Boze Elementary School

Boze Elementary School, a middle-of-the-pack primary school in Tacoma, Washington, part of Tacoma School District, instructs 485 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Boze Elementary School sits 28% above that benchmark.

Tacoma School District comprises 66 schools with combined enrollment of 28,900 students; Boze Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Boze Elementary School reports that 38% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 19% multiracial, 14% Asian, 10% Black, 10% White. The wider county runs roughly 13% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 68% of students at Boze Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Pierce County (around 50%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Boze Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.8%; this one delivers 33.9%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Pierce County put median household income runs about $99,564, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Pierce County runs 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students), of which Boze Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Fawcett Elementary School, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Boze Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Boze Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 31.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 11%: 435 students in 2018 compared to 485 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment contracted from 19% to 14% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 in 2025.

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