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What do students at Manitou Park Elementary School actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
429
Elementary
DISTRICT 356 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TACOMA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530870001481
Manitou Park Elementary School
4330 S 66th St, Tacoma, WA 98409 · (253) 571-5300 · Pierce County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL429 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of Washington public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
19.2:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
326 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 | 32 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
80%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
26.1%
WA avg 58.4% . -1.6pp since 2014
Math
20.5%
WA avg 51.2% . -7.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.1% | 20.5% |
| 2023-24 | 28.5% | 24.9% |
| 2022-23 | 29.1% | 21.5% |
| 2021-22 | 30.2% | 18.2% |
| 2018-19 | 44.8% | 34.7% |
| 2017-18 | 47.9% | 38.4% |
| 2016-17 | 48.4% | 38.5% |
| 2015-16 | 36.9% | 35.6% |
| 2014-15 | 27.7% | 28.0% |
% 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
27.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.2%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Manitou Park Elementary School
Manitou Park Elementary School's state test result (27.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manitou Park Elementary School this school | 429 | 76.0% | 27.3% |
| Silver Lake Elementary School FEDERAL WAY | 382 | 74.6% | 28.9% |
| Arlington Elementary School Tacoma | 390 | 75.9% | 24.0% |
| Reed Elementary School Tacoma | 426 | 72.5% | 27.7% |
| Twin Lakes Elementary School FEDERAL WAY | 371 | 72.5% | 47.1% |
| Dower Elementary School Lakewood | 337 | 74.5% | 29.6% |
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 Manitou Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #844 of 936 | #135 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.5% | #1,036 of 1,103 ▼ 73 | #138 of 142 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #1,008 of 1,102 ▼ 43 | #138 of 142 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.9pp | #333 of 928 | #57 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 429 | #521 of 1,268 | #77 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #1,051 of 1,085 | #137 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 80.4% | #14 of 1,088 | #6 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.0% | #162 of 1,169 | #10 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.7% | #589 of 778 | #69 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
429
-16 (-4%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 427
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 429 | 22.3 | 19.2:1 | 76% (326) |
| 2023-24 | 450 | 26.6 | 16.9:1 | 80% (362) |
| 2022-23 | 460 | 27.4 | 16.8:1 | 73% (337) |
| 2020-21 | 445 | 30 | 14.8:1 | 69% (305) |
| 2017-18 | 470 | 30.2 | 15.6:1 | 78% (366) |
| 2015-16 | 653 | 38 | 17.2:1 | 82% (536) |
| 2010-11 | 557 | 28 | 19.9:1 | 70% (390) |
| 2000-01 | 660 | 33 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 427 | 20 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Manitou Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (470 to 429); teachers down 26% (30.2 to 22.3).
About Manitou Park Elementary School
Manitou Park Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Tacoma, Washington. The school counts 429 students across pre-K through 5.
Tacoma School District has 28,900 students in 66 schools, and Manitou Park Elementary School is one of those schools.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Manitou Park Elementary School. The largest is Hispanic students, at 27%. Smaller groups are 22% Black, 18% multiracial, 17% White, and 7% Pacific Islander. For comparison, the population of Pierce County is roughly 13% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 80%, meaning two students picked at random have an 80% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Manitou Park Elementary School operates with 22.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 19.2:1. That is higher than the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. About 76% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The 50% average for public schools in Pierce County is 26 points lower.
Manitou Park Elementary School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 9% of Washington public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Manitou Park Elementary School is 29.2%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 27.3%.
Manitou Park Elementary School is located in Pierce County, where the median household income is $99,564, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Manitou Park Elementary School is one of 287 public schools in the county.
The school nearest to Manitou Park Elementary School is Gray Middle School, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Manitou Park Elementary School ranks 5th of 9 on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Manitou Park Elementary School's enrollment declined from 445 in 2020-21 to 429 in 2024-25. Students per teacher rose from 14.8 in 2020-21 to 19.2 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Gray Middle School0.2 mi · 510
- Mount Tahoma High School0.6 mi · 1,410
- Arlington Elementary School1.0 mi · 390
- Edison Elementary School1.1 mi · 413
- Lochburn Middle School1.5 mi · 497
- Dower Elementary School1.5 mi · 337
Frequently asked questions
About Manitou Park Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Manitou Park Elementary School?
Manitou Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 429 students in grades PK-05.
Is Manitou Park Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Manitou Park Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Manitou Park Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Manitou Park Elementary School is approximately 19.2:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Manitou Park Elementary School?
At Manitou Park Elementary School, the student body is approximately 17% White, 27% Hispanic, 22% Black, 7% Asian, 18% Two or more.
Is Manitou Park Elementary School public or private?
Manitou Park Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Tacoma School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.