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What's one thing Frank Brouillet Elem gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
541
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUYALLUP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530696002340
Frank Brouillet Elem
17207 94th Ave E, Puyallup, WA 98375 · (253) 841-8670 · Pierce County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL541 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
229 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 19% |
| Grade 6 | 76 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 5% larger than its 6th grade class (76).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
60.4%
WA avg 58.4% . -3.2pp since 2014
Math
55.5%
WA avg 51.2% . -10.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 3 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 | 60.4% | 55.5% |
| 2023-24 | 60.9% | 55.9% |
| 2022-23 | 57.1% | 49.7% |
| 2021-22 | 52.5% | 52.3% |
| 2018-19 | 59.6% | 61.3% |
| 2017-18 | 69.0% | 65.0% |
| 2016-17 | 62.9% | 68.4% |
| 2015-16 | 68.5% | 68.6% |
| 2014-15 | 63.6% | 66.1% |
% 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
59.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.8%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Frank Brouillet Elem
Frank Brouillet Elem's state test result (59.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Brouillet Elem this school | 541 | 42.3% | 59.5% |
| University Place Primary UNIVERSITY PLA | 522 | 41.0% | 72.8% |
| Geiger Montessori School Tacoma | 521 | 39.7% | 56.3% |
| Chambers Elementary UNIVERSITY PLA | 493 | 40.0% | 69.1% |
| Evergreen Primary UNIVERSITY PLACE | 516 | 38.8% | 56.8% |
| Sunset Primary UNIVERSITY PLACE | 548 | 37.8% | 59.9% |
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 Frank Brouillet Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #265 of 936 | #40 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #331 of 1,103 ▼ 5 | #43 of 142 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #292 of 1,102 ▼ 5 | #37 of 142 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #236 of 928 | #42 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 541 | #196 of 1,268 | #29 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #573 of 1,085 | #64 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.4% | #210 of 1,088 | #64 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.3% | #768 of 1,169 | #104 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.3% | #145 of 778 | #11 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
541
-77 (-12%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 612
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 541 | 34 | 15.9:1 | 42% (229) |
| 2023-24 | 551 | 33.4 | 16.5:1 | 42% (231) |
| 2022-23 | 552 | 31.4 | 17.6:1 | 40% (220) |
| 2020-21 | 618 | 36 | 17.2:1 | 30% (186) |
| 2017-18 | 755 | 39.3 | 19.2:1 | 26% (194) |
| 2015-16 | 720 | 35 | 20.6:1 | 30% (218) |
| 2010-11 | 637 | 27 | 23.6:1 | 27% (172) |
| 2000-01 | 605 | 30 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 612 | 2 | 306.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Frank Brouillet Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (755 to 541); teachers down 13% (39.3 to 34).
About Frank Brouillet Elem
Families in Puyallup, Washington, are served by Frank Brouillet Elem, a mid-sized elementary school. The school runs kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 541 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Washington enroll about 380 students on average.
Puyallup School District has 37 schools; together they serve 23,026 students.
The biggest share of students at Frank Brouillet Elem, 45%, is White. Next come 18% multiracial, 16% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 7% Asian. That compares with about 64% White among all Pierce County residents. The diversity index for Frank Brouillet Elem is 72%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 15.9 students per teacher. The gap from the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington is 1.4 students per teacher. Roughly 42% of students at Frank Brouillet Elem can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Pierce County is 50%.
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 Frank Brouillet Elem, the prediction is 51.8% and the result is 59.5%.
The school's county is Pierce County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $99,564, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 287 public schools in the county, enrolling about 138,462, Frank Brouillet Elem among them.
Frank Brouillet Elem is about 0.2 miles from Doris Stahl Junior High, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Frank Brouillet Elem ranks 1st of 8 nearby schools, at 59.5% versus a 46.8% average.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 618 to 541, a 12% drop. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 17.2:1 to 15.9:1.
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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 Puyallup School District
- Puyallup High SchoolHigh · 1,815 students
- Gov John Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
- Emerald Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,599 students
- Dessie F Evans ElementaryElementary · 919 students
- Ballou Jr HighMiddle · 852 students
- Doris Stahl Junior HighMiddle · 846 students
Other schools in Puyallup
- Puyallup High SchoolHigh · 1,815 students
- Gov John Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
- Emerald Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,599 students
- Dessie F Evans ElementaryElementary · 919 students
- Ballou Jr HighMiddle · 852 students
- Doris Stahl Junior HighMiddle · 846 students
Nearby schools
- Doris Stahl Junior High0.2 mi · 846
- Emma L Carson Elementary0.8 mi · 676
- Frederickson Elementary1.3 mi · 527
- Expedition Elementary1.6 mi · 530
- Emerald Ridge High School2.0 mi · 1,599
- Graham Elementary2.0 mi · 428
Frequently asked questions
About Frank Brouillet ElemHow large is Frank Brouillet Elem?
Frank Brouillet Elem enrolls approximately 541 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Frank Brouillet Elem serve?
Frank Brouillet Elem serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Frank Brouillet Elem?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Frank Brouillet Elem is approximately 15.9:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Frank Brouillet Elem?
Student demographics at Frank Brouillet Elem are roughly 45% White, 16% Hispanic, 9% Black, 7% Asian, 18% Two or more.
What district is Frank Brouillet Elem in?
Frank Brouillet Elem is part of Puyallup School District.
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