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Enrollment
648
Elementary
DISTRICT 487 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUMNER-BONNEY LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530861001445
Donald Eismann Elementary
13802 Canyon View Blvd East, Bonney Lake, WA 98391 · (253) 891-4500 · Pierce County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL648 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
163 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 121 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 119 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 126 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 133 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 68% smaller than its 5th grade class (133).
Student demographics
61%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
72.5%
WA avg 58.4% . -0.6pp since 2014
Math
65.6%
WA avg 51.2% . -12.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 13 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.5% | 65.6% |
| 2023-24 | 69.3% | 63.3% |
| 2022-23 | 68.6% | 65.5% |
| 2021-22 | 61.1% | 49.0% |
| 2018-19 | 69.5% | 68.1% |
| 2017-18 | 70.3% | 67.9% |
| 2016-17 | 66.1% | 65.6% |
| 2015-16 | 75.9% | 74.8% |
| 2014-15 | 73.1% | 78.4% |
% 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
67.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Donald Eismann Elementary
Donald Eismann Elementary's state test result (67.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Eismann Elementary this school | 648 | 25.2% | 67.7% |
| Orchard Elementary Richland | 594 | 24.4% | N/A |
| Glenwood Elementary Lake Stevens | 641 | 28.7% | 66.7% |
| Woodburn Elementary Camas | 553 | 24.6% | N/A |
| Tehaleh Heights Elementary School Bonney Lake | 627 | 18.3% | 81.8% |
| Tahoma Elementary Maple Valley | 688 | 20.6% | 65.7% |
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 Donald Eismann Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.7% | #166 of 936 | #21 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.6% | #186 of 1,103 ▲ 16 | #20 of 142 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #127 of 1,102 ▲ 35 | #11 of 142 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.0pp | #35 of 928 | #7 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 648 | #57 of 1,268 | #11 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #1,001 of 1,085 | #128 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.4% | #493 of 1,088 | #104 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.2% | #987 of 1,169 | #136 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.6% | #542 of 778 | #63 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
648
+173 (+36%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 598
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 648 | 35 | 18.5:1 | 25% (163) |
| 2023-24 | 744 | 38.8 | 19.2:1 | 25% (183) |
| 2022-23 | 712 | 37.3 | 19.1:1 | 19% (134) |
| 2020-21 | 475 | 29 | 16.4:1 | 17% (79) |
| 2017-18 | 725 | 36.1 | 20.1:1 | 8% (58) |
| 2015-16 | 540 | 27 | 20.0:1 | 12% (64) |
| 2010-11 | 388 | 19 | 20.4:1 | 28% (110) |
| 2000-01 | 408 | 22 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 598 | 27 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Donald Eismann Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (725 to 648); teachers down 3% (36.1 to 35).
About Donald Eismann Elementary
Donald Eismann Elementary is a public elementary school in Bonney Lake, Washington. A total of 648 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Washington is about 380 students, so this school is 71% above average.
Sumner-Bonney Lake School District counts 10,743 students in its 15 schools, and Donald Eismann Elementary is one of them.
Roughly 58% of students at Donald Eismann Elementary are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 16% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 10% Asian, and 2% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 61% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 18.5:1. On average, elementary schools in Washington have 17.3:1, compared with 18.5:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Donald Eismann Elementary is 25%. The 50% average for public schools in Pierce County is 25 points higher.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Donald Eismann Elementary is 4.3 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 67.7% actual, 63.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% 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. Donald Eismann Elementary is one of 287 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, Tehaleh Heights Elementary School is the closest, at about 1.0 miles. Donald Eismann Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 67.7% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 9 nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Donald Eismann Elementary as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment has grown by 173 students since 2020-21, to 648. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 16.4:1 to 18.5:1.
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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 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
- Maple Lawn ElementaryElementary · 628 students
Other schools in Bonney Lake
- Bonney Lake High SchoolHigh · 1,643 students
- Mountain View Middle SchoolMiddle · 937 students
- Lakeridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 763 students
- Tehaleh Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 627 students
- Emerald Hills ElementaryElementary · 551 students
- Victor Falls ElementaryElementary · 513 students
Nearby schools
- Tehaleh Heights Elementary School1.0 mi · 627
- Liberty Ridge Elementary1.5 mi · 515
- Victor Falls Elementary1.6 mi · 513
- Mountain View Middle School2.0 mi · 937
- Bonney Lake High School2.0 mi · 1,643
- Orting Elementary School2.5 mi · 567
Frequently asked questions
About Donald Eismann ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Donald Eismann Elementary?
Donald Eismann Elementary enrolls approximately 648 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Donald Eismann Elementary serve?
Donald Eismann Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Donald Eismann Elementary?
Approximately 18.5:1 students per teacher at Donald Eismann Elementary.
How diverse is Donald Eismann Elementary?
Donald Eismann Elementary reports a student body of 58% White, 16% Hispanic, 2% Black, 10% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Donald Eismann Elementary in?
Donald Eismann Elementary is part of Sumner-Bonney Lake School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.