Lacey Elementary

Set in Lacey, Washington, Lacey Elementary is an average-sized primary school, run under North Thurston Public Schools. It hosts 368 students across grades K through 5.

North Thurston Public Schools comprises 24 schools with combined enrollment of 15,167 students; Lacey Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Lacey Elementary reports that 43% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 22% multiracial, 21% Hispanic, 7% Pacific Islander, 4% Black. By comparison, Thurston County as a whole is about 72% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Roughly 68% of students at Lacey Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Thurston County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Lacey Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.2%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Thurston County indicate median household earnings sit near $96,563, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Thurston County's 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 44,412 students), Lacey Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Mountain View Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lacey Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 43.2%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lacey Elementary has fell 25%, going from 488 students in 2018 to 368 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 48% to 43%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

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