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Alumni: what's one memory from Chloe Clark Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
475
Elementary
DISTRICT 263 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STEILACOOM HIST. SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530846002879
Chloe Clark Elementary
1700 Palisade Boulevard, DuPont, WA 98327 · (253) 583-7100 · Pierce County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL475 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 62% 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.
- CBeats 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
15.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
128 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 17 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 102 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 128 | 27% |
| Grade 3 | 127 | 27% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Steilacoom Hist. School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
59.0%
WA avg 58.4% . -4.0pp since 2014
Math
61.5%
WA avg 51.2% . -13.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 13 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 61.5% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 62.4% |
| 2022-23 | 61.9% | 67.5% |
| 2021-22 | 51.4% | 60.0% |
| 2018-19 | 57.9% | 57.6% |
| 2017-18 | 62.4% | 65.8% |
| 2016-17 | 53.4% | 66.5% |
| 2015-16 | 64.1% | 65.3% |
| 2014-15 | 63.0% | 75.0% |
% 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
60.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Chloe Clark Elementary
Chloe Clark Elementary's state test result (60.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chloe Clark Elementary this school | 475 | 26.9% | 60.7% |
| Saltars Point Elementary Steilacoom | 437 | 31.6% | 53.9% |
| Picnic Point Elementary Edmonds | 454 | 33.0% | 58.8% |
| Lake Forest Park Elementary Lake Forest Park | 378 | 26.7% | 59.7% |
| Robert Frost Elementary Kirkland | 424 | 32.3% | 59.9% |
| Alexander Graham Bell Elementary Kirkland | 503 | 29.4% | 61.6% |
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 Chloe Clark Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #249 of 936 | #34 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #239 of 1,103 ▼ 16 | #28 of 142 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #323 of 1,102 ▼ 20 | #43 of 142 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.6pp | #282 of 928 | #48 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 475 | #361 of 1,268 | #56 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #544 of 1,085 | #60 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.4% | #277 of 1,088 | #74 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.9% | #970 of 1,169 | #134 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.0% | #434 of 778 | #52 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
475
-67 (-12%) vs 2020
-18% since 2010-11, when it was 579
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 475 | 30 | 15.8:1 | 27% (128) |
| 2023-24 | 468 | 31.5 | 14.9:1 | 22% (102) |
| 2022-23 | 520 | 38.5 | 13.5:1 | 21% (108) |
| 2020-21 | 542 | 37 | 14.7:1 | 18% (100) |
| 2017-18 | 559 | 32.8 | 17.0:1 | 13% (75) |
| 2015-16 | 601 | 28 | 21.5:1 | 12% (73) |
| 2010-11 | 579 | 26 | 22.3:1 | 9% (54) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chloe Clark Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (559 to 475); teachers down 8% (32.8 to 30).
About Chloe Clark Elementary
Chloe Clark Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Washington, located in DuPont. Enrolled students number 475 students, in pre-K through 3. Statewide, elementary schools in Washington average about 380 students each.
Chloe Clark Elementary is run by Steilacoom Hist. School District, whose 7 schools enroll 3,043 students.
White students form the largest group at Chloe Clark Elementary, 46% of enrollment. Other groups make up 24% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 10% Asian, and 8% Black. County-wide, 64% of Pierce County residents are White. By the diversity index, Chloe Clark Elementary comes in at 70%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.8:1, with 30 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Washington, the typical ratio is 17.3:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Chloe Clark Elementary is 27%. Public schools in Pierce County average 50%.
The allk12 Grade for Chloe Clark Elementary is B. Compared with Washington public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 62% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In Washington, Chloe Clark Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 60.7% actual against a predicted 62.1%.
Census estimates describe Pierce County this way: 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. Federal data list 287 public schools in Pierce County, with a combined enrollment of about 138,462.
Pioneer Middle is the public school closest to Chloe Clark Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 50.2%; Chloe Clark Elementary's is 60.7%, ranking 2nd of 8.
Federal data place Chloe Clark Elementary in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 542 in 2020-21 and 475 in 2024-25, a 12% decrease. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.8:1.
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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 Steilacoom Hist. School District
- Steilacoom HighHigh · 968 students
- Pioneer MiddleMiddle · 758 students
- Saltars Point ElementaryElementary · 437 students
- Cherrydale ElementaryElementary · 348 students
- Developmental PreschoolElementary · 38 students
- Anderson Island ElementaryElementary · 19 students
Nearby schools
- Pioneer Middle0.6 mi · 758
- Rainier Elementary School1.9 mi · 576
- Beachwood Elementary School2.9 mi · 397
- Hillside Elementary School3.3 mi · 567
- Meriwether Elementary School3.5 mi · 240
- Wa He Lut Indian School3.6 mi · 131
Frequently asked questions
About Chloe Clark ElementaryHow many students attend Chloe Clark Elementary?
Chloe Clark Elementary enrolls approximately 475 students in grades PK-03.
What age range does Chloe Clark Elementary serve?
Chloe Clark Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 03.
How many students per teacher at Chloe Clark Elementary?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at Chloe Clark Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Chloe Clark Elementary?
At Chloe Clark Elementary, the student body is approximately 46% White, 24% Hispanic, 8% Black, 10% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Chloe Clark Elementary?
Chloe Clark Elementary is overseen by Steilacoom Hist. School District in Pierce County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.