1
If you had an hour of school board time for Carter Lake Elementary School, what would you bring up?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
420
Elementary
DISTRICT 376 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLOVER PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530141000247
Carter Lake Elementary School
3420 Lincoln Blvd SW, JBLM McChord Field, WA 98439 · (253) 583-5210 · Pierce County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL420 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 38% of Washington public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
14.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
196 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 46% larger than its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
52.3%
WA avg 58.4% . -1.3pp since 2014
Math
44.3%
WA avg 51.2% . -14.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 1 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 14 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.3% | 44.3% |
| 2023-24 | 55.6% | 48.5% |
| 2022-23 | 59.3% | 51.2% |
| 2021-22 | 62.4% | 48.2% |
| 2018-19 | 49.7% | 49.2% |
| 2017-18 | 52.5% | 41.0% |
| 2016-17 | 48.1% | 49.7% |
| 2015-16 | 61.8% | 56.2% |
| 2014-15 | 53.6% | 58.8% |
% 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
50.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.9%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Carter Lake Elementary School
Carter Lake Elementary School's state test result (50.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carter Lake Elementary School this school | 420 | 46.7% | 50.0% |
| Beachwood Elementary School JBLM Lewis North | 397 | 48.9% | 75.8% |
| Beverly Elementary Lynnwood | 413 | 47.7% | 35.4% |
| Echo Lake Elementary School Shoreline | 416 | 46.4% | 51.6% |
| Crescent Heights Elementary School Tacoma | 451 | 48.8% | 58.7% |
| 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 Carter Lake Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #431 of 936 | #71 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #551 of 1,103 ▼ 79 | #79 of 142 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #462 of 1,102 ▼ 75 | #68 of 142 ▼ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.0pp | #90 of 928 | #15 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 420 | #548 of 1,268 | #81 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #257 of 1,085 | #21 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.8% | #170 of 1,088 | #55 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.7% | #699 of 1,169 | #95 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.9% | #500 of 778 | #58 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
420
-17 (-4%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 602
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 18.2:1
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 | 420 | 28.8 | 14.6:1 | 47% (196) |
| 2023-24 | 441 | 27.1 | 16.3:1 | 63% (277) |
| 2022-23 | 491 | 27.5 | 17.9:1 | 40% (197) |
| 2020-21 | 437 | 24 | 18.2:1 | 39% (170) |
| 2017-18 | 482 | 24 | 20.1:1 | 37% (179) |
| 2015-16 | 440 | 23 | 19.1:1 | 48% (213) |
| 2010-11 | 420 | 18 | 23.3:1 | 44% (186) |
| 2000-01 | 369 | 18 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 602 | 27 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carter Lake Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (482 to 420); teachers up 20% (24 to 28.8).
About Carter Lake Elementary School
Carter Lake Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school based in JBLM McChord Field, Washington. Enrollment totals 420 students across pre-K through 5.
Clover Park School District enrolls 12,345 students in 32 schools, including Carter Lake Elementary School.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Carter Lake Elementary School is White, with 37% of students. Other groups include 30% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 12% Black, and 4% Asian. The county population is about 64% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Carter Lake Elementary School scores 74%.
Classroom staffing at Carter Lake Elementary School totals 28.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.6:1. Compared with the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington, this school's ratio is lower. Federal data show 47% of students (196) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Carter Lake Elementary School lands at C+, ahead of 38% of Washington public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Carter Lake Elementary School is +1.1 points: 50.0% actual, 48.9% predicted.
In the wider Pierce County area, 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 Carter Lake Elementary School.
Carter Lake Elementary School is about 1.5 miles from Tillicum Elementary School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Carter Lake Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 420 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 437. The ratio was 18.2:1 in 2020-21 and 14.6:1 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Carter Lake Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Clover Park School District
- Clover Park High SchoolHigh · 1,161 students
- Lakes High SchoolHigh · 1,158 students
- Thomas Middle SchoolMiddle · 934 students
- General William H. Harrison Preparatory SchoolHigh · 738 students
- Rainier Elementary SchoolElementary · 576 students
- Hillside Elementary SchoolElementary · 567 students
Other Carter Lake Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Carter Lake Elementary. Carter Lake Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Carter Lake Elementary SchoolCarter Lake, IA · 301 students
Nearby schools
- Tillicum Elementary School1.5 mi · 272
- Tyee Park Elementary School1.5 mi · 381
- CPSD Open Doors Program1.9 mi · 276
- Gravelly Lake K-12 Academy1.9 mi · 162
- Clover Park High School2.0 mi · 1,161
- Evergreen Elementary School2.1 mi · 442
Frequently asked questions
About Carter Lake Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Carter Lake Elementary School?
Carter Lake Elementary School enrolls approximately 420 students in grades PK-05.
Is Carter Lake Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Carter Lake Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Carter Lake Elementary School have?
Carter Lake Elementary School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Carter Lake Elementary School?
Student demographics at Carter Lake Elementary School are roughly 37% White, 30% Hispanic, 12% Black, 4% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Carter Lake Elementary School public or private?
Carter Lake Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Clover Park School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.