Enrollment
368
Elementary
DISTRICT 507 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH THURSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 530585000864
Lacey Elementary
1800 Homann Dr SE, Lacey, WA 98503 · (360) 412-4650 · Thurston County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL368 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
251 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
72%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
40.9%
WA avg 58.4% . -18.8pp since 2014
Math
38.1%
WA avg 51.2% . -20.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 19 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 21 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.9% | 38.1% |
| 2023-24 | 33.7% | 32.3% |
| 2022-23 | 37.6% | 34.8% |
| 2021-22 | 41.0% | 33.0% |
| 2018-19 | 53.2% | 54.6% |
| 2017-18 | 58.5% | 55.7% |
| 2016-17 | 59.1% | 57.7% |
| 2015-16 | 65.7% | 65.4% |
| 2014-15 | 59.7% | 59.0% |
% 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
38.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Lacey Elementary
Lacey Elementary's state test result (38.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lacey Elementary this school | 368 | 68.2% | 38.2% |
| Fircrest Elementary School Vancouver | 341 | 71.0% | N/A |
| View Ridge Elementary Arts Academy Bremerton | 388 | 65.7% | 36.5% |
| Jackson Elementary School Everett | 322 | 67.7% | 54.2% |
| George C Marshall Elementary VANCOUVER | 313 | 67.1% | N/A |
| Garfield Elementary School Everett | 393 | 71.5% | 55.7% |
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 Lacey Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Thurston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #662 of 936 | #37 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.1% | #707 of 1,103 ▲ 107 | #33 of 39 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #724 of 1,102 ▲ 149 | #35 of 39 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #406 of 928 | #15 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 368 | #746 of 1,268 | #30 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #103 of 1,085 | #5 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.9% | #223 of 1,088 | #7 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.2% | #293 of 1,169 | #2 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.6% | #200 of 778 | #4 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
368
-23 (-6%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 545
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 368 | 27.2 | 13.5:1 | 68% (251) |
| 2023-24 | 373 | 26.9 | 13.9:1 | 69% (257) |
| 2022-23 | 382 | 30.5 | 12.5:1 | 69% (264) |
| 2020-21 | 391 | 34 | 11.5:1 | 55% (214) |
| 2017-18 | 488 | 33 | 14.8:1 | 59% (286) |
| 2015-16 | 461 | 31 | 14.9:1 | 63% (291) |
| 2010-11 | 468 | 27 | 17.3:1 | 37% (174) |
| 2000-01 | 466 | 23 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 545 | 31 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lacey Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (488 to 368); teachers down 17% (33 to 27.2).
About Lacey Elementary
In Lacey, Washington, part of Thurston County, Lacey Elementary is an elementary school. It has an enrollment of 368 students in kindergarten through 5.
North Thurston Public Schools counts 24 schools and 15,167 students, including Lacey Elementary.
White students make up 43% of enrollment at Lacey Elementary, the largest share of any group. The rest of enrollment is 22% multiracial, 21% Hispanic, 7% Pacific Islander, and 4% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Thurston County's population at about 72%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 72%.
Teacher count: 27.2 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 13.5:1. The average for elementary schools in Washington, 17.3:1, is higher. Roughly 68% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Thurston County is 43%.
After adjusting for student poverty, Lacey Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of Washington schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 38.2%; the prediction is 34.4%.
Thurston County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $96,563 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Lacey Elementary shares Thurston County with 85 other public schools.
Mountain View Elementary is about 0.9 miles from Lacey Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Lacey Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 43.2%, higher than Lacey Elementary's 38.2%.
For locale, NCES codes Lacey Elementary as City: Small.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 368, down from 391 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 13.5 students per teacher, compared with 11.5 in 2020-21.
People who know Lacey Elementary can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
Nearby schools
- Mountain View Elementary0.9 mi · 776
- Komachin Middle School1.3 mi · 640
- Timberline High School1.5 mi · 1,401
- Seven Oaks Elementary1.5 mi · 428
- Lakes Elementary School1.7 mi · 495
- Lydia Hawk Elementary1.7 mi · 496
Frequently asked questions
About Lacey ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Lacey Elementary?
Lacey Elementary enrolls approximately 368 students in grades KG-05.
Is Lacey Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lacey Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lacey Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lacey Elementary is approximately 13.5:1 (27 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Lacey Elementary?
Lacey Elementary reports a student body of 43% White, 21% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 22% Two or more.
What district is Lacey Elementary in?
Lacey Elementary is part of North Thurston Public Schools.
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