Crestwood Elementary

Crestwood Elementary is an average-sized primary school in Bonney Lake, Washington, overseen by Sumner-Bonney Lake School District. The school enrolls 393 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Sumner-Bonney Lake School District comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 10,743 students; Crestwood Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Crestwood Elementary logs that White students make up the majority at 68%. Beyond that, the school reports 14% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 5% Asian, 3% Black.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Crestwood Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Pierce County (around 50%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Crestwood Elementary sits in the top 10% of Washington schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 54.3%; actual is 65.4%, +11.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, Pierce County reports that the typical household earns roughly $99,564 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Crestwood Elementary is one of 287 public schools in Pierce County (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lakeridge Middle School, around 1.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Crestwood Elementary comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 62.6%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Crestwood Elementary has ticked down 17%, going from 475 students in 2018 to 393 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 77% to 68% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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