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Which teacher or staff member at Browns Point Elementary School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
445
Elementary
DISTRICT 356 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TACOMA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530870001457
Browns Point Elementary School
1526 51st St Ne, Tacoma, WA 98422 · (253) 571-7600 · Pierce County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL445 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of Washington public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
91 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 83 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 22% larger than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
66%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
75.0%
WA avg 58.4% . +7.9pp since 2014
Math
68.4%
WA avg 51.2% . -1.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 68.4% |
| 2023-24 | 75.6% | 70.2% |
| 2022-23 | 80.7% | 62.1% |
| 2021-22 | 80.2% | 70.3% |
| 2018-19 | 75.0% | 70.2% |
| 2017-18 | 76.7% | 65.8% |
| 2016-17 | 74.4% | 67.3% |
| 2015-16 | 73.8% | 61.3% |
| 2014-15 | 67.1% | 69.9% |
% 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
74.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Browns Point Elementary School
Browns Point Elementary School's state test result (74.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Browns Point Elementary School this school | 445 | 20.4% | 74.3% |
| Maywood Hills Elementary Bothell | 467 | 21.6% | 58.6% |
| Dieringer Heights Elementary Lake Tapps | 441 | 24.0% | 69.0% |
| Fishers Landing Elementary School Vancouver | 402 | 17.9% | N/A |
| Mukilteo Elementary Mukilteo | 521 | 21.7% | 71.5% |
| Centennial Elementary OLYMPIA | 434 | 21.7% | 65.8% |
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 Browns Point Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #96 of 936 | #6 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.4% | #145 of 1,103 ▼ 15 | #15 of 142 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #96 of 1,102 ▲ 3 | #6 of 142 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.6pp | #192 of 928 | #34 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 445 | #468 of 1,268 | #67 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #1,060 of 1,085 | #140 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.3% | #373 of 1,088 | #90 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.4% | #1,030 of 1,169 | #142 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.0% | #191 of 257 | #34 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
445
+48 (+12%) vs 2020
+114% since 1990-91, when it was 208
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
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 | 445 | 22.3 | 20.0:1 | 20% (91) |
| 2023-24 | 418 | 24.1 | 17.4:1 | 23% (95) |
| 2022-23 | 434 | 24.8 | 17.5:1 | 19% (83) |
| 2020-21 | 397 | 24 | 16.5:1 | 18% (72) |
| 2017-18 | 428 | 23.1 | 18.5:1 | 15% (66) |
| 2015-16 | 448 | 24 | 18.7:1 | 19% (86) |
| 2010-11 | 474 | 22 | 21.6:1 | 17% (81) |
| 2000-01 | 462 | 25 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 208 | 11 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Browns Point Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (428 to 445); teachers down 4% (23.1 to 22.3).
About Browns Point Elementary School
Browns Point Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in Tacoma, Washington. The school counted 445 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 5.
Tacoma School District enrolls 28,900 students in 66 schools, including Browns Point Elementary School.
More than half of enrollment at Browns Point Elementary School is White: 52%. Other groups make up 18% multiracial, 15% Asian, 10% Hispanic, and 4% Black. Pierce County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school's share is lower. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 66%.
For every teacher at Browns Point Elementary School, there are about 20.0 students; the school has 22.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington, this school's ratio is higher. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 20%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Pierce County is 50%.
On the allk12 Grade, Browns Point Elementary School lands at A-, ahead of 82% of Washington public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Browns Point Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Washington schools: 74.3% actual against 66.5% predicted.
For the population of Pierce County, median household income comes to about $99,564, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Pierce County's 287 public schools enroll about 138,462 students and include Browns Point Elementary School.
A public school about 1.1 miles away, Meeker Middle School, is the closest to Browns Point Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Browns Point Elementary School ranks 1st on proficiency.
The federal government classifies Browns Point Elementary School's location as City: Mid-size.
Enrollment was 445 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 397. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.5:1 in 2020-21, and 20.0:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Browns Point Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Meeker Middle School1.1 mi · 567
- Crescent Heights Elementary School1.3 mi · 451
- Green Gables Elementary School1.5 mi · 281
- Twin Lakes Elementary School1.9 mi · 371
- Brigadoon Elementary School2.2 mi · 366
- N.E. Tacoma Elementary School2.7 mi · 418
Frequently asked questions
About Browns Point Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Browns Point Elementary School?
Browns Point Elementary School enrolls approximately 445 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Browns Point Elementary School serve?
Browns Point Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Browns Point Elementary School?
Approximately 20.0:1 students per teacher at Browns Point Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Browns Point Elementary School?
At Browns Point Elementary School, the student body is approximately 52% White, 10% Hispanic, 4% Black, 15% Asian, 18% Two or more.
Who oversees Browns Point Elementary School?
Browns Point 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.