Expedition Elementary

Expedition Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in PUYALLUP, Washington. Enrollment is 530 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 5. The average for elementary schools in Washington is about 380 students, so this school is 39% bigger than average.

Bethel School District enrolls 21,732 students, and its 39 schools include Expedition Elementary.

Enrollment at Expedition Elementary is mixed, with White students the largest group at 22%. Beyond that, enrollment is 22% Black, 17% multiracial, 16% Hispanic, and 15% Asian. In Pierce County overall, about 64% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Expedition Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 82%.

Expedition Elementary counts 31.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 16.9 students for each one. Elementary schools in Washington have a similar average ratio of 17.3:1. About 51% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That is close to the 50% average for public schools in Pierce County.

County data help place the school in context: in Pierce County, median household income is about $99,564, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The public schools of Pierce County number 287 and enroll about 138,462.

Emerald Ridge High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Expedition Elementary.

Under the NCES locale system, Expedition Elementary is Suburb: Large.

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