Enrollment
335
Elementary
DISTRICT 387 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANKLIN PIERCE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530294000474
Elmhurst Elementary School
420 133rd ST E, TACOMA, WA 98445 · (253) 298-3505 · Pierce County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL335 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% of Washington public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
14.0:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
230 students
DISTRICT 70% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 63 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
78%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 77% · 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
31.8%
WA avg 58.4% . -1.2pp since 2014
Math
23.5%
WA avg 51.2% . -1.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 1 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.8% | 23.5% |
| 2023-24 | 27.7% | 24.7% |
| 2022-23 | 25.0% | 26.3% |
| 2021-22 | 29.4% | 26.0% |
| 2018-19 | 37.6% | 24.7% |
| 2017-18 | 32.5% | 23.5% |
| 2016-17 | 29.6% | 32.1% |
| 2015-16 | 32.8% | 35.4% |
| 2014-15 | 32.9% | 24.9% |
% 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
27.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Elmhurst Elementary School
Elmhurst Elementary School's state test result (27.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elmhurst Elementary School this school | 335 | 68.7% | 27.0% |
| Whitman Elementary School Tacoma | 365 | 71.2% | 31.5% |
| Mann Elementary School Tacoma | 340 | 66.2% | 48.4% |
| Delong Elementary School Tacoma | 349 | 62.8% | 46.5% |
| Custer Elementary School Lakewood | 358 | 74.0% | 41.0% |
| Edison Elementary School Tacoma | 413 | 70.9% | 37.0% |
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 Elmhurst Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #848 of 936 | #136 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #984 of 1,103 ▼ 17 | #133 of 142 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #913 of 1,102 ▲ 59 | #126 of 142 ▲ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.1pp | #372 of 928 | #66 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 335 | #848 of 1,268 | #120 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #151 of 1,085 | #12 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 78.5% | #55 of 1,088 | #24 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.7% | #283 of 1,169 | #32 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.7% | #184 of 778 | #15 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
335
-25 (-7%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 483
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 335 | 23.9 | 14.0:1 | 69% (230) |
| 2023-24 | 327 | 23.1 | 14.2:1 | 71% (233) |
| 2022-23 | 358 | 24 | 14.9:1 | 72% (256) |
| 2020-21 | 360 | 26 | 13.8:1 | 66% (239) |
| 2017-18 | 451 | 26.2 | 17.2:1 | 66% (297) |
| 2015-16 | 445 | 25 | 17.8:1 | 77% (343) |
| 2010-11 | 426 | 26 | 16.4:1 | 61% (258) |
| 2000-01 | 590 | 28 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 483 | 22 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elmhurst Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (451 to 335); teachers down 9% (26.2 to 23.9).
About Elmhurst Elementary School
Elmhurst Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in TACOMA, Washington. A total of 335 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 5.
Elmhurst Elementary School is one school in a 14-school district, Franklin Pierce School District, which enrolls 7,187 students.
Elmhurst Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 31%. The school is also 21% Hispanic, 20% multiracial, 17% Black, and 6% Pacific Islander. The White share of the county population is higher, at 64%. Elmhurst Elementary School has a diversity index of 78%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 23.9 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 14.0:1. That ratio is under the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 69%. Public schools in Pierce County average 50%.
Measured against Washington public elementary schools, Elmhurst Elementary School receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Elmhurst Elementary School scores 27.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 34.1%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Pierce County, median household income is about $99,564, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. A total of 287 public schools operate in Pierce County, serving about 138,462 students.
The closest other public school is Hewins Early Learning Center, about 0.8 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Elmhurst Elementary School ranks 6th of 7 nearby schools, at 27.0% versus a 35.4% average.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students dropped from 360 to 335 over 4 years.
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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 Franklin Pierce School District
- Washington High SchoolHigh · 989 students
- Franklin Pierce High SchoolHigh · 977 students
- Morris Ford Middle SchoolMiddle · 831 students
- Perry G Keithley Middle SchoolMiddle · 804 students
- Brookdale ElementaryElementary · 483 students
- Collins ElementaryElementary · 466 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
Other Elmhurst Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Elmhurst Elementary. Elmhurst Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Elmhurst ElementaryGreenville, NC · 454 students
- Elmhurst Elementary SchoolToledo, OH · 381 students
- Elmhurst ElementaryVentura, CA · 378 students
Nearby schools
- Hewins Early Learning Center0.8 mi · 266
- Brookdale Elementary0.8 mi · 483
- Collins Elementary1.0 mi · 466
- Spanaway Middle School1.4 mi · 766
- Perry G Keithley Middle School1.5 mi · 804
- Thompson Preschool1.5 mi · 227
Frequently asked questions
About Elmhurst Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Elmhurst Elementary School?
Elmhurst Elementary School enrolls approximately 335 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Elmhurst Elementary School serve?
Elmhurst Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Elmhurst Elementary School?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at Elmhurst Elementary School.
How diverse is Elmhurst Elementary School?
Elmhurst Elementary School reports a student body of 31% White, 21% Hispanic, 17% Black, 4% Asian, 20% Two or more.
Who oversees Elmhurst Elementary School?
Elmhurst Elementary School is overseen by Franklin Pierce School District in Pierce County.
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