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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IMPACT | PUGET SOUND ELEMENTARY·NCES 530034503653

Impact Public Schools

3438 S. 148th Street, Tukwila, WA 98168 · (206) 712-7640 · King County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL505 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 63% 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.
  • ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • DThree-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

Enrollment
505
Elementary
STATE 380
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
32 FTE teachers
STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
352 students
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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten9018%
Grade 19218%
Grade 29519%
Grade 38918%
Grade 48717%
Grade 55210%

This year's kindergarten class (90) is 73% larger than its 5th grade class (52).

Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 68% · US 70%
White
5110%
STATE 47% · US 43%
Hispanic
10821%
STATE 27% · US 30%
Black
26051%
STATE 5% · US 15%
Asian
4910%
STATE 9% · US 6%
Two+
337%
STATE 9% · US 5%
Native American
10%
STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
31%
STATE 2% · US 0%
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
Male
24549%
Female
26051%

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Test scores

Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded Standard
English Language Arts
47.0%
WA avg 58.4% . -9.8pp since 2021
Math
46.0%
WA avg 51.2% . -6.3pp since 2021

What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 10 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 6 points.

Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2547.0%46.0%
2023-2449.5%47.5%
2022-2353.0%51.7%
2021-2256.8%52.4%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
48.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.6pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Washington's top 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 (48.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Impact Public Schools this school50569.7%48.0%
Impact | Salish Sea Elementary
Seattle
38566.8%44.5%
Emerson Elementary School
SEATTLE
39873.6%23.7%
South Shore PK-8 School
SEATTLE
54664.1%33.4%
Wing Luke Elementary School
SEATTLE
33471.6%33.8%
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School
SEATTLE
28973.0%31.6%
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
MeasureThis schoolIn WashingtonIn King County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
48.0%#465 of 936#170 of 280
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
46.0%#508 of 1,103
▼ 23
#173 of 281
no change
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
47.0%#576 of 1,102
▼ 65
#178 of 280
▼ 9
3-year test score change
ranked biggest drop first
-8.1pp#60 of 928#20 of 274
Enrollment
ranked largest first
505#275 of 1,268#71 of 299
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
15.8:1#525 of 1,085#126 of 280
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
66.5%#365 of 1,088#178 of 281
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
69.7%#266 of 1,169#53 of 292
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 2024-25
Enrollment
505
+98 (+24%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 15.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-255053215.8:170% (352)
2023-244783712.9:179% (379)
2022-2359638.115.6:168% (405)
2020-214072615.7:163% (256)
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 mid-sized elementary school in Tukwila, Washington, administered by Impact | Puget Sound Elementary. It reports enrollment of 505 students in kindergarten through 5. The school is 33% above the average for elementary schools in Washington.

For district matters, Impact Public Schools falls under Impact | Puget Sound Elementary.

The student body at Impact Public Schools is 51% Black. The school is also 21% Hispanic, 10% White, 10% Asian, and 7% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 7%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 67%.

Impact Public Schools reports a ratio of 15.8 students per teacher, from 32 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Washington, the average ratio is 17.3:1. Lunch program data show 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 38% average for public schools in King County is 32 points.

On the allk12 Grade, Impact Public Schools lands at B, ahead of 63% of Washington public elementary schools.

Compared with Washington schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Impact Public Schools does better than predicted by 14.6 points. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 48.0%; the prediction is 33.4%.

In King County, home to about 2,287,171 people, the median household earns about $124,746 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Impact Public Schools shares King County with 543 other public schools.

Foster Senior High School is about 0.4 miles from Impact Public Schools, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Impact Public Schools holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 24.7% proficiency; Impact Public Schools posts 48.0%.

By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.

Enrollment figures show a gain of 98 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.

The discussion board for Impact Public Schools is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.

King County at a glance

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Population
2,287,171
Census ACS
Median income
$124,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
544
278,492 students

Quick facts

School name
Impact Public Schools
District
Impact | Puget Sound Elementary
Address
3438 S. 148th Street, Tukwila, WA 98168
Phone
(206) 712-7640
County
King County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
505
Teachers (FTE)
32
Student–teacher ratio
15.8:1
Free and reduced lunch
352 (70%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
530034503653
Charter school
Yes
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Tukwila
Other Impact Public Schools schools

One other US public school is named Impact Public Schools. Impact Public Schools is the largest of the 2.

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Frequently asked questions

About Impact Public Schools
How many students attend Impact Public Schools?
Impact Public Schools enrolls approximately 505 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Impact Public Schools serve?
Impact Public Schools serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Impact Public Schools?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at Impact Public Schools.
What is the student diversity at Impact Public Schools?
Student demographics at Impact Public Schools are roughly 10% White, 21% Hispanic, 51% Black, 10% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Impact Public Schools in?
Impact Public Schools is part of Impact | Puget Sound Elementary.
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