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Enrollment
516
Elementary
DISTRICT 520 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNIVERSITY PLACE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530918001179
Evergreen Primary
7102 40TH ST W, UNIVERSITY PLACE, WA 98466 · (253) 566-5680 · Pierce County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL516 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% 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.
- 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.
- 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
15.7:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
200 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 3 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 102 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 118 | 23% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 9% larger than its 4th grade class (94).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
58.6%
WA avg 58.4% . -7.6pp since 2014
Math
63.9%
WA avg 51.2% . -10.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.6% | 63.9% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 54.4% |
| 2022-23 | 61.1% | 65.2% |
| 2021-22 | 64.3% | 59.4% |
| 2018-19 | 64.1% | 66.5% |
| 2017-18 | 73.9% | 80.9% |
| 2016-17 | 66.5% | 71.7% |
| 2015-16 | 64.7% | 67.9% |
| 2014-15 | 66.2% | 74.5% |
% 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
56.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.2%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% 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 Evergreen Primary
Evergreen Primary's state test result (56.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evergreen Primary this school | 516 | 38.8% | 56.8% |
| Frank Brouillet Elem Puyallup | 541 | 42.3% | 59.5% |
| Sunset Primary UNIVERSITY PLACE | 548 | 37.8% | 59.9% |
| Chambers Elementary UNIVERSITY PLA | 493 | 40.0% | 69.1% |
| University Place Primary UNIVERSITY PLA | 522 | 41.0% | 72.8% |
| Briarcrest Elementary Shoreline | 454 | 35.9% | 64.7% |
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 Primary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.8% | #309 of 936 | #48 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.9% | #210 of 1,103 ▲ 142 | #24 of 142 ▲ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #330 of 1,102 ▲ 172 | #44 of 142 ▲ 27 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.6pp | #354 of 928 | #62 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 516 | #250 of 1,268 | #43 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #508 of 1,085 | #53 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.7% | #174 of 1,088 | #57 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.8% | #820 of 1,169 | #112 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.5% | #731 of 778 | #83 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
516
-38 (-7%) vs 2020
+5% since 2000-01, when it was 491
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 516 | 33 | 15.7:1 | 39% (200) |
| 2023-24 | 538 | 35 | 15.4:1 | 45% (242) |
| 2022-23 | 540 | 37 | 14.6:1 | 44% (237) |
| 2020-21 | 554 | 34 | 16.3:1 | 36% (201) |
| 2017-18 | 529 | 29.6 | 17.9:1 | 31% (166) |
| 2015-16 | 497 | 30 | 16.6:1 | 40% (197) |
| 2010-11 | 504 | 27 | 18.7:1 | 37% (188) |
| 2000-01 | 491 | 25 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Evergreen Primary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (529 to 516); teachers up 11% (29.6 to 33).
About Evergreen Primary
Evergreen Primary is a public elementary school run by University Place School District in UNIVERSITY PLACE, Washington. There are 516 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 4. The school is 36% larger than the average for elementary schools in Washington.
Evergreen Primary is a school in University Place School District. The district has 8 schools and 5,635 students.
The student body at Evergreen Primary has no majority group. White students lead at 41%. The remaining shares are 22% multiracial, 16% Hispanic, 11% Asian, and 8% Black. Pierce County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school's share is lower. The diversity index for Evergreen Primary is 74%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
With 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.7:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Washington average 17.3:1. Roughly 39% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 50% for public schools in Pierce County.
Evergreen Primary earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 60% of Washington public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Evergreen Primary, the prediction is 54.2% and the result is 56.8%.
In the wider Pierce County area, median household income comes to about $99,564, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pierce County's 287 public schools enroll about 138,462 students and include Evergreen Primary.
Narrows View Intermediate is the nearest public school to Evergreen Primary, about 0.4 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 63.2% proficiency; Evergreen Primary posts 56.8%.
In the federal locale system, Evergreen Primary 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.
A 7% drop took enrollment from 554 in 2020-21 to 516 in 2024-25.
Evergreen Primary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 University Place School District
- Curtis Senior HighHigh · 1,321 students
- Curtis Junior HighHigh · 904 students
- Narrows View IntermediateMiddle · 692 students
- Drum IntermediateMiddle · 639 students
- Sunset PrimaryElementary · 548 students
- University Place PrimaryElementary · 522 students
Other schools in UNIVERSITY PLACE
- Curtis Senior HighHigh · 1,321 students
- Curtis Junior HighHigh · 904 students
- Sunset PrimaryElementary · 548 students
Nearby schools
- Narrows View Intermediate0.4 mi · 692
- Drum Intermediate0.6 mi · 639
- Curtis Senior High0.8 mi · 1,321
- Curtis Junior High1.0 mi · 904
- Whittier Elementary School1.1 mi · 305
- University Place Primary1.4 mi · 522
Frequently asked questions
About Evergreen PrimaryWhat is the total enrollment at Evergreen Primary?
Evergreen Primary enrolls approximately 516 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Evergreen Primary serve?
Evergreen Primary serves grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at Evergreen Primary?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at Evergreen Primary.
How diverse is Evergreen Primary?
Evergreen Primary reports a student body of 41% White, 16% Hispanic, 8% Black, 11% Asian, 22% Two or more.
Is Evergreen Primary public or private?
Evergreen Primary is a public K-12 school, overseen by University Place School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.