Donald Eismann Elementary

Donald Eismann Elementary is one of the sizable K-5 schools in Bonney Lake, Washington, one of the schools within Sumner-Bonney Lake School District, with 648 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Donald Eismann Elementary sits 71% larger than that benchmark.

Donald Eismann Elementary is one of 15 schools operated by Sumner-Bonney Lake School District, a district that serves 10,743 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Donald Eismann Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 16% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 10% Asian, 2% Black.

On the resource side, On paper, Donald Eismann Elementary has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. An estimated 25% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Pierce County's rate of about 50%.

With demographic context factored in, Donald Eismann Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 67.7%.

Across the wider county, Pierce County reports that the typical household earns roughly $99,564 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Pierce County runs 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students), of which Donald Eismann Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Tehaleh Heights Elementary School, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Donald Eismann Elementary comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 55.3%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Donald Eismann Elementary's enrollment has contracted 11% since 2018, when it stood at 725 (now 648). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 75% to 58%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 18.5:1 today.

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