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If you could change one rule at Geiger Montessori School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
521
Elementary
DISTRICT 356 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TACOMA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530870001469
Geiger Montessori School
7401 S 8th St, Tacoma, WA 98465 · (253) 571-6800 · Pierce County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL521 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of Washington public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
207 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 11 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 117 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (117) is 67% larger than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 78% · 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
58.1%
WA avg 58.4% . +10.8pp since 2014
Math
51.5%
WA avg 51.2% . +11.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 11 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.1% | 51.5% |
| 2023-24 | 61.5% | 49.5% |
| 2022-23 | 53.4% | 42.8% |
| 2021-22 | 53.5% | 40.9% |
| 2018-19 | 60.2% | 52.7% |
| 2017-18 | 50.2% | 45.4% |
| 2016-17 | 44.6% | 38.7% |
| 2015-16 | 53.2% | 41.4% |
| 2014-15 | 47.3% | 39.9% |
% 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
56.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Geiger Montessori School
Geiger Montessori School's state test result (56.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geiger Montessori School this school | 521 | 39.7% | 56.3% |
| University Place Primary UNIVERSITY PLA | 522 | 41.0% | 72.8% |
| Chambers Elementary UNIVERSITY PLA | 493 | 40.0% | 69.1% |
| Frank Brouillet Elem Puyallup | 541 | 42.3% | 59.5% |
| Elk Plain School of Choice Spanaway | 574 | 39.7% | 50.4% |
| 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 Geiger Montessori School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #316 of 936 | #51 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #413 of 1,103 ▲ 35 | #57 of 142 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.1% | #337 of 1,102 ▼ 56 | #47 of 142 ▼ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.6pp | #153 of 928 | #29 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 521 | #240 of 1,268 | #40 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.0:1 | #1,070 of 1,085 | #142 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.3% | #348 of 1,088 | #83 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.7% | #802 of 1,169 | #108 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.5% | #131 of 257 | #23 of 43 |
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
521
+83 (+19%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 423
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 521 | 24.9 | 21.0:1 | 40% (207) |
| 2023-24 | 515 | 27.7 | 18.6:1 | 40% (207) |
| 2022-23 | 517 | 27 | 19.1:1 | 37% (191) |
| 2020-21 | 438 | 26 | 16.9:1 | 39% (171) |
| 2017-18 | 476 | 26.6 | 17.9:1 | 38% (182) |
| 2015-16 | 426 | 23 | 18.5:1 | 45% (190) |
| 2010-11 | 204 | 13 | 15.7:1 | 55% (113) |
| 2000-01 | 395 | 25 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 423 | 23 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Geiger Montessori School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (476 to 521); teachers down 6% (26.6 to 24.9).
About Geiger Montessori School
A mid-sized elementary school in Tacoma, Washington, Geiger Montessori School is part of Tacoma School District. In all, 521 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. It has 37% more students than the average for elementary schools in Washington (about 380).
Tacoma School District counts 66 schools and 28,900 students, including Geiger Montessori School.
At Geiger Montessori School, 51% of students are White. It is also 17% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 10% Black, and 5% Asian. For comparison, the population of Pierce County is roughly 64% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Geiger Montessori School scores 67%.
Geiger Montessori School reported 24.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 21.0:1. Elementary schools in Washington average 17.3:1, 3.7 fewer students per teacher than here. There are 207 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 40% of enrollment. The rate at public schools in Pierce County averages 50%, higher than here.
On the allk12 Grade, Geiger Montessori School lands at B+, ahead of 70% of Washington public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Geiger Montessori School would score about 53.5%. It scores 56.3%, 2.7 points above that figure.
In Pierce County, the median household earns about $99,564 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Pierce County has 287 public schools with about 138,462 students, including Geiger Montessori School.
Hunt Middle School is about 0.6 miles from Geiger Montessori School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Geiger Montessori School holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 4 nearby schools that report test results, Geiger Montessori School ranks 1st on proficiency.
Geiger Montessori School is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Geiger Montessori School had a net gain of 83 students, or 19%. The number of students per teacher increased from 16.9 to 21.0 over 4 years.
The allk12 page for Geiger Montessori School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Tacoma School District
- Stadium High SchoolHigh · 1,700 students
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,556 students
- Mount Tahoma High SchoolHigh · 1,410 students
- Dr. Dolores Silas High SchoolHigh · 1,160 students
- Baker Middle SchoolMiddle · 687 students
- Tacoma School of the ArtsHigh · 658 students
Other schools in Tacoma
- Stadium High SchoolHigh · 1,700 students
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,556 students
- Mount Tahoma High SchoolHigh · 1,410 students
- Dr. Dolores Silas High SchoolHigh · 1,160 students
- Washington High SchoolHigh · 989 students
- Franklin Pierce High SchoolHigh · 977 students
Nearby schools
- Hunt Middle School0.6 mi · 519
- The School at Pearl Youth Residence0.9 mi · 21
- Remann Hall Juvenile Detention Center1.1 mi · 21
- Tacoma Online High School1.1 mi · 497
- Tacoma Online Middle School1.1 mi · 170
- Tacoma Online Elementary School1.1 mi · 144
Frequently asked questions
About Geiger Montessori SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Geiger Montessori School?
Geiger Montessori School enrolls approximately 521 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Geiger Montessori School serve?
Geiger Montessori School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Geiger Montessori School have?
Geiger Montessori School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Geiger Montessori School?
Student demographics at Geiger Montessori School are roughly 51% White, 17% Hispanic, 10% Black, 5% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Is Geiger Montessori School public or private?
Geiger Montessori School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Tacoma School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.