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Enrollment
676
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUYALLUP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530696003192
Emma L Carson Elementary
8615 184th St E, Puyallup, WA 98375 · (253) 840-8808 · Pierce County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL676 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
357 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 18 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 108 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 104 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 32% smaller than its 6th grade class (104).
Student demographics
78%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
53.1%
WA avg 58.4% . +4.0pp since 2014
Math
50.4%
WA avg 51.2% . +3.5pp 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 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.1% | 50.4% |
| 2023-24 | 47.2% | 49.2% |
| 2022-23 | 42.1% | 41.4% |
| 2021-22 | 43.8% | 32.7% |
| 2018-19 | 61.2% | 50.2% |
| 2017-18 | 61.0% | 45.1% |
| 2016-17 | 56.0% | 48.7% |
| 2015-16 | 50.8% | 50.1% |
| 2014-15 | 49.1% | 46.9% |
% 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
48.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.8%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Emma L Carson Elementary
Emma L Carson Elementary's state test result (48.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emma L Carson Elementary this school | 676 | 52.8% | 48.8% |
| Katherine G. Johnson Elementary School Tacoma | 592 | 54.9% | 58.0% |
| Pope Elementary Puyallup | 710 | 49.0% | 52.5% |
| Rainier Elementary School JBLM Lewis Main | 576 | 49.0% | 57.5% |
| Clover Creek Elementary Tacoma | 617 | 51.5% | 54.6% |
| Frederickson Elementary PUYALLUP | 527 | 59.0% | 32.2% |
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 Emma L Carson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #451 of 936 | #74 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #443 of 1,103 ▲ 14 | #62 of 142 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #442 of 1,102 ▲ 113 | #63 of 142 ▲ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.5pp | #38 of 928 | #9 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 676 | #42 of 1,268 | #10 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #826 of 1,085 | #102 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 78.4% | #57 of 1,088 | #25 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.8% | #583 of 1,169 | #74 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.2% | #133 of 778 | #9 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
676
-47 (-7%) vs 2020
-24% since 2010-11, when it was 895
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 676 | 39.7 | 17.0:1 | 53% (357) |
| 2023-24 | 689 | 40.7 | 16.9:1 | 53% (367) |
| 2022-23 | 738 | 38.5 | 19.2:1 | 46% (342) |
| 2020-21 | 723 | 42 | 17.2:1 | 36% (257) |
| 2017-18 | 955 | 44.7 | 21.4:1 | 31% (299) |
| 2015-16 | 975 | 42 | 23.2:1 | 34% (335) |
| 2010-11 | 895 | 37 | 24.2:1 | 24% (215) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Emma L Carson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (955 to 676); teachers down 11% (44.7 to 39.7).
About Emma L Carson Elementary
Emma L Carson Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Puyallup, Washington. The school teaches pre-K through 6 and enrolls 676 students. That is 78% larger than the average of about 380 students for elementary schools in Washington.
Across its 37 schools, Puyallup School District enrolls 23,026 students. Emma L Carson Elementary is one of those schools.
Of every 100 students at Emma L Carson Elementary, about 34 are White, the largest group. It is also 19% Hispanic, 17% multiracial, 16% Black, and 8% Asian. For comparison, the population of Pierce County is roughly 64% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 78, compared with 70 nationally.
Emma L Carson Elementary reported 39.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 17.0:1. The average for elementary schools in Washington is about 17.3:1. Roughly 53% of students at Emma L Carson Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 50% average for public schools in Pierce County.
Emma L Carson Elementary scores 48.8% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 44.8%.
In Pierce County, the median household earns about $99,564 a year, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across Pierce County, 287 public schools serve about 138,462 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Frank Brouillet Elem, is about 0.8 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Emma L Carson Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Emma L Carson Elementary is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 7%, from 723 to 676.
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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 Puyallup School District
- Puyallup High SchoolHigh · 1,815 students
- Gov John Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
- Emerald Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,599 students
- Dessie F Evans ElementaryElementary · 919 students
- Ballou Jr HighMiddle · 852 students
- Doris Stahl Junior HighMiddle · 846 students
Other schools in Puyallup
- Puyallup High SchoolHigh · 1,815 students
- Gov John Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
- Emerald Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,599 students
- Dessie F Evans ElementaryElementary · 919 students
- Ballou Jr HighMiddle · 852 students
- Doris Stahl Junior HighMiddle · 846 students
Nearby schools
- Frank Brouillet Elem0.8 mi · 541
- Doris Stahl Junior High1.0 mi · 846
- Frederickson Elementary1.1 mi · 527
- Graham Elementary1.5 mi · 428
- Expedition Elementary1.6 mi · 530
- Pioneer Valley Elementary1.6 mi · 524
Frequently asked questions
About Emma L Carson ElementaryHow many students attend Emma L Carson Elementary?
Emma L Carson Elementary enrolls approximately 676 students in grades PK-06.
Is Emma L Carson Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Emma L Carson Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Emma L Carson Elementary have?
Emma L Carson Elementary employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Emma L Carson Elementary?
Student demographics at Emma L Carson Elementary are roughly 34% White, 19% Hispanic, 16% Black, 8% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Is Emma L Carson Elementary public or private?
Emma L Carson Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Puyallup School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.