Enrollment
209
Elementary
DISTRICT 320 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EATONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530237000325
Columbia Crest A-STEM Academy
24503 State Route 706 E, Ashford, WA 98304 · (360) 569-2567 · Pierce County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL209 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of Washington public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
18.6:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
122 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 | 43 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 18 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 17 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 24 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 29 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 25 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 21 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 10 | 5% |
| Grade 8 | 22 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 95% larger than its 8th grade class (22).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · 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
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Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
39.5%
WA avg 58.4% . -5.2pp since 2014
Math
31.8%
WA avg 51.2% . -6.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.5% | 31.8% |
| 2023-24 | 42.3% | 30.9% |
| 2022-23 | 37.0% | 28.3% |
| 2021-22 | 41.5% | 26.6% |
| 2018-19 | 46.6% | 39.1% |
| 2017-18 | 49.2% | 41.7% |
| 2016-17 | 46.9% | 45.5% |
| 2015-16 | 37.8% | 40.0% |
| 2014-15 | 44.7% | 37.9% |
% 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
41.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% 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 Columbia Crest A-STEM Academy
Columbia Crest A-STEM Academy's state test result (41.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Crest A-STEM Academy this school | 209 | 58.4% | 41.6% |
| Ritzville Grade School Ritzville | 193 | 58.0% | N/A |
| Dayton Elementary School Dayton | 185 | 56.8% | N/A |
| Morton Elementary School MORTON | 194 | 59.3% | 40.9% |
| Lyman Elementary School Lyman | 185 | 55.1% | 47.0% |
| White Pass Elementary School Randle | 205 | 63.9% | 36.4% |
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 Columbia Crest A-STEM Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #596 of 936 | #93 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #839 of 1,103 ▼ 1 | #116 of 142 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #764 of 1,102 ▼ 98 | #110 of 142 ▼ 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.6pp | #456 of 928 | #66 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 209 | #1,083 of 1,268 | #146 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #1,009 of 1,085 | #131 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.0% | #1,004 of 1,088 | #143 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.4% | #472 of 1,169 | #57 of 148 |
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
209
+35 (+20%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 207
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 19.3:1
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 | 209 | 11.2 | 18.6:1 | 58% (122) |
| 2023-24 | 168 | 10.8 | 15.5:1 | 64% (107) |
| 2022-23 | 143 | 10.3 | 13.9:1 | 66% (95) |
| 2020-21 | 174 | 9 | 19.3:1 | 55% (96) |
| 2017-18 | 182 | 11.7 | 15.5:1 | 58% (105) |
| 2015-16 | 195 | 11 | 17.7:1 | 44% (85) |
| 2010-11 | 115 | 6 | 19.2:1 | 50% (57) |
| 2000-01 | 122 | 9 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 207 | 9 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Columbia Crest A-STEM Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (182 to 209); teachers down 4% (11.7 to 11.2).
About Columbia Crest A-STEM Academy
Students in Ashford, Washington, attend Columbia Crest A-STEM Academy, a small elementary school. The school runs kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 209 students. Elementary schools in Washington average about 380 students, which makes this school 45% below average.
Eatonville School District, which runs Columbia Crest A-STEM Academy, has 7 schools and 1,995 students.
Roughly 82% of students at Columbia Crest A-STEM Academy are White. The remaining students are 10% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. Among people living in Pierce County, the White share is about 64%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Columbia Crest A-STEM Academy scores 31%.
A staff of 11.2 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 18.6:1. The average for elementary schools in Washington, 17.3:1, is lower. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 58%.
On the allk12 Grade, Columbia Crest A-STEM Academy lands at C, ahead of 34% of Washington public elementary schools.
Columbia Crest A-STEM Academy posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 41.6%, compared with a predicted 41.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Washington schools on BeatsExpectations.
Looking at the county, Pierce County, median household income comes to about $99,564, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The county's public schools total 287, with about 138,462 students.
Eatonville Online Academy sits about 10.7 miles from Columbia Crest A-STEM Academy. Nearby schools with test data average 42.1% proficiency; Columbia Crest A-STEM Academy posts 41.6%.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 209, compared with 174 in 2020-21.
Columbia Crest A-STEM Academy has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Eatonville School District
- Eatonville High SchoolHigh · 573 students
- Eatonville Middle SchoolMiddle · 425 students
- Eatonville Elementary SchoolElementary · 406 students
- Weyerhaeuser ElementaryElementary · 344 students
- ESD New BeginningsHigh · 31 students
- Eatonville Online AcademyMiddle · 7 students
Nearby schools
- Eatonville Online Academy10.7 mi · 7
- Eatonville Middle School10.7 mi · 425
- Eatonville Elementary School10.8 mi · 406
- Eatonville High School11.0 mi · 573
- ESD New Beginnings11.0 mi · 31
- Morton Elementary School15.7 mi · 194
Frequently asked questions
About Columbia Crest A-STEM AcademyHow large is Columbia Crest A-STEM Academy?
Columbia Crest A-STEM Academy enrolls approximately 209 students in grades KG-08.
Is Columbia Crest A-STEM Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Columbia Crest A-STEM Academy is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Columbia Crest A-STEM Academy have?
Columbia Crest A-STEM Academy employs 11 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Columbia Crest A-STEM Academy?
At Columbia Crest A-STEM Academy, the student body is approximately 82% White, 10% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Columbia Crest A-STEM Academy in?
Columbia Crest A-STEM Academy is part of Eatonville School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.