Evergreen Primary

As a mid-sized primary school in UNIVERSITY PLACE, Washington, Evergreen Primary instructs 516 students from grades pre-K through 4, overseen by University Place School District. Enrollment runs roughly 36% larger than the state mean of about 380.

University Place School District comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 5,635 students; Evergreen Primary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Evergreen Primary shows that 41% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 22% multiracial, 16% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 8% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Evergreen Primary has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Evergreen Primary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Pierce County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Evergreen Primary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.8%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Pierce County indicate the typical household earns roughly $99,564 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Evergreen Primary is one of 287 public schools in Pierce County (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students).

Narrows View Intermediate is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Evergreen Primary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Evergreen Primary at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 63.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Evergreen Primary has showed little movement, going from 529 students in 2018 to 516 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

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