Clover Creek Elementary

Set in Tacoma, Washington, Clover Creek Elementary is a high-enrollment K-5 school, part of Bethel School District. It works with 617 students across grades K through 5. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Clover Creek Elementary sits 62% larger than that benchmark.

Clover Creek Elementary is one of 39 schools operated by Bethel School District, a district that serves 21,732 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Clover Creek Elementary reports that 33% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 22% Hispanic, 19% multiracial, 10% Black, 9% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Clover Creek Elementary shows 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Clover Creek Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Clover Creek Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.6%, the actual is 54.6%, a residual of +9.0 points.

In the surrounding community, Pierce County reports that median household earnings sit near $99,564, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Clover Creek Elementary is one of 287 public schools in Pierce County (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students).

The closest other public school is Katherine G. Johnson Elementary School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Clover Creek Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Clover Creek Elementary at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 43.6%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Clover Creek Elementary has shrank 19%, going from 763 students in 2018 to 617 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 47% to 33%. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.