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If you could change one rule at Elk Plain School of Choice, what would it be?
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Enrollment
574
Elementary
DISTRICT 409 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BETHEL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530048000123
Elk Plain School of Choice
22015 22nd Avenue East, Spanaway, WA 98397 · (253) 800-7900 · Pierce County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL574 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% 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.
- B-Three-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
17.0:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
228 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 40 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 79 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 49% smaller than its 8th grade class (79).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
52.5%
WA avg 58.4% . -4.1pp since 2014
Math
46.7%
WA avg 51.2% . -11.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 12 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.5% | 46.7% |
| 2023-24 | 54.6% | 45.9% |
| 2022-23 | 54.3% | 51.6% |
| 2021-22 | 51.7% | 43.8% |
| 2018-19 | 68.3% | 66.4% |
| 2017-18 | 64.0% | 63.0% |
| 2016-17 | 67.5% | 62.1% |
| 2015-16 | 63.1% | 63.0% |
| 2014-15 | 56.7% | 58.5% |
% 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
50.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Elk Plain School of Choice
Elk Plain School of Choice's state test result (50.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Plain School of Choice this school | 574 | 39.7% | 50.4% |
| Geiger Montessori School Tacoma | 521 | 39.7% | 56.3% |
| University Place Primary UNIVERSITY PLA | 522 | 41.0% | 72.8% |
| Frank Brouillet Elem Puyallup | 541 | 42.3% | 59.5% |
| Sunset Primary UNIVERSITY PLACE | 548 | 37.8% | 59.9% |
| Horizons Elementary Lacey | 580 | 38.8% | 53.5% |
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 Elk Plain School of Choice ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #424 of 936 | #70 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #496 of 1,103 ▲ 17 | #71 of 142 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #456 of 1,102 ▼ 46 | #67 of 142 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.9pp | #439 of 928 | #64 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 574 | #140 of 1,268 | #21 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #829 of 1,085 | #103 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.7% | #468 of 1,088 | #101 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.7% | #803 of 1,169 | #109 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.0% | #718 of 778 | #81 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
574
+52 (+10%) vs 2020
+89% since 1990-91, when it was 304
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 574 | 33.7 | 17.0:1 | 40% (228) |
| 2023-24 | 575 | 35.7 | 16.1:1 | 36% (208) |
| 2022-23 | 570 | 36.9 | 15.5:1 | 39% (223) |
| 2020-21 | 522 | 34 | 15.3:1 | 30% (155) |
| 2017-18 | 592 | 32 | 18.5:1 | 29% (171) |
| 2015-16 | 544 | 28 | 19.4:1 | 31% (169) |
| 2010-11 | 447 | 23 | 19.4:1 | 15% (69) |
| 2000-01 | 451 | 23 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 304 | 18 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elk Plain School of Choice.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (592 to 574); teachers up 5% (32 to 33.7).
About Elk Plain School of Choice
Elk Plain School of Choice is an elementary school in Spanaway, Washington, reachable at (253) 800-7900. Federal data show 574 students enrolled in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 380 students for elementary schools in Washington.
Besides Elk Plain School of Choice, Bethel School District runs 38 other schools. The district enrolls 21,732 students.
The share of White students at Elk Plain School of Choice is 56%, a majority. The school is also 18% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 3% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 63%.
With 33.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.0:1. The ratio is within a point of the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Elk Plain School of Choice, 40% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Pierce County average 50%.
Among Washington public elementary schools, Elk Plain School of Choice outscored 38%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Elk Plain School of Choice posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 50.4%, compared with a predicted 53.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Washington schools on BeatsExpectations.
For the population of Pierce County, median household income comes to about $99,564, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Elk Plain School of Choice shares Pierce County with 286 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Bethel Middle School, is about 1.0 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Elk Plain School of Choice is 2nd of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 10%. By 2024-25, the school had 17.0 students per teacher, compared with 15.3 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 Bethel School District
- Graham Kapowsin High SchoolHigh · 2,087 students
- Spanaway Lake High SchoolHigh · 1,787 students
- Bethel High SchoolHigh · 1,688 students
- Liberty Middle SchoolMiddle · 857 students
- Spanaway Middle SchoolMiddle · 766 students
- Cedarcrest Middle SchoolMiddle · 765 students
Other schools in Spanaway
- Spanaway Lake High SchoolHigh · 1,787 students
- Bethel High SchoolHigh · 1,688 students
- Liberty Middle SchoolMiddle · 857 students
- Cedarcrest Middle SchoolMiddle · 765 students
- Bethel Middle SchoolMiddle · 661 students
- Shining Mountain ElementaryElementary · 613 students
Nearby schools
- Bethel Middle School1.0 mi · 661
- Bethel High School1.0 mi · 1,688
- Shining Mountain Elementary1.0 mi · 613
- Cedarcrest Middle School2.0 mi · 765
- Centennial Elementary2.5 mi · 540
- Challenger High School2.9 mi · 318
Frequently asked questions
About Elk Plain School of ChoiceHow many students attend Elk Plain School of Choice?
Elk Plain School of Choice enrolls approximately 574 students in grades KG-08.
Is Elk Plain School of Choice an elementary, middle, or high school?
Elk Plain School of Choice is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Elk Plain School of Choice have?
Elk Plain School of Choice employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Elk Plain School of Choice?
At Elk Plain School of Choice, the student body is approximately 56% White, 13% Hispanic, 9% Black, 3% Asian, 18% Two or more.
What district is Elk Plain School of Choice in?
Elk Plain School of Choice is part of Bethel School District.
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