Enrollment
349
Elementary
DISTRICT 356 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TACOMA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530870001460
Delong Elementary School
4901 S 14 st St, Tacoma, WA 98405 · (253) 571-5800 · Pierce County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL349 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
219 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 19 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
78%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 78% · 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
48.6%
WA avg 58.4% . +0.3pp since 2014
Math
41.5%
WA avg 51.2% . -1.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 down about 2 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.6% | 41.5% |
| 2023-24 | 44.4% | 46.1% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 45.6% |
| 2021-22 | 43.5% | 36.4% |
| 2018-19 | 48.4% | 38.5% |
| 2017-18 | 45.8% | 42.3% |
| 2016-17 | 45.7% | 40.0% |
| 2015-16 | 52.4% | 41.9% |
| 2014-15 | 48.3% | 43.3% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Delong Elementary School
Delong Elementary School's state test result (46.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delong Elementary School this school | 349 | 62.8% | 46.5% |
| Mann Elementary School Tacoma | 340 | 66.2% | 48.4% |
| Elmhurst Elementary School TACOMA | 335 | 68.7% | 27.0% |
| Oakbrook Elementary School Lakewood | 285 | 61.8% | 41.5% |
| Franklin Elementary School Tacoma | 260 | 61.2% | 29.7% |
| Green Gables Elementary School FEDERAL WAY | 281 | 58.0% | 45.3% |
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 Delong Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #493 of 936 | #81 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #614 of 1,103 ▼ 103 | #86 of 142 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #548 of 1,102 ▲ 71 | #81 of 142 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.1pp | #256 of 928 | #44 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 349 | #801 of 1,268 | #111 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #560 of 1,085 | #62 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.9% | #69 of 1,088 | #30 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.8% | #390 of 1,169 | #46 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.1% | #402 of 778 | #49 of 91 |
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
349
-46 (-12%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 564
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 349 | 22 | 15.9:1 | 63% (219) |
| 2023-24 | 367 | 23.1 | 15.9:1 | 66% (242) |
| 2022-23 | 386 | 21.4 | 18.0:1 | 61% (234) |
| 2020-21 | 395 | 25 | 15.8:1 | 61% (242) |
| 2017-18 | 416 | 25.3 | 16.4:1 | 62% (257) |
| 2015-16 | 518 | 31 | 16.7:1 | 70% (361) |
| 2010-11 | 360 | 24 | 15.0:1 | 60% (217) |
| 2000-01 | 455 | 27 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 564 | 28 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Delong Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (416 to 349); teachers down 13% (25.3 to 22).
About Delong Elementary School
Delong Elementary School is an elementary school in Tacoma, Washington, reachable at (253) 571-5800. In all, 349 students attend the school in pre-K through 5.
Delong Elementary School is one of the 66 schools that make up Tacoma School District (28,900 students in total).
The biggest share of students at Delong Elementary School, 30%, is White. The rest of enrollment is 23% Hispanic, 21% multiracial, 19% Black, and 5% Pacific Islander. Census estimates put the White share of Pierce County's population at about 64%. The diversity index for Delong Elementary School is 78%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 22 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.9:1. Elementary schools in Washington average 17.3:1, 1.4 more students per teacher than here. Delong Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 63%. Public schools in Pierce County average 50%.
Delong Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 46.5% is 8.3 points above the 38.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
American Community Survey estimates for Pierce County show that median household income comes to about $99,564, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county's public schools total 287, with about 138,462 students.
Delong Elementary School is about 0.7 miles from The School at Pearl Youth Residence, its nearest public school. Delong Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Delong Elementary School ranks 2nd of 7 nearby schools, at 46.5% versus a 38.2% average.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Mid-size.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 46 students, from 395 to 349.
The Delong Elementary School discussion page is a place for open houses, carpools, and field trips. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Tacoma School District
- 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
- Baker Middle SchoolMiddle · 687 students
- Tacoma School of the ArtsHigh · 658 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
Nearby schools
- The School at Pearl Youth Residence0.7 mi · 21
- Remann Hall Juvenile Detention Center0.7 mi · 21
- Foss High School0.7 mi · 599
- Dr. Dolores Silas High School0.9 mi · 1,160
- Jefferson Elementary School0.9 mi · 358
- Wainwright Intermediate School0.9 mi · 368
Frequently asked questions
About Delong Elementary SchoolHow large is Delong Elementary School?
Delong Elementary School enrolls approximately 349 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Delong Elementary School serve?
Delong Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Delong Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Delong Elementary School is approximately 15.9:1 (22 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Delong Elementary School?
Delong Elementary School reports a student body of 30% White, 23% Hispanic, 19% Black, 3% Asian, 21% Two or more.
Who oversees Delong Elementary School?
Delong Elementary School is overseen by Tacoma School District in Pierce County.
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