Enrollment
313
Elementary
DISTRICT 356 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TACOMA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530870001458
Bryant Montessori School
717 S Grant Ave, Tacoma, WA 98405 · (253) 571-2800 · Pierce County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL313 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of Washington public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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
,
0 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
156 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 87% larger than its 5th grade class (38).
Student demographics
70%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
48.8%
WA avg 58.4% . +1.1pp since 2014
Math
38.2%
WA avg 51.2% . -6.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 1 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.8% | 38.2% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 30.1% |
| 2022-23 | 41.2% | 29.8% |
| 2021-22 | 43.6% | 34.2% |
| 2018-19 | 55.4% | 44.1% |
| 2017-18 | 44.9% | 38.4% |
| 2016-17 | 51.0% | 45.6% |
| 2015-16 | 48.2% | 44.7% |
| 2014-15 | 47.7% | 45.0% |
% 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
38.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.8%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Bryant Montessori School
Bryant Montessori School's state test result (38.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryant Montessori School this school | 313 | 49.8% | 38.1% |
| Idlewild Elementary School Lakewood | 380 | 51.6% | 32.6% |
| Skyline Elementary School Tacoma | 329 | 53.2% | 49.3% |
| Viewlands Elementary School SEATTLE | 290 | 42.1% | 62.4% |
| Kitsap Lake Elementary Bremerton | 336 | 46.7% | 53.7% |
| Grove Elementary Marysville | 392 | 46.4% | 40.7% |
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 Bryant Montessori School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.1% | #665 of 936 | #108 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #703 of 1,103 ▲ 154 | #96 of 142 ▲ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #543 of 1,102 ▲ 322 | #80 of 142 ▲ 38 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.6pp | #284 of 928 | #49 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 313 | #922 of 1,268 | #126 of 155 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.7% | #296 of 1,088 | #76 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.8% | #642 of 1,169 | #84 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.6% | #41 of 778 | #2 of 91 |
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
313
+37 (+13%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 314
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 | 313 | N/A | N/A | 50% (156) |
| 2023-24 | 266 | N/A | N/A | 51% (135) |
| 2022-23 | 264 | N/A | N/A | 48% (127) |
| 2020-21 | 276 | 28 | 9.9:1 | 50% (139) |
| 2017-18 | 510 | 27.6 | 18.5:1 | 39% (201) |
| 2015-16 | 449 | 24 | 18.7:1 | 49% (218) |
| 2010-11 | 429 | 22 | 19.5:1 | 43% (183) |
| 2000-01 | 232 | 13 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 314 | 21 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bryant Montessori School.
About Bryant Montessori School
Bryant Montessori School is a small elementary school serving families in Tacoma, Washington. It serves 313 students in pre-K through 5.
Bryant Montessori School is a school in Tacoma School District. The district has 66 schools and 28,900 students.
Bryant Montessori School has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 46%. The rest of enrollment is 18% Hispanic, 17% multiracial, 12% Black, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Pierce County's population at about 64%. The school's diversity index is 70%, meaning two students picked at random have a 70% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 50%. For comparison, public schools in Pierce County average 50%.
Measured against Washington public elementary schools, Bryant Montessori School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Bryant Montessori School, the prediction is 46.8% and the result is 38.1%.
Pierce County census figures show that the median household income is $99,564, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Pierce County is home to 287 public schools and about 138,462 public school students.
Bryant Montessori Middle School is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Bryant Montessori School. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Bryant Montessori School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
2024-25 enrollment was 313, a 13% gain from 276 in 2020-21.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Bryant Montessori School covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Bryant Montessori Middle School0.0 mi · 135
- Hilltop Heritage Middle School0.2 mi · 447
- Grant Elementary School0.5 mi · 378
- Bates Technical High School0.7 mi · 343
- Stanley Elementary School0.7 mi · 325
- Comm Based Trans Program0.7 mi · 71
Frequently asked questions
About Bryant Montessori SchoolHow many students attend Bryant Montessori School?
Bryant Montessori School enrolls approximately 313 students in grades PK-05.
Is Bryant Montessori School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bryant Montessori School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Bryant Montessori School have?
Bryant Montessori School employs 0 FTE teachers.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bryant Montessori School?
At Bryant Montessori School, the student body is approximately 46% White, 18% Hispanic, 12% Black, 3% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Is Bryant Montessori School public or private?
Bryant Montessori School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Tacoma School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.