Hedden Elementary School

Hedden Elementary School is an elementary-level community of average-sized scale in Edgewood, Washington, overseen by Fife School District, hosting 469 students in grades 3 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 23% larger than the state mean of about 380.

Within Fife School District, which oversees 7 schools and 3,983 students, Hedden Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hedden Elementary School lists that the most-represented group is White (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 9% Asian, 7% Black. By comparison, Pierce County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.0:1. The state averages about 17.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hedden Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.3%, the actual is 48.2%, a residual of +2.9 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Pierce County) reports that 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. In all, Pierce County runs 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students), of which Hedden Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Edgemont Jr High, around 1.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Hedden Elementary School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 39.9%.

Hedden Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 17%: 567 students in 2018 compared to 469 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 53% to 44% across the same window.

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