Enrollment
290
Elementary
DISTRICT 440 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YELM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 531014003016
Lackamas Elementary
16240 Bald Hill Rd, Yelm, WA 98597 · (360) 894-6000 · Thurston County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL290 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
152 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 12 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 17% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
38.0%
WA avg 58.4% . -2.8pp since 2014
Math
44.7%
WA avg 51.2% . +12.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 38 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 down about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 44.7% |
| 2023-24 | 30.4% | 31.9% |
| 2022-23 | 31.9% | 40.3% |
| 2021-22 | 38.6% | 40.7% |
| 2018-19 | 50.0% | 42.9% |
| 2017-18 | 62.1% | 54.9% |
| 2016-17 | 51.6% | 43.6% |
| 2015-16 | 44.9% | 42.0% |
| 2014-15 | 40.8% | 32.2% |
% 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
39.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 →
Where Lackamas Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Thurston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #647 of 936 | #36 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #542 of 1,103 | #23 of 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #798 of 1,102 | #37 of 39 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.7pp | #455 of 928 | #19 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 290 | #978 of 1,268 | #39 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #909 of 1,085 | #32 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.2% | #691 of 1,088 | #31 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.4% | #590 of 1,169 | #14 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.9% | #501 of 778 | #17 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
290
+7 (+2%) vs 2020
-13% since 2010-11, when it was 332
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 290 | 16.6 | 17.5:1 | 52% (152) |
| 2023-24 | 290 | 20.6 | 14.1:1 | 51% (149) |
| 2022-23 | 310 | 23.6 | 13.2:1 | 55% (171) |
| 2020-21 | 283 | 19 | 14.9:1 | 47% (133) |
| 2017-18 | 333 | 18.8 | 17.7:1 | 38% (125) |
| 2015-16 | 305 | 17 | 17.9:1 | 44% (134) |
| 2010-11 | 332 | 16 | 20.8:1 | 36% (121) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lackamas Elementary.
About Lackamas Elementary
Federal records list Lackamas Elementary as an elementary school in Yelm, Washington. It serves 290 students in pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in Washington is roughly 380 students; this school is 24% smaller than that.
The district, Yelm School District, has 5,671 students enrolled across 10 schools.
Lackamas Elementary's enrollment is 65% White. Next come 19% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at Lackamas Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 53%.
Dividing enrollment by its 16.6 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 17.5:1. Elementary schools in Washington have a similar average ratio of 17.3:1. Lackamas Elementary reports 52% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 43% for public schools in Thurston County.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Lackamas Elementary is 45.0%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 39.1%.
County data help place the school in context: in Thurston County, median household income is about $96,563, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Lackamas Elementary is among the 86 public schools in Thurston County.
McKenna Elementary is the closest public school, about 6.8 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside ten miles. On state test proficiency, Lackamas Elementary ranks 8th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
NCES assigns Lackamas Elementary the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
In 2020-21, Lackamas Elementary enrolled 283; in 2024-25, 290. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (17.5:1) than in 2020-21 (14.9:1).
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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 Yelm School District
- Yelm High School 12High · 1,693 students
- Southworth ElementaryElementary · 671 students
- Yelm Middle SchoolMiddle · 652 students
- Ridgeline Middle SchoolMiddle · 568 students
- Fort Stevens ElementaryElementary · 462 students
- Yelm Prairie ElementaryElementary · 427 students
Other schools in Yelm
- Yelm High School 12High · 1,693 students
- Southworth ElementaryElementary · 671 students
- Yelm Middle SchoolMiddle · 652 students
- Ridgeline Middle SchoolMiddle · 568 students
- Fort Stevens ElementaryElementary · 462 students
- Yelm Prairie ElementaryElementary · 427 students
Nearby schools
- McKenna Elementary6.8 mi · 418
- Yelm Prairie Elementary7.1 mi · 427
- Fort Stevens Elementary7.9 mi · 462
- Mill Pond Elementary School8.3 mi · 374
- Weyerhaeuser Elementary8.3 mi · 344
- Ridgeline Middle School8.4 mi · 568
Frequently asked questions
About Lackamas ElementaryHow many students attend Lackamas Elementary?
Lackamas Elementary enrolls approximately 290 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Lackamas Elementary serve?
Lackamas Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lackamas Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lackamas Elementary is approximately 17.5:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Lackamas Elementary?
Student demographics at Lackamas Elementary are roughly 65% White, 19% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Lackamas Elementary?
Lackamas Elementary is overseen by Yelm School District in Thurston County.
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