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Enrollment
524
Elementary
DISTRICT 487 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUMNER-BONNEY LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530861002744
Daffodil Valley Elementary
1509 Valley Avenue, Sumner, WA 98390 · (253) 891-4600 · Pierce County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL524 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
280 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 92 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
58.5%
WA avg 58.4% . -0.4pp since 2014
Math
65.0%
WA avg 51.2% . +6.7pp 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 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.5% | 65.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.9% | 53.1% |
| 2022-23 | 51.9% | 51.4% |
| 2021-22 | 58.5% | 46.8% |
| 2018-19 | 59.8% | 61.6% |
| 2017-18 | 59.1% | 54.8% |
| 2016-17 | 50.9% | 49.6% |
| 2015-16 | 55.4% | 59.0% |
| 2014-15 | 58.9% | 58.3% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
57.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 44% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 13 points, placing it in Washington's top 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 Daffodil Valley Elementary
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daffodil Valley Elementary this school | 524 | 53.4% | 57.6% |
| Kellogg Marsh Elementary School Marysville | 468 | 54.1% | 38.1% |
| Sifton Elementary School Vancouver | 484 | 49.6% | N/A |
| Crestline Elementary School Vancouver | 446 | 52.5% | N/A |
| Lewis & Clark Elementary School Richland | 471 | 53.5% | N/A |
| Fisher Elementary School LYNDEN | 546 | 50.7% | 42.4% |
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 Daffodil Valley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #299 of 936 | #45 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #191 of 1,103 ▲ 185 | #21 of 142 ▲ 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #332 of 1,102 ▲ 23 | #46 of 142 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.1pp | #103 of 928 | #18 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 524 | #235 of 1,268 | #38 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.8:1 | #1,057 of 1,085 | #138 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.9% | #386 of 1,088 | #94 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.4% | #569 of 1,169 | #70 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.3% | #222 of 257 | #39 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
524
+30 (+6%) vs 2020
+12% since 2000-01, when it was 466
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
was 19.8:1
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 | 524 | 26.5 | 19.8:1 | 53% (280) |
| 2023-24 | 521 | 25.5 | 20.4:1 | 53% (276) |
| 2022-23 | 495 | 24.8 | 20.0:1 | 50% (248) |
| 2020-21 | 494 | 25 | 19.8:1 | 45% (223) |
| 2017-18 | 512 | 32.5 | 15.7:1 | 63% (323) |
| 2015-16 | 540 | 31 | 17.4:1 | 61% (330) |
| 2010-11 | 464 | 22 | 21.1:1 | 62% (287) |
| 2000-01 | 466 | 24 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Daffodil Valley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (512 to 524); teachers down 19% (32.5 to 26.5).
About Daffodil Valley Elementary
Daffodil Valley Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Sumner, Washington, administered by Sumner-Bonney Lake School District. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 524 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in Washington is roughly 380 students; this school is 38% bigger than that.
In Sumner-Bonney Lake School District, 15 schools enroll a combined 10,743 students.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Daffodil Valley Elementary, at 47%. Beyond that, enrollment is 32% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 3% Black. The White share of the county population is higher, at 64%. Pick two students at random and there is a 66% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 19.8 students per teacher. That is 2.5 students per teacher above the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 53% of students. That tracks the 50% average for public schools in Pierce County.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Daffodil Valley Elementary beats its 44.4% prediction with 57.6%, a top-10% result in Washington.
In Pierce County (population about 930,319), the median household income is $99,564, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Daffodil Valley Elementary is one of 287 public schools in the county.
Sumner High School is located about 0.4 miles from Daffodil Valley Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Daffodil Valley Elementary is behind the 60.7% nearby average, ranking 6th of 8.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school enrolled 524 students in 2024-25, 30 more than the 494 it had in 2020-21.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Daffodil Valley Elementary covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Sumner-Bonney Lake School District
- Sumner High SchoolHigh · 1,857 students
- Bonney Lake High SchoolHigh · 1,643 students
- Mountain View Middle SchoolMiddle · 937 students
- Lakeridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 763 students
- Sumner Middle SchoolMiddle · 674 students
- Donald Eismann ElementaryElementary · 648 students
Other schools in Sumner
- Sumner High SchoolHigh · 1,857 students
- Sumner Middle SchoolMiddle · 674 students
- Maple Lawn ElementaryElementary · 628 students
- Liberty Ridge ElementaryElementary · 515 students
- Sumner Special ServicesElementary · 35 students
Nearby schools
- Sumner High School0.4 mi · 1,857
- Sumner Special Services0.5 mi · 35
- Maple Lawn Elementary0.9 mi · 628
- Sumner Middle School1.0 mi · 674
- Crestwood Elementary1.5 mi · 393
- Lakeridge Middle School1.8 mi · 763
Frequently asked questions
About Daffodil Valley ElementaryHow large is Daffodil Valley Elementary?
Daffodil Valley Elementary enrolls approximately 524 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Daffodil Valley Elementary serve?
Daffodil Valley Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Daffodil Valley Elementary?
Approximately 19.8:1 students per teacher at Daffodil Valley Elementary.
How diverse is Daffodil Valley Elementary?
Daffodil Valley Elementary reports a student body of 47% White, 32% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Daffodil Valley Elementary?
Daffodil Valley Elementary is overseen by Sumner-Bonney Lake School District in Pierce County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.