Expedition Elementary

Located at 18717 108TH AVE CT E, in PUYALLUP, Washington, Expedition Elementary is a mid-tier elementary school that serves 530 students (grades K through 5), overseen by Bethel School District. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Expedition Elementary sits 39% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Bethel School District, which oversees 39 schools and 21,732 students, Expedition Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Expedition Elementary reports that the most-represented group is White (22%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 22% Black, 17% multiracial, 16% Hispanic, 15% Asian. By comparison, Pierce County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Expedition Elementary reports 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Pierce County put median household earnings sit near $99,564, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Pierce County runs 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students), of which Expedition Elementary is one.

Emerald Ridge High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Expedition Elementary operates from a bedroom-community location.

On allk12, the feed for Expedition Elementary typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.