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Enrollment
466
Elementary
DISTRICT 387 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANKLIN PIERCE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530294000473
Collins Elementary
1920 128th Street E, Tacoma, WA 98444 · (253) 298-3405 · Pierce County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL466 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
258 students
DISTRICT 70% · 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 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 77% · 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
42.3%
WA avg 58.4% . -1.1pp since 2014
Math
37.7%
WA avg 51.2% . -3.6pp 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 38 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 4 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.3% | 37.7% |
| 2023-24 | 40.3% | 41.3% |
| 2022-23 | 40.6% | 38.6% |
| 2021-22 | 42.9% | 38.8% |
| 2018-19 | 54.4% | 45.6% |
| 2017-18 | 55.4% | 41.4% |
| 2016-17 | 61.8% | 53.1% |
| 2015-16 | 53.5% | 51.7% |
| 2014-15 | 43.3% | 41.4% |
% 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
42.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Collins Elementary
Collins Elementary's state test result (42.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collins Elementary this school | 466 | 55.4% | 42.4% |
| Lynndale Elementary EDMONDS | 442 | 53.8% | 47.1% |
| Naches Trail Elementary Tacoma | 519 | 57.4% | 43.0% |
| Edward Zeiger Elem Puyallup | 500 | 57.4% | 44.1% |
| Hedden Elementary School Edgewood | 469 | 52.0% | 48.2% |
| Chambers Prairie Elementary School Lacey | 490 | 57.8% | 43.3% |
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 Collins Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #576 of 936 | #90 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #715 of 1,103 ▼ 108 | #100 of 142 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #687 of 1,102 ▲ 29 | #94 of 142 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.8pp | #337 of 928 | #60 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 466 | #400 of 1,268 | #59 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #344 of 1,085 | #34 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.6% | #128 of 1,088 | #47 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.4% | #535 of 1,169 | #64 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.6% | #148 of 257 | #27 of 43 |
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
466
-19 (-4%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 367
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 466 | 31 | 15.0:1 | 55% (258) |
| 2023-24 | 488 | 27.1 | 18.0:1 | 57% (277) |
| 2022-23 | 462 | 30 | 15.4:1 | 56% (257) |
| 2020-21 | 485 | 29 | 16.7:1 | 51% (247) |
| 2017-18 | 437 | 24.5 | 17.8:1 | 53% (233) |
| 2015-16 | 404 | 23 | 17.6:1 | 52% (210) |
| 2010-11 | 404 | 23 | 17.6:1 | 47% (188) |
| 2000-01 | 403 | 22 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 367 | 17 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Collins Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (437 to 466); teachers up 26% (24.5 to 31).
About Collins Elementary
Collins Elementary, located in Tacoma, Washington, is a medium-sized elementary school. The school's enrollment of 466 students covers kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 23% higher than the average for elementary schools in Washington, which is about 380.
The 14 schools in Franklin Pierce School District enroll 7,187 students altogether, Collins Elementary among them.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Collins Elementary is White (38%). Enrollment also includes 25% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 9% Black, and 9% Asian. The school's White share is 26 points below the 64% share among Pierce County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Collins Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 76%.
Teachers at the school number 31 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.0:1. The 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington is higher than this school's figure. Roughly 55% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Collins Elementary would score about 43.1%. It scores 42.4%, within a point of that figure.
Among Pierce County residents, 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. Collins Elementary is one of 287 public schools in Pierce County, which together enroll about 138,462 students.
The school nearest to Collins Elementary is Elmhurst Elementary School, at a distance of about 1.0 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Collins Elementary ranks 2nd in a group of 7 nearby schools.
The federal government classifies Collins Elementary's location as Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 485 to 466. Federal data show the ratio falling from 16.7:1 to 15.0:1.
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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 Franklin Pierce School District
- Washington High SchoolHigh · 989 students
- Franklin Pierce High SchoolHigh · 977 students
- Morris Ford Middle SchoolMiddle · 831 students
- Perry G Keithley Middle SchoolMiddle · 804 students
- Brookdale ElementaryElementary · 483 students
- Harvard ElementaryElementary · 445 students
Other schools in Tacoma
- Stadium High SchoolHigh · 1,700 students
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,556 students
- Mount Tahoma High SchoolHigh · 1,410 students
- Dr. Dolores Silas High SchoolHigh · 1,160 students
- Washington High SchoolHigh · 989 students
- Franklin Pierce High SchoolHigh · 977 students
Other Collins Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 8 states are named Collins Elementary. Collins Elementary is the 4th largest of the 9.
- Collins Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 788 students
- Collins Elementary SchoolHOUGHTON LAKE, MI · 489 students
- Collins Elementary SchoolCOLLINS, MS · 474 students
- Collins Elementary SchoolLIVINGSTON, NJ · 440 students
- Collins Elementary SchoolBristow, OK · 374 students
Nearby schools
- Elmhurst Elementary School1.0 mi · 335
- Franklin Pierce High School1.2 mi · 977
- Hewins Early Learning Center1.3 mi · 266
- Midland Elementary1.5 mi · 399
- Morris Ford Middle School1.5 mi · 831
- Brookdale Elementary1.7 mi · 483
Frequently asked questions
About Collins ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Collins Elementary?
Collins Elementary enrolls approximately 466 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Collins Elementary serve?
Collins Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Collins Elementary have?
Collins Elementary employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Collins Elementary?
Student demographics at Collins Elementary are roughly 38% White, 25% Hispanic, 9% Black, 9% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees Collins Elementary?
Collins Elementary is overseen by Franklin Pierce School District in Pierce County.
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