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What do you wish you knew before starting at Evergreen Elementary?
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Enrollment
530
Elementary
DISTRICT 409 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BETHEL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530048001748
Evergreen Elementary
1311 172nd Street East, Spanaway, WA 98387 · (253) 800-8200 · Pierce County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL530 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of Washington public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
14.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
352 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 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
76%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
42.1%
WA avg 58.4% . -26.7pp since 2014
Math
39.1%
WA avg 51.2% . -34.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 27 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 35 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.1% | 39.1% |
| 2023-24 | 48.1% | 38.3% |
| 2022-23 | 46.1% | 37.3% |
| 2021-22 | 46.8% | 45.3% |
| 2018-19 | 74.9% | 71.8% |
| 2017-18 | 74.0% | 72.0% |
| 2016-17 | 75.7% | 74.5% |
| 2015-16 | 72.6% | 78.8% |
| 2014-15 | 68.8% | 73.7% |
% 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
42.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.6%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Evergreen Elementary
Evergreen Elementary's state test result (42.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evergreen Elementary this school | 530 | 66.4% | 42.1% |
| Camas Prairie Elementary Spanaway | 529 | 67.9% | 55.1% |
| Firgrove Elementary Puyallup | 593 | 68.3% | 35.4% |
| Shining Mountain Elementary Spanaway | 613 | 65.7% | 39.9% |
| Fawcett Elementary School Tacoma | 426 | 65.3% | 32.4% |
| Lowell Elementary Everett | 531 | 69.3% | 50.2% |
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 Evergreen Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #583 of 936 | #91 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #683 of 1,103 ▼ 9 | #95 of 142 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #690 of 1,102 ▼ 148 | #95 of 142 ▼ 18 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.4pp | #131 of 928 | #22 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 530 | #213 of 1,268 | #32 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #270 of 1,085 | #23 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.4% | #107 of 1,088 | #44 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.4% | #328 of 1,169 | #39 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.1% | #758 of 778 | #87 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
530
+7 (+1%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 496
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 530 | 36.1 | 14.7:1 | 66% (352) |
| 2023-24 | 533 | 34.9 | 15.3:1 | 66% (351) |
| 2022-23 | 539 | 35.5 | 15.2:1 | 63% (342) |
| 2020-21 | 523 | 36 | 14.5:1 | 57% (300) |
| 2017-18 | 536 | 29.8 | 18.0:1 | 63% (338) |
| 2015-16 | 498 | 30 | 16.6:1 | 64% (318) |
| 2010-11 | 571 | 29 | 19.7:1 | 43% (246) |
| 2000-01 | 559 | 25 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 496 | 24 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Evergreen Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (536 to 530); teachers up 21% (29.8 to 36.1).
About Evergreen Elementary
Evergreen Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Spanaway, Washington. The school's 530 students are in kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Washington average about 380 students each.
Evergreen Elementary reports to Bethel School District, which has 39 schools and 21,732 students.
White students form the largest group at Evergreen Elementary, 35% of enrollment. Other groups make up 22% Hispanic, 22% multiracial, 8% Black, and 6% Pacific Islander. County-wide, 64% of Pierce County residents are White. Evergreen Elementary has a diversity index of 76%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reports 36.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 14.7 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in Washington average 17.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 66% of students. It compares with 50% for public schools in Pierce County.
Measured against Washington public elementary schools, Evergreen Elementary receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Evergreen Elementary is 6.4 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 42.1% actual, 35.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Washington.
Pierce County census figures show that median household income is about $99,564, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Evergreen Elementary is among the 287 public schools in Pierce County.
The shortest distance from Evergreen Elementary to another public school is about 0.3 miles, to Spanaway Lake High School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Evergreen Elementary places 3rd of 5 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment at Evergreen Elementary was 523 in 2020-21 and 530 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Evergreen Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Other Evergreen Elementary schools
29 other US public schools in 13 states are named Evergreen Elementary. Evergreen Elementary is the 8th largest of the 30.
- Evergreen Elementary SchoolSedro-Woolley, WA · 511 students
- Evergreen Elementary SchoolJBLM Lewis Main, WA · 442 students
- Evergreen Elementary SchoolSPOKANE, WA · 433 students
- Evergreen Elementary SchoolShelton, WA · 378 students
- Evergreen ElementaryLakebay, WA · 336 students
Nearby schools
- Spanaway Lake High School0.3 mi · 1,787
- Transition 18-21 Program0.7 mi · 58
- Camas Prairie Elementary0.8 mi · 529
- Katherine G. Johnson Elementary School1.0 mi · 592
- Chester H Thompson Elementary1.0 mi · 688
- Challenger High School1.1 mi · 318
Frequently asked questions
About Evergreen ElementaryHow large is Evergreen Elementary?
Evergreen Elementary enrolls approximately 530 students in grades KG-05.
Is Evergreen Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Evergreen Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Evergreen Elementary?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at Evergreen Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Evergreen Elementary?
At Evergreen Elementary, the student body is approximately 35% White, 22% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% Asian, 22% Two or more.
Is Evergreen Elementary public or private?
Evergreen Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bethel School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.