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What's the vibe like in the hallways at Chambers Elementary right now?
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Enrollment
493
Elementary
DISTRICT 520 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNIVERSITY PLACE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530918001552
Chambers Elementary
9101 56TH AVE W, UNIVERSITY PLA, WA 98467 · (253) 566-5650 · Pierce County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL493 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
197 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 30% smaller than its 4th grade class (114).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
66.2%
WA avg 58.4% . +1.8pp since 2014
Math
75.0%
WA avg 51.2% . +1.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.2% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.2% | 70.4% |
| 2022-23 | 59.9% | 60.6% |
| 2021-22 | 61.4% | 64.5% |
| 2018-19 | 67.9% | 64.2% |
| 2017-18 | 69.3% | 64.2% |
| 2016-17 | 71.2% | 73.0% |
| 2015-16 | 73.9% | 74.9% |
| 2014-15 | 64.4% | 73.1% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
69.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 53% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Washington's top 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 Chambers Elementary
Chambers Elementary's state test result (69.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chambers Elementary this school | 493 | 40.0% | 69.1% |
| Geiger Montessori School Tacoma | 521 | 39.7% | 56.3% |
| University Place Primary UNIVERSITY PLA | 522 | 41.0% | 72.8% |
| Frank Brouillet Elem Puyallup | 541 | 42.3% | 59.5% |
| Evergreen Primary UNIVERSITY PLACE | 516 | 38.8% | 56.8% |
| Sunset Primary UNIVERSITY PLACE | 548 | 37.8% | 59.9% |
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 Chambers Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.1% | #146 of 936 | #16 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #88 of 1,103 ▲ 39 | #5 of 142 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.2% | #209 of 1,102 ▲ 13 | #25 of 142 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.7pp | #145 of 928 | #26 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 493 | #312 of 1,268 | #50 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #384 of 1,085 | #41 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.7% | #231 of 1,088 | #69 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.0% | #800 of 1,169 | #107 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.0% | #761 of 778 | #88 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
493
-21 (-4%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 524
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 493 | 32.5 | 15.2:1 | 40% (197) |
| 2023-24 | 480 | 30.6 | 15.7:1 | 41% (199) |
| 2022-23 | 473 | 30.1 | 15.7:1 | 41% (194) |
| 2020-21 | 514 | 34 | 15.1:1 | 36% (186) |
| 2017-18 | 498 | 29.4 | 17.0:1 | 40% (200) |
| 2015-16 | 464 | 30 | 15.5:1 | 43% (199) |
| 2010-11 | 410 | 23 | 17.8:1 | 32% (133) |
| 2000-01 | 398 | 20 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 524 | 23 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chambers Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (498 to 493); teachers up 11% (29.4 to 32.5).
About Chambers Elementary
Chambers Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school found in UNIVERSITY PLA, Washington. Enrolled students number 493 students, in kindergarten through 4. Enrollment is 30% higher than the average for elementary schools in Washington, which is about 380.
Chambers Elementary is in University Place School District, a district with 5,635 students across 8 schools.
Chambers Elementary's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 45%. It is also 18% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 11% Black, and 8% Asian. Pierce County's residents are about 64% White, 19 points above the school's share. By the diversity index, Chambers Elementary comes in at 72%.
Teachers at Chambers Elementary total 32.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.2:1. The 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington is higher than this school's figure. The school counts 197 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 40%. That is 10 points below the 50% average for public schools in Pierce County.
Chambers Elementary beats its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 15.7 points (69.1% versus 53.4%), a top-10% result in Washington on BeatsExpectations.
Chambers Elementary is located in Pierce County, where median household income is about $99,564, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Chambers Elementary is one of 287 public schools in Pierce County, which together enroll about 138,462 students.
Of nearby public schools, Sunset Primary is the closest, at about 0.6 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 58.8% proficiency; Chambers Elementary posts 69.1%.
In the federal locale system, Chambers Elementary is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 514 in 2020-21 and 493 in 2024-25, a decrease of 21 students.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Chambers Elementary covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. 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 University Place School District
- Curtis Senior HighHigh · 1,321 students
- Curtis Junior HighHigh · 904 students
- Narrows View IntermediateMiddle · 692 students
- Drum IntermediateMiddle · 639 students
- Sunset PrimaryElementary · 548 students
- University Place PrimaryElementary · 522 students
Other schools in UNIVERSITY PLA
- Narrows View IntermediateMiddle · 692 students
- Drum IntermediateMiddle · 639 students
- University Place PrimaryElementary · 522 students
Other Chambers Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Chambers Elementary. Chambers Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Chambers Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 559 students
- CHAMBERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCHAMBERS, NE · 71 students
Nearby schools
- Sunset Primary0.6 mi · 548
- Drum Intermediate0.8 mi · 639
- Narrows View Intermediate1.0 mi · 692
- Curtis Senior High1.0 mi · 1,321
- Curtis Junior High1.1 mi · 904
- Evergreen Primary1.4 mi · 516
Frequently asked questions
About Chambers ElementaryHow large is Chambers Elementary?
Chambers Elementary enrolls approximately 493 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Chambers Elementary serve?
Chambers Elementary serves grades KG-04.
How many teachers does Chambers Elementary have?
Chambers Elementary employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Chambers Elementary?
At Chambers Elementary, the student body is approximately 45% White, 18% Hispanic, 11% Black, 8% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Who oversees Chambers Elementary?
Chambers Elementary is overseen by University Place School District in Pierce County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.