4.9pp since 2014
Math
63.5%
WA avg 51.2% . -12.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 13 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.7% | 63.5% |
| 2023-24 | 64.5% | 64.5% |
| 2022-23 | 58.3% | 53.4% |
| 2021-22 | 65.0% | 63.9% |
| 2018-19 | 72.1% | 74.4% |
| 2017-18 | 77.3% | 72.0% |
| 2016-17 | 85.5% | 82.6% |
| 2015-16 | 74.4% | 70.7% |
| 2014-15 | 72.6% | 76.2% |
% 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
66.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.2%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Boston Harbor Elementary
Boston Harbor Elementary's state test result (66.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Harbor Elementary this school | 178 | 18.0% | 66.5% |
| Cascade K-8 Community School Shoreline | 197 | 17.3% | 71.9% |
| Columbia Elementary School Bellingham | 187 | 24.6% | 62.4% |
| Odyssey Multiage Program Bainbridge Island | 177 | 10.7% | 77.2% |
| Alki Elementary School SEATTLE | 269 | 14.1% | 74.2% |
| Cottage Lake Elementary Woodinville | 258 | 14.3% | 68.6% |
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 Boston Harbor Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Thurston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #179 of 936 | #1 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #213 of 1,103 ▼ 27 | #1 of 39 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.7% | #188 of 1,102 ▲ 43 | #3 of 39 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.2pp | #490 of 928 | #21 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 178 | #1,109 of 1,268 | #41 of 43 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.0% | #1,051 of 1,169 | #42 of 43 |
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
178
-1 (-1%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 143
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 178 | 10.6 | 16.8:1 | 18% (32) |
| 2023-24 | 169 | 9.5 | 17.9:1 | 19% (32) |
| 2022-23 | 177 | 11.5 | 15.4:1 | 19% (34) |
| 2020-21 | 179 | 11 | 16.3:1 | 14% (25) |
| 2017-18 | 184 | 11.6 | 15.9:1 | 15% (27) |
| 2015-16 | 156 | 6 | 26.0:1 | 28% (43) |
| 2010-11 | 180 | 9 | 20.0:1 | 18% (32) |
| 2000-01 | 165 | 7 | 23.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 143 | 5 | 28.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Boston Harbor Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (184 to 178); teachers down 8% (11.6 to 10.6).
About Boston Harbor Elementary
Boston Harbor Elementary, a small elementary school, is located in OLYMPIA, Washington. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 178 students. Enrollment is 53% lower than the average for elementary schools in Washington, which is about 380.
Boston Harbor Elementary reports to Olympia School District, which has 20 schools and 9,386 students.
Boston Harbor Elementary is 66% White by enrollment. The remaining students are 12% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. Pick two students at random and there is a 44% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 10.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 16.8 students per teacher. That is close to the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 18%. The average for public schools in Thurston County is 43%.
Boston Harbor Elementary's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (66.5%) and its predicted rate (68.2%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Washington schools.
Census estimates describe Thurston County this way: the median household income is $96,563, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Boston Harbor Elementary, Thurston County has 85 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is South Bay Elementary, about 4.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 3. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Boston Harbor Elementary is 1st of 8 on proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Boston Harbor Elementary as Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 179 in 2020-21, 178 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Boston Harbor Elementary. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Thurston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
299,067
Census ACS
Median income
$96,563
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
44,412 students
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About Boston Harbor ElementaryHow large is Boston Harbor Elementary?
Boston Harbor Elementary enrolls approximately 178 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Boston Harbor Elementary serve?
Boston Harbor Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Boston Harbor Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Boston Harbor Elementary is approximately 16.8:1 (11 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Boston Harbor Elementary?
At Boston Harbor Elementary, the student body is approximately 66% White, 10% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Boston Harbor Elementary public or private?
Boston Harbor Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Olympia School District.
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