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What advice would you give to incoming students at Boze Elementary School?
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Enrollment
485
Elementary
DISTRICT 356 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TACOMA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530870001456
Boze Elementary School
1140 E 65th St, Tacoma, WA 98404 · (253) 571-4105 · Pierce County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL485 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
328 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 51%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 41 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
78%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 78% · 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
33.0%
WA avg 58.4% . -1.9pp since 2014
Math
26.6%
WA avg 51.2% . -10.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.0% | 26.6% |
| 2023-24 | 36.8% | 26.3% |
| 2022-23 | 36.7% | 29.1% |
| 2021-22 | 37.4% | 19.9% |
| 2018-19 | 46.5% | 30.8% |
| 2017-18 | 43.9% | 32.2% |
| 2016-17 | 35.6% | 29.9% |
| 2015-16 | 39.7% | 37.3% |
| 2014-15 | 34.9% | 37.3% |
% 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
33.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.8%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Boze Elementary School
Boze Elementary School's state test result (33.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boze Elementary School this school | 485 | 67.6% | 33.9% |
| Sheridan Elementary School Tacoma | 525 | 69.1% | 30.7% |
| Nautilus K-8 School FEDERAL WAY | 469 | 66.3% | 44.3% |
| Blix Elementary School Tacoma | 442 | 71.9% | 29.0% |
| Scenic Hill Elementary School Kent | 481 | 73.8% | 31.4% |
| Birney Elementary School Tacoma | 476 | 71.6% | 26.9% |
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 Boze Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.9% | #738 of 936 | #116 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.6% | #937 of 1,103 ▼ 10 | #126 of 142 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #895 of 1,102 ▼ 89 | #124 of 142 ▼ 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.2pp | #491 of 928 | #71 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 485 | #333 of 1,268 | #51 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #880 of 1,085 | #110 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.6% | #78 of 1,088 | #33 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.6% | #306 of 1,169 | #36 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.5% | #112 of 257 | #18 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
485
+40 (+9%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 461
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 485 | 28 | 17.3:1 | 68% (328) |
| 2023-24 | 443 | 26.6 | 16.6:1 | 75% (331) |
| 2022-23 | 443 | 28 | 15.8:1 | 62% (276) |
| 2020-21 | 445 | 27 | 16.5:1 | 72% (322) |
| 2017-18 | 435 | 27 | 16.1:1 | 78% (338) |
| 2015-16 | 386 | 24 | 16.1:1 | 85% (329) |
| 2010-11 | 335 | 22 | 15.2:1 | 77% (257) |
| 2000-01 | 633 | 32 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 461 | 30 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Boze Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (435 to 485); teachers up 4% (27 to 28).
About Boze Elementary School
Boze Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. Its address is in Tacoma, Washington. Its 485 students are spread across pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 28% bigger than the 380 average for elementary schools in Washington.
Tacoma School District is the local district for Boze Elementary School. It runs 66 schools with 28,900 students.
Boze Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 38%. The remaining students are 19% multiracial, 14% Asian, 10% Black, and 10% White. Among people living in Pierce County, the Hispanic share is about 13%. Boze Elementary School has a diversity index of 78%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
With 28 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Boze Elementary School was 17.3:1. Across elementary schools in Washington, the average ratio is about 17.3:1. Boze Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 68%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Pierce County is 50%.
On BeatsExpectations, Boze Elementary School is within a point of its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Washington schools.
Across Pierce County, median household income is about $99,564, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Boze Elementary School is among the 287 public schools in Pierce County.
Fawcett Elementary School is located about 0.8 miles from Boze Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Boze Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Boze Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
The number of students climbed from 445 to 485 over 4 years.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Pierce County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,319
Census ACS
Median income
$99,564
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
287
138,462 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tacoma School District
- Stadium High SchoolHigh · 1,700 students
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,556 students
- Mount Tahoma High SchoolHigh · 1,410 students
- Dr. Dolores Silas High SchoolHigh · 1,160 students
- Baker Middle SchoolMiddle · 687 students
- Tacoma School of the ArtsHigh · 658 students
Other schools in Tacoma
- Stadium High SchoolHigh · 1,700 students
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,556 students
- Mount Tahoma High SchoolHigh · 1,410 students
- Dr. Dolores Silas High SchoolHigh · 1,160 students
- Washington High SchoolHigh · 989 students
- Franklin Pierce High SchoolHigh · 977 students
Nearby schools
- Fawcett Elementary School0.8 mi · 426
- Sheridan Elementary School0.8 mi · 525
- First Creek Middle School0.9 mi · 584
- Waller Road Elementary1.2 mi · 306
- Harvard Elementary1.2 mi · 445
- Industrial Design Engineering and Arts1.3 mi · 392
Frequently asked questions
About Boze Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Boze Elementary School?
Boze Elementary School enrolls approximately 485 students in grades PK-05.
Is Boze Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Boze Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Boze Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Boze Elementary School is approximately 17.3:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Boze Elementary School?
Student demographics at Boze Elementary School are roughly 10% White, 38% Hispanic, 10% Black, 14% Asian, 19% Two or more.
Who oversees Boze Elementary School?
Boze Elementary School is overseen by Tacoma School District in Pierce County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.