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Enrollment
919
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUYALLUP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530696003690
Dessie F Evans Elementary
7911 144th St E, Puyallup, WA 98375 · (253) 864-5500 · Pierce County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL919 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of Washington public elementary schools
- B-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.
- DThree-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
17.9:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
459 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 34 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 124 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 124 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 145 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 128 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 123 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 138 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 103 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (124) is 20% larger than its 6th grade class (103).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
49.3%
WA avg 58.4% . -5.3pp since 2021
Math
45.9%
WA avg 51.2% . -7.2pp since 2021
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 46 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 2021, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.3% | 45.9% |
| 2023-24 | 48.9% | 47.8% |
| 2022-23 | 54.6% | 56.5% |
| 2021-22 | 54.6% | 53.1% |
% 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
48.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.7%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Dessie F Evans Elementary
Dessie F Evans Elementary's state test result (48.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dessie F Evans Elementary this school | 919 | 49.9% | 48.1% |
| Sunrise Elementary Puyallup | 724 | 53.5% | 39.1% |
| Sarah J Anderson Elementary VANCOUVER | 625 | 51.8% | N/A |
| Warren Hunt Elem Puyallup | 681 | 48.9% | 46.2% |
| Woodland Elementary Puyallup | 606 | 49.8% | 59.9% |
| Irene Reither Elementary School Everson | 765 | 49.8% | 40.1% |
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 Dessie F Evans Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #463 of 936 | #78 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #513 of 1,103 ▼ 35 | #74 of 142 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #523 of 1,102 ▲ 2 | #75 of 142 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.3pp | #113 of 928 | #19 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 919 | #2 of 1,268 | #1 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #967 of 1,085 | #122 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.0% | #250 of 1,088 | #71 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.9% | #639 of 1,169 | #83 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
919
-19 (-2%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 919 | 51.2 | 17.9:1 | 50% (459) |
| 2023-24 | 916 | 56.8 | 16.1:1 | 46% (423) |
| 2022-23 | 988 | 55.8 | 17.7:1 | 42% (412) |
| 2020-21 | 938 | 53 | 17.7:1 | 38% (357) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dessie F Evans Elementary.
About Dessie F Evans Elementary
Dessie F Evans Elementary is an elementary school in Puyallup, Washington, and it is part of Puyallup School District. Its grade span covers pre-K through 6, with 919 students on the rolls. Elementary schools in Washington average about 380 students, which makes this school 142% larger than average.
Dessie F Evans Elementary is one school in a 37-school district, Puyallup School District, which enrolls 23,026 students.
About 41% of students at Dessie F Evans Elementary are White, the largest single group. It is also 31% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 7% Black, and 6% Asian. Pierce County's residents are about 64% White, 23 points above the school's share. A diversity index of 71% means there is a 71% chance two randomly chosen students at Dessie F Evans Elementary are from different groups.
Based on 51.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, Dessie F Evans Elementary has a ratio of 17.9:1. It is about the same as the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Income data for the school show 50% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 50% average for public schools in Pierce County.
Dessie F Evans Elementary earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 36% of Washington public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 46.7% at Dessie F Evans Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 48.1%.
The school is in Pierce County, where the median household earns about $99,564 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across Pierce County, 287 public schools serve about 138,462 students.
Dessie F Evans Elementary is about 0.9 miles from Gov John Rogers High School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 48.1% is above the 43.8% average for nearby schools.
Dessie F Evans Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 919, close to the 938 recorded in 2020-21.
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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 Puyallup School District
- Puyallup High SchoolHigh · 1,815 students
- Gov John Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
- Emerald Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,599 students
- Ballou Jr HighMiddle · 852 students
- Doris Stahl Junior HighMiddle · 846 students
- Glacier View Junior HighMiddle · 843 students
Other schools in Puyallup
- Puyallup High SchoolHigh · 1,815 students
- Gov John Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
- Emerald Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,599 students
- Ballou Jr HighMiddle · 852 students
- Doris Stahl Junior HighMiddle · 846 students
- Glacier View Junior HighMiddle · 843 students
Nearby schools
- Gov John Rogers High School0.9 mi · 1,788
- Edward Zeiger Elem1.1 mi · 500
- Ballou Jr High1.3 mi · 852
- Firgrove Elementary1.4 mi · 593
- Woodland Elementary1.9 mi · 606
- Puyallup Online Academy/POA2.0 mi · 199
Frequently asked questions
About Dessie F Evans ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Dessie F Evans Elementary?
Dessie F Evans Elementary enrolls approximately 919 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Dessie F Evans Elementary serve?
Dessie F Evans Elementary serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dessie F Evans Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dessie F Evans Elementary is approximately 17.9:1 (51 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dessie F Evans Elementary?
At Dessie F Evans Elementary, the student body is approximately 41% White, 31% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Dessie F Evans Elementary in?
Dessie F Evans Elementary is part of Puyallup School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.