Larchmont Elementary School

Larchmont Elementary School operates as a compact elementary-level community in Tacoma, Washington, overseen by Tacoma School District. Current enrollment sits at 303 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Larchmont Elementary School sits 20% leaner than that benchmark.

Larchmont Elementary School is one of 66 schools operated by Tacoma School District, a district that hosts 28,900 students overall.

On demographics, Larchmont Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (34%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 18% White, 17% multiracial, 12% Black, 10% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 13%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Larchmont Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 72% of students at Larchmont Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Pierce County (around 50%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Larchmont Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.1%; this one delivers 34.1%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Pierce County indicate the typical household earns roughly $99,564 per year, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Larchmont Elementary School is one of 287 public schools in Pierce County (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students).

Fern Hill Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Larchmont Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 34.7%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 17%: 365 students in 2018 compared to 303 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 25% to 18% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

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