Enrollment
232
Elementary
STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IMPACT | COMMENCEMENT BAY ELEMENTARY·NCES 530035403782
Impact Public Schools
1301 E 34th Street, Tacoma, WA 98404 · (206) 769-3429 · Pierce County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL232 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of Washington public elementary schools
- C+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.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
13.7:1
17 FTE teachers
STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
153 students
STATE 51%
Community
0
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 | 45 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 28% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 18% larger than its 4th grade class (38).
Student demographics
78%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
46.1%
WA avg 58.4% . +10.4pp since 2023
Math
44.9%
WA avg 51.2% . +4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.1% | 44.9% |
| 2023-24 | 35.7% | 40.5% |
% 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
42.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Impact Public Schools
Impact Public Schools's state test result (42.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Impact Public Schools this school | 232 | 65.9% | 42.7% |
| Stanley Elementary School Tacoma | 325 | 66.2% | 27.7% |
| Impact | Black River Elementary Renton | 209 | 62.7% | 27.4% |
| Dower Elementary School Lakewood | 337 | 74.5% | 29.6% |
| Oakbrook Elementary School Lakewood | 285 | 61.8% | 41.5% |
| Mann Elementary School Tacoma | 340 | 66.2% | 48.4% |
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 Impact Public Schools ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #562 of 936 | #89 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #538 of 1,103 ▲ 84 | #77 of 142 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #595 of 1,102 ▲ 234 | #86 of 142 ▲ 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 232 | #1,064 of 1,268 | #144 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #119 of 1,085 | #6 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.7% | #76 of 1,088 | #32 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.9% | #338 of 1,169 | #42 of 148 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 232 | 17 | 13.7:1 | 66% (153) |
| 2023-24 | 256 | 23.2 | 11.0:1 | 74% (190) |
| 2022-23 | 326 | 29 | 11.2:1 | 64% (210) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Impact Public Schools.
About Impact Public Schools
Impact Public Schools is a public small elementary school in Tacoma, Washington. The school has 232 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Washington have about 380 students on average; enrollment here is 39% lower.
Impact | Commencement Bay Elementary is the district for Impact Public Schools.
Of every 100 students at Impact Public Schools, about 27 are Hispanic, the largest group. The school is also 24% Black, 22% White, 21% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is higher than the 13% Hispanic share among all Pierce County residents. A diversity index of 78% means there is a 78% chance two randomly chosen students at Impact Public Schools are from different groups.
The school lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Washington, 17.3:1, is higher. A total of 153 students, or 66%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 50% average for public schools in Pierce County, the school's rate is higher.
Among Washington public elementary schools, Impact Public Schools outscored 51%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
In Washington, Impact Public Schools is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 42.7% actual against a predicted 36.0%.
In Pierce County, home to about 930,319 people, the median household earns about $99,564 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Public schools in Pierce County number 287, with about 138,462 students.
The closest school to Impact Public Schools is Roosevelt Elementary School, located about 0.7 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Impact Public Schools. On proficiency, Impact Public Schools is ahead of the 29.8% nearby average, ranking 1st of 7.
Locale data from NCES put Impact Public Schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (City: Mid-size). The school is a charter school, funded with public money and operated under a charter agreement.
The allk12 page for Impact Public Schools lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- 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
Other Impact Public Schools schools
One other US public school is named Impact Public Schools. Impact Public Schools is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Impact Public SchoolsTukwila, WA · 505 students
Nearby schools
- Roosevelt Elementary School0.7 mi · 270
- Blix Elementary School0.7 mi · 442
- Summit Public School: Olympus0.9 mi · 110
- Willard Early Learning Center1.1 mi · 30
- Lister Elementary School1.3 mi · 376
- Lincoln High School1.4 mi · 1,556
Frequently asked questions
About Impact Public SchoolsWhat is the total enrollment at Impact Public Schools?
Impact Public Schools enrolls approximately 232 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Impact Public Schools serve?
Impact Public Schools serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Impact Public Schools?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Impact Public Schools.
How diverse is Impact Public Schools?
Impact Public Schools reports a student body of 22% White, 27% Hispanic, 24% Black, 3% Asian, 21% Two or more.
Is Impact Public Schools public or private?
Impact Public Schools is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Impact | Commencement Bay Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.