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Alumni: what's one memory from Horizons Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
580
Elementary
DISTRICT 507 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH THURSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 530585000601
Horizons Elementary
4601 67th Ave SE, Lacey, WA 98513 · (360) 412-4710 · Thurston County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL580 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
225 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 | 70 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 112 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 118 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 41% smaller than its 5th grade class (118).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
58.8%
WA avg 58.4% . +8.0pp since 2014
Math
51.4%
WA avg 51.2% . +1.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.8% | 51.4% |
| 2023-24 | 50.5% | 49.8% |
| 2022-23 | 53.2% | 54.0% |
| 2021-22 | 62.7% | 53.3% |
| 2018-19 | 71.8% | 70.4% |
| 2017-18 | 73.3% | 70.5% |
| 2016-17 | 70.9% | 72.4% |
| 2015-16 | 64.4% | 59.7% |
| 2014-15 | 50.8% | 50.1% |
% 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
53.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.2%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% 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 Horizons Elementary
Horizons Elementary's state test result (53.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horizons Elementary this school | 580 | 38.8% | 53.5% |
| Sunset Primary UNIVERSITY PLACE | 548 | 37.8% | 59.9% |
| Marvista Elementary Normandy Park | 532 | 40.8% | 54.6% |
| University Place Primary UNIVERSITY PLA | 522 | 41.0% | 72.8% |
| Lakes Elementary School Lacey | 495 | 41.4% | 57.2% |
| Frank Brouillet Elem Puyallup | 541 | 42.3% | 59.5% |
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 Horizons Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Thurston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #376 of 936 | #16 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #415 of 1,103 ▲ 27 | #14 of 39 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #325 of 1,102 ▲ 159 | #10 of 39 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.9pp | #236 of 928 | #12 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 580 | #128 of 1,268 | #7 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #959 of 1,085 | #36 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.8% | #261 of 1,088 | #9 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.8% | #819 of 1,169 | #31 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.4% | #133 of 257 | #9 of 13 |
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
580
+83 (+17%) vs 2020
-8% since 2000-01, when it was 633
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 580 | 32.4 | 17.9:1 | 39% (225) |
| 2023-24 | 561 | 32.2 | 17.4:1 | 41% (228) |
| 2022-23 | 468 | 28.7 | 16.3:1 | 37% (172) |
| 2020-21 | 497 | 31 | 16.0:1 | 27% (132) |
| 2017-18 | 530 | 36.3 | 14.6:1 | 25% (134) |
| 2015-16 | 676 | 37 | 18.3:1 | 28% (192) |
| 2010-11 | 579 | 33 | 17.6:1 | 19% (110) |
| 2000-01 | 633 | 31 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Horizons Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (530 to 580); teachers down 11% (36.3 to 32.4).
About Horizons Elementary
Horizons Elementary is a large elementary school in Lacey, Washington, administered by North Thurston Public Schools. A total of 580 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 5. The average for elementary schools in Washington is about 380 students, so this school is 53% above average.
Horizons Elementary is in North Thurston Public Schools, a district with 15,167 students across 24 schools.
Enrollment at Horizons Elementary is mixed, with White students the largest group at 45%. The rest of enrollment is 22% Hispanic, 19% multiracial, 6% Black, and 6% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Thurston County's population at about 72%. The chance that two students picked at random at Horizons Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 71%.
The school employs the equivalent of 32.4 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 17.9:1. Across elementary schools in Washington, the average ratio is about 17.3:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 39%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Horizons Elementary is within a point of the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 53.5% actual, 54.2% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Washington.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Thurston County show that median household income is about $96,563, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Horizons Elementary is one of 86 public schools in Thurston County, which together enroll about 44,412 students.
Nearby, Chambers Prairie Elementary School is about 0.9 miles away. Horizons Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Horizons Elementary ranks 5th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 53.5% against a local average of 53.4%.
Horizons Elementary has an NCES locale of City: Small.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 580 was 17% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 497. Students per teacher rose from 16.0 in 2020-21 to 17.9 in 2024-25.
To ask about school safety, transportation, and start times, start a discussion on this page. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Thurston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
299,067
Census ACS
Median income
$96,563
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
44,412 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in North Thurston Public Schools
- River Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,547 students
- Timberline High SchoolHigh · 1,401 students
- North Thurston High SchoolHigh · 1,378 students
- Nisqually Middle SchoolMiddle · 789 students
- Mountain View ElementaryElementary · 776 students
- Meadows ElementaryElementary · 765 students
Other schools in Lacey
- River Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,547 students
- Timberline High SchoolHigh · 1,401 students
- North Thurston High SchoolHigh · 1,378 students
- Nisqually Middle SchoolMiddle · 789 students
- Mountain View ElementaryElementary · 776 students
- Meadows ElementaryElementary · 765 students
Other Horizons Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Horizons Elementary. Horizons Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLDAVENPORT, FL · 1,543 students
- Horizons ElementaryAppleton, WI · 264 students
- Horizons ElementaryLenoir, NC · 29 students
Nearby schools
- Chambers Prairie Elementary School0.9 mi · 490
- Washington Connections Academy Goldendale1.0 mi · 2,121
- Aspire Middle School1.3 mi · 323
- Lakes Elementary School1.7 mi · 495
- East Olympia Elementary1.8 mi · 579
- Timberline High School1.9 mi · 1,401
Frequently asked questions
About Horizons ElementaryHow many students attend Horizons Elementary?
Horizons Elementary enrolls approximately 580 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Horizons Elementary serve?
Horizons Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Horizons Elementary?
Approximately 17.9:1 students per teacher at Horizons Elementary.
How diverse is Horizons Elementary?
Horizons Elementary reports a student body of 45% White, 22% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% Asian, 19% Two or more.
Who oversees Horizons Elementary?
Horizons Elementary is overseen by North Thurston Public Schools in Thurston County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.