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Enrollment
376
Elementary
DISTRICT 356 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TACOMA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530870001477
Lister Elementary School
2106 E 44th St, Tacoma, WA 98404 · (253) 571-2900 · Pierce County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL376 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
296 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 51%
Community
1
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 | 33 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
82%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
27.0%
WA avg 58.4% . -4.1pp since 2014
Math
17.8%
WA avg 51.2% . -12.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 13 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.0% | 17.8% |
| 2023-24 | 34.8% | 28.5% |
| 2022-23 | 39.5% | 22.7% |
| 2021-22 | 40.5% | 20.9% |
| 2018-19 | 45.1% | 36.4% |
| 2017-18 | 38.8% | 31.9% |
| 2016-17 | 32.3% | 29.0% |
| 2015-16 | 33.2% | 26.6% |
| 2014-15 | 31.1% | 30.4% |
% 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
28.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Lister Elementary School
Lister Elementary School's state test result (28.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lister Elementary School this school | 376 | 78.7% | 28.2% |
| Arlington Elementary School Tacoma | 390 | 75.9% | 24.0% |
| Lake Dolloff Elementary School AUBURN | 543 | 81.2% | 25.9% |
| Edna Travis Elementary School Tacoma | 337 | 78.3% | 16.1% |
| Silver Lake Elementary School FEDERAL WAY | 382 | 74.6% | 28.9% |
| Manitou Park Elementary School Tacoma | 429 | 76.0% | 27.3% |
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 Lister Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.2% | #827 of 936 | #130 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.8% | #1,060 of 1,103 ▼ 179 | #141 of 142 ▼ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #992 of 1,102 ▼ 143 | #137 of 142 ▼ 22 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.3pp | #57 of 928 | #11 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 376 | #729 of 1,268 | #100 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #894 of 1,085 | #111 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 82.0% | #2 of 1,088 | #2 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.7% | #126 of 1,169 | #6 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.5% | #446 of 778 | #55 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
376
-34 (-8%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 446
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 376 | 21.6 | 17.4:1 | 79% (296) |
| 2023-24 | 401 | 25.6 | 15.7:1 | 88% (351) |
| 2022-23 | 419 | 28.2 | 14.9:1 | 84% (353) |
| 2020-21 | 410 | 28 | 14.6:1 | 77% (317) |
| 2017-18 | 440 | 29 | 15.2:1 | 87% (384) |
| 2015-16 | 525 | 31 | 16.9:1 | 90% (474) |
| 2010-11 | 429 | 25 | 17.2:1 | 79% (337) |
| 2000-01 | 469 | 25 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 446 | 30 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lister Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (440 to 376); teachers down 25% (29 to 21.6).
About Lister Elementary School
Located in Tacoma, Washington, Lister Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. It reports enrollment of 376 students in pre-K through 5.
Tacoma School District oversees Lister Elementary School and 65 other schools, with 28,900 students in total.
The biggest share of students at Lister Elementary School, 23%, is Black. Other reported shares: 22% multiracial, 18% Hispanic, 15% Asian, and 13% White. That compares with about 7% Black among all Pierce County residents. The diversity index for Lister Elementary School is 82%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 21.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 17.4 students per teacher. The 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington is close to this figure. Of all students at Lister Elementary School, 79% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 50% average among public schools in Pierce County.
Lister Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 28.2% is within a point of the 27.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Pierce County, home to about 930,319 people, the median household earns about $99,564 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Public schools in Pierce County number 287, with about 138,462 students.
Among nearby public schools, First Creek Middle School is closest at about 0.5 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Lister Elementary School comes in 7th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Lister Elementary School inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (City: Mid-size).
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 8% decline, from 410 to 376. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.6:1 in 2020-21, and 17.4:1 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
Nearby schools
- First Creek Middle School0.5 mi · 584
- Blix Elementary School0.7 mi · 442
- Roosevelt Elementary School0.9 mi · 270
- Sheridan Elementary School1.0 mi · 525
- Waller Road Elementary1.2 mi · 306
- Impact Public Schools1.3 mi · 232
Frequently asked questions
About Lister Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Lister Elementary School?
Lister Elementary School enrolls approximately 376 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Lister Elementary School serve?
Lister Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Lister Elementary School have?
Lister Elementary School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
How diverse is Lister Elementary School?
Lister Elementary School reports a student body of 13% White, 18% Hispanic, 23% Black, 15% Asian, 22% Two or more.
What district is Lister Elementary School in?
Lister Elementary School is part of Tacoma School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.