Frederickson Elementary

Frederickson Elementary is a moderately sized elementary campus in PUYALLUP, Washington, overseen by Bethel School District. The school caters to 527 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Frederickson Elementary sits 39% bigger than that benchmark.

Bethel School District runs 39 schools in total, collectively educating 21,732 students. Frederickson Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Frederickson Elementary reports that the most-represented group is White (33%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 22% Hispanic, 21% multiracial, 14% Black, 6% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 59% of students at Frederickson Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Pierce County's rate of about 50%.

With demographic context factored in, Frederickson Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.6%; this one delivers 32.2%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Pierce County indicate the typical household earns roughly $99,564 per year, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Pierce County's 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students), Frederickson Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Emma L Carson Elementary, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Frederickson Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 49.0%.

Frederickson Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 19%: 647 students in 2018 compared to 527 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 46% to 33% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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