Enrollment
337
Elementary
DISTRICT 356 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TACOMA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530870001484
Edna Travis Elementary School
2111 S J St, Tacoma, WA 98405 · (253) 571-4900 · Pierce County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL337 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
264 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 | 30 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 55% larger than its 5th grade class (42).
Student demographics
80%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
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Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
14.8%
WA avg 58.4% . -14.9pp since 2014
Math
8.0%
WA avg 51.2% . -16.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 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 15 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 16 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 14.8% | 8.0% |
| 2023-24 | 17.7% | 6.8% |
| 2022-23 | 16.9% | 10.7% |
| 2021-22 | 21.5% | 12.2% |
| 2018-19 | 35.2% | 13.7% |
| 2017-18 | 32.4% | 19.5% |
| 2016-17 | 37.1% | 22.2% |
| 2015-16 | 34.7% | 25.4% |
| 2014-15 | 29.7% | 24.4% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
16.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.6%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 28% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Edna Travis Elementary School
Edna Travis Elementary School's state test result (16.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edna Travis Elementary School this school | 337 | 78.3% | 16.1% |
| Dower Elementary School Lakewood | 337 | 74.5% | 29.6% |
| Reed Elementary School Tacoma | 426 | 72.5% | 27.7% |
| Manitou Park Elementary School Tacoma | 429 | 76.0% | 27.3% |
| Lister Elementary School Tacoma | 376 | 78.7% | 28.2% |
| Silver Lake Elementary School FEDERAL WAY | 382 | 74.6% | 28.9% |
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 Edna Travis Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.1% | #922 of 936 | #142 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.0% | #1,098 of 1,103 ▲ 4 | #142 of 142 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.8% | #1,086 of 1,102 ▼ 14 | #142 of 142 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.5pp | #130 of 928 | #21 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 337 | #842 of 1,268 | #118 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #280 of 1,085 | #24 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 79.7% | #28 of 1,088 | #13 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.3% | #137 of 1,169 | #8 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.4% | #242 of 778 | #24 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
337
-67 (-17%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 603
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 337 | 22.9 | 14.7:1 | 78% (264) |
| 2023-24 | 356 | 22.7 | 15.7:1 | 90% (321) |
| 2022-23 | 393 | 25.9 | 15.2:1 | 85% (334) |
| 2020-21 | 404 | 25 | 16.2:1 | 82% (333) |
| 2017-18 | 434 | 27.5 | 15.8:1 | 87% (378) |
| 2015-16 | 386 | 26 | 14.8:1 | 88% (341) |
| 2010-11 | 332 | 23 | 14.4:1 | 86% (285) |
| 2000-01 | 469 | 26 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 603 | 36 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Edna Travis Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (434 to 337); teachers down 17% (27.5 to 22.9).
About Edna Travis Elementary School
As a mid-sized elementary school, Edna Travis Elementary School serves students in Tacoma, Washington. There are 337 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5.
Edna Travis Elementary School reports to Tacoma School District, which has 66 schools and 28,900 students.
The largest group at Edna Travis Elementary School is Black students, at 25%. It is also 22% multiracial, 20% White, 20% Hispanic, and 6% Asian. For comparison, the population of Pierce County is roughly 7% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Edna Travis Elementary School scores 80%.
Edna Travis Elementary School has 22.9 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1. Across elementary schools in Washington, the average ratio is 17.3:1. The school has 78% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 50% average for public schools in Pierce County is 28 points.
Edna Travis Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 16.1%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Washington are predicted to post 27.6%, so the school is 11.5 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
In Pierce County, home to about 930,319 people, 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%. Edna Travis Elementary School shares Pierce County with 286 other public schools.
Edna Travis Elementary School's nearest public school is Tacoma Open Doors (about 0.3 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Edna Travis Elementary School. Edna Travis Elementary School places 4th of 4 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Under the NCES locale system, Edna Travis Elementary School is City: Mid-size.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 337, down from 404 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher dropped from 16.2 to 14.7 over 4 years.
The discussion board for Edna Travis Elementary School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
- Tacoma Open Doors0.3 mi · 392
- Stanley Elementary School0.6 mi · 325
- Bates Technical High School0.7 mi · 343
- Summit Public School: Olympus0.8 mi · 110
- Willard Early Learning Center0.9 mi · 30
- Tacoma School of the Arts1.0 mi · 658
Frequently asked questions
About Edna Travis Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Edna Travis Elementary School?
Edna Travis Elementary School enrolls approximately 337 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Edna Travis Elementary School serve?
Edna Travis Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Edna Travis Elementary School?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at Edna Travis Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Edna Travis Elementary School?
At Edna Travis Elementary School, the student body is approximately 20% White, 20% Hispanic, 25% Black, 6% Asian, 22% Two or more.
Is Edna Travis Elementary School public or private?
Edna Travis Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Tacoma School District.
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