Enrollment
303
Elementary
DISTRICT 356 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TACOMA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530870001475
Larchmont Elementary School
8601 E B St, Tacoma, WA 98445 · (253) 571-6200 · Pierce County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL303 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% 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.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
14.9:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
217 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 19 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
79%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 78% · 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
37.9%
WA avg 58.4% . +4.0pp since 2014
Math
30.6%
WA avg 51.2% . +1.0pp 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 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.9% | 30.6% |
| 2023-24 | 32.8% | 32.5% |
| 2022-23 | 42.4% | 44.9% |
| 2021-22 | 49.1% | 39.7% |
| 2018-19 | 46.9% | 36.7% |
| 2017-18 | 37.7% | 24.7% |
| 2016-17 | 25.8% | 21.7% |
| 2015-16 | 30.9% | 27.2% |
| 2014-15 | 33.9% | 29.6% |
% 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
34.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Larchmont Elementary School
Larchmont Elementary School's state test result (34.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Larchmont Elementary School this school | 303 | 71.6% | 34.1% |
| Adelaide Elementary School Federal Way | 321 | 72.3% | 28.5% |
| Fern Hill Elementary School Tacoma | 311 | 71.1% | 45.7% |
| Camelot Elementary School AUBURN | 292 | 69.5% | 40.8% |
| Sherwood Forest Elementary School FEDERAL WAY | 325 | 68.9% | 38.3% |
| Lyon Elementary School Tacoma | 381 | 67.7% | 39.6% |
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 Larchmont Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #734 of 936 | #115 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #868 of 1,103 ▼ 57 | #119 of 142 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #802 of 1,102 ▲ 84 | #116 of 142 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -10.1pp | #35 of 928 | #7 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 303 | #944 of 1,268 | #130 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #321 of 1,085 | #29 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 78.9% | #43 of 1,088 | #19 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.6% | #231 of 1,169 | #23 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.0% | #380 of 778 | #48 of 91 |
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
303
+8 (+3%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 374
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 303 | 20.3 | 14.9:1 | 72% (217) |
| 2023-24 | 296 | 20.4 | 14.5:1 | 76% (224) |
| 2022-23 | 304 | 21 | 14.5:1 | 68% (206) |
| 2020-21 | 295 | 19 | 15.5:1 | 68% (202) |
| 2017-18 | 365 | 22 | 16.6:1 | 74% (269) |
| 2015-16 | 406 | 28 | 14.5:1 | 82% (333) |
| 2010-11 | 373 | 28 | 13.3:1 | 75% (278) |
| 2000-01 | 545 | 29 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 374 | 17 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Larchmont Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (365 to 303); teachers down 8% (22 to 20.3).
About Larchmont Elementary School
Larchmont Elementary School is a small elementary school in Washington, with an address in Tacoma. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 303 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Washington is about 380, so this school runs 20% smaller than that.
Tacoma School District serves 28,900 students across 66 schools.
Hispanic students are the largest group at Larchmont Elementary School, with 34% of enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 18% White, 17% multiracial, 12% Black, and 10% Asian. Among all residents of Pierce County, the Hispanic share is about 13%. The chance that two students picked at random at Larchmont Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 79%.
The count of teachers at Larchmont Elementary School is 20.3 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 14.9:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Washington is 17.3:1, higher than at this school. Around 72% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Pierce County is 50%.
Larchmont Elementary School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 20% of Washington public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with Larchmont Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Washington is predicted to score 32.1%. Larchmont Elementary School scores 34.1%, 2.0 points above that line.
Census Bureau estimates for Pierce County show that median household income is about $99,564, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Larchmont Elementary School is one of 287 public schools in Pierce County, which together enroll about 138,462 students.
Fern Hill Elementary School is the public school closest to Larchmont Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. Larchmont Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Larchmont Elementary School at 3rd of 9.
Its location is classified as City: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 3%, from 295 to 303.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Larchmont Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Pierce County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,319
Census ACS
Median income
$99,564
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
287
138,462 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tacoma School District
- Stadium High SchoolHigh · 1,700 students
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,556 students
- Mount Tahoma High SchoolHigh · 1,410 students
- Dr. Dolores Silas High SchoolHigh · 1,160 students
- Baker Middle SchoolMiddle · 687 students
- Tacoma School of the ArtsHigh · 658 students
Other schools in Tacoma
- Stadium High SchoolHigh · 1,700 students
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,556 students
- Mount Tahoma High SchoolHigh · 1,410 students
- Dr. Dolores Silas High SchoolHigh · 1,160 students
- Washington High SchoolHigh · 989 students
- Franklin Pierce High SchoolHigh · 977 students
Other Larchmont Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Larchmont Elementary. Larchmont Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Larchmont ElementaryNorfolk, VA · 455 students
- Larchmont Elementary SchoolToledo, OH · 394 students
- Larchmont Elementary SchoolMOUNT LAUREL, NJ · 370 students
Nearby schools
- Fern Hill Elementary School0.7 mi · 311
- Baker Middle School0.9 mi · 687
- Harvard Elementary1.1 mi · 445
- Birney Elementary School1.3 mi · 476
- Helen Stafford Elementary School1.3 mi · 453
- Christensen Elementary1.4 mi · 346
Frequently asked questions
About Larchmont Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Larchmont Elementary School?
Larchmont Elementary School enrolls approximately 303 students in grades PK-05.
Is Larchmont Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Larchmont Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Larchmont Elementary School?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at Larchmont Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Larchmont Elementary School?
Student demographics at Larchmont Elementary School are roughly 18% White, 34% Hispanic, 12% Black, 10% Asian, 17% Two or more.
What district is Larchmont Elementary School in?
Larchmont Elementary School is part of Tacoma School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.