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What's something Julia Butler Hansen Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
412
Elementary
DISTRICT 329 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OLYMPIA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530618001736
Julia Butler Hansen Elementary
1919 ROAD SIXTY FIVE NW, OLYMPIA, WA 98502 · (360) 596-7400 · Thurston County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL412 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% 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.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
14.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
221 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 33 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
44.0%
WA avg 58.4% . -8.1pp since 2014
Math
40.8%
WA avg 51.2% . -15.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 15 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 40.8% |
| 2023-24 | 44.2% | 41.5% |
| 2022-23 | 43.4% | 45.4% |
| 2021-22 | 43.5% | 42.7% |
| 2018-19 | 59.1% | 53.0% |
| 2017-18 | 55.7% | 56.4% |
| 2016-17 | 49.5% | 55.7% |
| 2015-16 | 52.8% | 56.7% |
| 2014-15 | 52.0% | 55.9% |
% 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
44.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.2%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Julia Butler Hansen Elementary
Julia Butler Hansen Elementary's state test result (44.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Julia Butler Hansen Elementary this school | 412 | 53.6% | 44.1% |
| Graham Elementary Graham | 428 | 52.1% | 55.4% |
| Sunset Elementary School Vancouver | 415 | 55.9% | N/A |
| Oak Harbor Elementary Oak Harbor | 411 | 50.4% | 62.5% |
| Ridgecrest Elementary Puyallup | 456 | 52.9% | 60.8% |
| Dwight D Eisenhower Elementary VANCOUVER | 386 | 50.0% | N/A |
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 Julia Butler Hansen Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Thurston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #538 of 936 | #30 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #644 of 1,103 ▼ 42 | #31 of 39 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #652 of 1,102 ▼ 28 | #31 of 39 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.7pp | #346 of 928 | #17 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 412 | #591 of 1,268 | #24 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #259 of 1,085 | #7 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.6% | #344 of 1,088 | #12 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.6% | #561 of 1,169 | #12 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.8% | #586 of 778 | #20 of 27 |
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
412
-63 (-13%) vs 2020
+6% since 2000-01, when it was 388
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 412 | 28.2 | 14.6:1 | 54% (221) |
| 2023-24 | 428 | 30.2 | 14.2:1 | 51% (217) |
| 2022-23 | 484 | 33.7 | 14.3:1 | 48% (234) |
| 2020-21 | 475 | 31 | 15.3:1 | 45% (215) |
| 2017-18 | 452 | 27.9 | 16.2:1 | 46% (209) |
| 2015-16 | 476 | 25 | 19.0:1 | 50% (238) |
| 2010-11 | 477 | 27 | 17.7:1 | 36% (173) |
| 2000-01 | 388 | 18 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Julia Butler Hansen Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (452 to 412); teachers up 1% (27.9 to 28.2).
About Julia Butler Hansen Elementary
Julia Butler Hansen Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in OLYMPIA, Washington. Total enrollment is 412 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5.
Julia Butler Hansen Elementary is run by Olympia School District, whose 20 schools enroll 9,386 students.
At Julia Butler Hansen Elementary, White students make up the biggest share, 47%. Other groups make up 20% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 6% Black, and 5% Asian. County-wide, 72% of Thurston County residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 68%.
With 28.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.6:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Washington average 17.3:1. Roughly 54% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Thurston County is 43%.
Julia Butler Hansen Elementary earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 32% of Washington public elementary schools.
Schools in Washington with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 44.2%. Julia Butler Hansen Elementary scores 44.1%.
For the population of Thurston County, median household income comes to about $96,563, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Thurston County's 86 public schools enroll about 44,412 students and include Julia Butler Hansen Elementary.
Julia Butler Hansen Elementary's nearest public school is Thurgood Marshall Middle School (about 0.2 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Julia Butler Hansen Elementary. On state test proficiency, Julia Butler Hansen Elementary ranks 6th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 13%.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Olympia School District
- Olympia High SchoolHigh · 1,901 students
- Capital High SchoolHigh · 1,322 students
- Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 students
- Thurgood Marshall Middle SchoolMiddle · 469 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 462 students
- Centennial ElementaryElementary · 434 students
Other schools in OLYMPIA
- Olympia High SchoolHigh · 1,901 students
- Capital High SchoolHigh · 1,322 students
- Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 students
- Griffin SchoolElementary · 585 students
- East Olympia ElementaryElementary · 579 students
- Thurgood Marshall Middle SchoolMiddle · 469 students
Nearby schools
- Thurgood Marshall Middle School0.2 mi · 469
- Capital High School1.2 mi · 1,322
- Jefferson Middle School1.4 mi · 462
- Leland P Brown Elementary1.4 mi · 328
- McLane Elementary School1.7 mi · 407
- Garfield Elementary School1.9 mi · 314
Frequently asked questions
About Julia Butler Hansen ElementaryHow many students attend Julia Butler Hansen Elementary?
Julia Butler Hansen Elementary enrolls approximately 412 students in grades PK-05.
Is Julia Butler Hansen Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Julia Butler Hansen Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Julia Butler Hansen Elementary have?
Julia Butler Hansen Elementary employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
How diverse is Julia Butler Hansen Elementary?
Julia Butler Hansen Elementary reports a student body of 47% White, 20% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Is Julia Butler Hansen Elementary public or private?
Julia Butler Hansen Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Olympia School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.