Lydia Hawk Elementary

The public elementary school Lydia Hawk Elementary is located in Lacey, Washington. The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 496 students. That puts enrollment 31% bigger than the 380-student average for elementary schools in Washington.

North Thurston Public Schools serves 15,167 students across 24 schools.

Of every 100 students at Lydia Hawk Elementary, about 44 are Hispanic, the largest group. The school is also 27% White, 14% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 4% Black. That is higher than the 11% Hispanic share among all Thurston County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 70%.

With 36.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.5:1. Elementary schools in Washington average 17.3:1, 3.8 more students per teacher than here. Roughly 67% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Thurston County is 43%.

Test results at Lydia Hawk Elementary are 1.9 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (33.4% actual, 35.3% predicted).

For the population of Thurston County, median household income comes to about $96,563, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Lydia Hawk Elementary shares Thurston County with 85 other public schools.

Of the public schools around it, Lydia Hawk Elementary is closest to Nisqually Middle School, about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 44.2% on proficiency, and Lydia Hawk Elementary is below that at 33.4%.

The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Mid-size.

Enrollment has been fairly stable: 495 in 2020-21 and 496 in 2024-25.

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