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Enrollment
490
Elementary
DISTRICT 507 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH THURSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 530585003308
Chambers Prairie Elementary School
6501 Virginia St SE, Lacey, WA 98513 · (360) 412-4400 · Thurston County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL490 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
283 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
74%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
42.4%
WA avg 58.4% . -6.6pp since 2014
Math
41.3%
WA avg 51.2% . -1.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.4% | 41.3% |
| 2023-24 | 41.3% | 41.8% |
| 2022-23 | 43.9% | 45.1% |
| 2021-22 | 46.8% | 39.1% |
| 2018-19 | 51.0% | 52.5% |
| 2017-18 | 58.0% | 58.2% |
| 2016-17 | 58.2% | 55.2% |
| 2015-16 | 49.0% | 44.7% |
| 2014-15 | 49.0% | 43.2% |
% 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
43.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Chambers Prairie Elementary School
Chambers Prairie Elementary School's state test result (43.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chambers Prairie Elementary School this school | 490 | 57.8% | 43.3% |
| Pioneer Valley Elementary Spanaway | 524 | 56.5% | 56.2% |
| Edward Zeiger Elem Puyallup | 500 | 57.4% | 44.1% |
| Naches Trail Elementary Tacoma | 519 | 57.4% | 43.0% |
| Collins Elementary Tacoma | 466 | 55.4% | 42.4% |
| Olympic View Elem Oak Harbor | 411 | 57.4% | 45.6% |
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 Prairie Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Thurston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #553 of 936 | #32 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #627 of 1,103 ▼ 34 | #30 of 39 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #683 of 1,102 ▲ 9 | #33 of 39 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.1pp | #318 of 928 | #15 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 490 | #321 of 1,268 | #15 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #277 of 1,085 | #8 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.6% | #175 of 1,088 | #4 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.8% | #486 of 1,169 | #11 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.4% | #668 of 778 | #23 of 27 |
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
490
-18 (-4%) vs 2020
-18% since 2010-11, when it was 597
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 490 | 33.3 | 14.7:1 | 58% (283) |
| 2023-24 | 494 | 30.4 | 16.3:1 | 60% (297) |
| 2022-23 | 482 | 33.3 | 14.5:1 | 62% (297) |
| 2020-21 | 508 | 33 | 15.4:1 | 49% (251) |
| 2017-18 | 518 | 31.5 | 16.5:1 | 53% (276) |
| 2015-16 | 581 | 33 | 17.6:1 | 55% (320) |
| 2010-11 | 597 | 29 | 20.6:1 | 33% (195) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chambers Prairie Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (518 to 490); teachers up 6% (31.5 to 33.3).
About Chambers Prairie Elementary School
Chambers Prairie Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of Lacey, Washington. It enrolled 490 students in kindergarten through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Washington average about 380 students each.
Chambers Prairie Elementary School sits within North Thurston Public Schools, which has 24 schools and 15,167 students.
White students are the largest group at Chambers Prairie Elementary School, with 41% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 20% Hispanic, 20% multiracial, 8% Black, and 5% Asian. Thurston County as a whole is about 72% White, so the school's share is lower. The chance that two students picked at random at Chambers Prairie Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 74%.
Teacher staffing is 33.3 full-time equivalents, or about 14.7 students per teacher. The 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington is higher than this school's figure. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 58%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Thurston County is 43%.
Schools in Washington with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 41.5%. Chambers Prairie Elementary School scores 43.3%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Thurston County show that median household income is about $96,563, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 86 public schools in Thurston County, with a combined enrollment of about 44,412.
Nearby, Aspire Middle School is about 0.7 miles away. Chambers Prairie Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 52.7% on proficiency, and Chambers Prairie Elementary School is below that at 43.3%.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).
The number of students declined from 508 to 490 over 4 years.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Thurston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
299,067
Census ACS
Median income
$96,563
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
44,412 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in North Thurston Public Schools
- River Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,547 students
- Timberline High SchoolHigh · 1,401 students
- North Thurston High SchoolHigh · 1,378 students
- Nisqually Middle SchoolMiddle · 789 students
- Mountain View ElementaryElementary · 776 students
- Meadows ElementaryElementary · 765 students
Other schools in Lacey
- River Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,547 students
- Timberline High SchoolHigh · 1,401 students
- North Thurston High SchoolHigh · 1,378 students
- Nisqually Middle SchoolMiddle · 789 students
- Mountain View ElementaryElementary · 776 students
- Meadows ElementaryElementary · 765 students
Nearby schools
- Aspire Middle School0.7 mi · 323
- Horizons Elementary0.9 mi · 580
- Lakes Elementary School1.0 mi · 495
- Timberline High School1.2 mi · 1,401
- Washington Connections Academy Goldendale1.2 mi · 2,121
- Woodland Elementary1.6 mi · 458
Frequently asked questions
About Chambers Prairie Elementary SchoolHow large is Chambers Prairie Elementary School?
Chambers Prairie Elementary School enrolls approximately 490 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Chambers Prairie Elementary School serve?
Chambers Prairie Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Chambers Prairie Elementary School have?
Chambers Prairie Elementary School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
How diverse is Chambers Prairie Elementary School?
Chambers Prairie Elementary School reports a student body of 41% White, 20% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% Asian, 20% Two or more.
Who oversees Chambers Prairie Elementary School?
Chambers Prairie Elementary School is overseen by North Thurston Public Schools in Thurston County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.