Enrollment
340
Elementary
DISTRICT 356 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TACOMA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530870001482
Mann Elementary School
1002 S 52nd St, Tacoma, WA 98408 · (253) 571-6300 · Pierce County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL340 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
225 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 | 41 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 33% larger than its 5th grade class (48).
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
53.7%
WA avg 58.4% . +14.6pp since 2014
Math
40.5%
WA avg 51.2% . +6.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 15 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.7% | 40.5% |
| 2023-24 | 46.2% | 46.6% |
| 2022-23 | 54.2% | 41.7% |
| 2021-22 | 45.3% | 37.5% |
| 2018-19 | 63.0% | 45.4% |
| 2017-18 | 63.8% | 47.2% |
| 2016-17 | 55.0% | 42.9% |
| 2015-16 | 35.3% | 27.6% |
| 2014-15 | 39.1% | 34.3% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
48.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.8%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 36% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 13 points, placing it in Washington's top 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 Mann Elementary School
Mann Elementary School's state test result (48.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mann Elementary School this school | 340 | 66.2% | 48.4% |
| Delong Elementary School Tacoma | 349 | 62.8% | 46.5% |
| Elmhurst Elementary School TACOMA | 335 | 68.7% | 27.0% |
| Whitman Elementary School Tacoma | 365 | 71.2% | 31.5% |
| Stanley Elementary School Tacoma | 325 | 66.2% | 27.7% |
| Oakbrook Elementary School Lakewood | 285 | 61.8% | 41.5% |
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 Mann Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #456 of 936 | #76 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #648 of 1,103 ▼ 142 | #89 of 142 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #430 of 1,102 ▲ 144 | #60 of 142 ▲ 20 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.7pp | #223 of 928 | #41 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 340 | #827 of 1,268 | #116 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #961 of 1,085 | #121 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 80.0% | #23 of 1,088 | #10 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.2% | #335 of 1,169 | #40 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.0% | #150 of 778 | #12 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
340
-41 (-11%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 527
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 340 | 19 | 17.9:1 | 66% (225) |
| 2023-24 | 334 | 18.9 | 17.7:1 | 73% (243) |
| 2022-23 | 341 | 20 | 17.1:1 | 60% (205) |
| 2020-21 | 381 | 20 | 19.1:1 | 65% (247) |
| 2017-18 | 472 | 28.6 | 16.5:1 | 71% (334) |
| 2015-16 | 466 | 29 | 16.1:1 | 73% (338) |
| 2010-11 | 415 | 27 | 15.4:1 | 67% (279) |
| 2000-01 | 509 | 26 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 527 | 27 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mann Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (472 to 340); teachers down 33% (28.6 to 19).
About Mann Elementary School
Mann Elementary School is an elementary school in Tacoma, Washington, reachable at (253) 571-6300. The school enrolls 340 students in pre-K through 5.
Tacoma School District is the district for Mann Elementary School. It has 66 schools and 28,900 students.
The student body at Mann Elementary School has no majority group. White students lead at 24%. Enrollment also includes 23% Hispanic, 22% multiracial, 19% Black, and 8% Asian. The school's White share is 40 points below the 64% share among Pierce County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 80%.
Classroom staffing at Mann Elementary School totals 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.9:1. It is about the same as the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Mann Elementary School is about 66%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Pierce County is 50%.
Mann Elementary School is 12.6 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in Washington.
Pierce County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $99,564 a year, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Pierce County number 287, with about 138,462 students.
Angelo Giaudrone Middle School is about 0.6 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Mann Elementary School's average proficiency of 48.4% compares with 31.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its NCES locale code is City: Mid-size: the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
An 11% decline took enrollment from 381 in 2020-21 to 340 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 19.1:1 to 17.9:1.
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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 Mann Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Mann Elementary. Mann Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 6.
- Mann Elementary SchoolSpringfield, OH · 438 students
- Mann Elementary SchoolWashington, DC · 397 students
- Mann ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 320 students
- Mann Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 283 students
- MANN ELEM.ST LOUIS, MO · 261 students
Nearby schools
- Angelo Giaudrone Middle School0.6 mi · 449
- Stewart Middle School0.6 mi · 650
- Whitman Elementary School0.8 mi · 365
- Lyon Elementary School0.9 mi · 381
- Industrial Design Engineering and Arts1.0 mi · 392
- Fawcett Elementary School1.0 mi · 426
Frequently asked questions
About Mann Elementary SchoolHow large is Mann Elementary School?
Mann Elementary School enrolls approximately 340 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Mann Elementary School serve?
Mann Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Mann Elementary School?
Approximately 17.9:1 students per teacher at Mann Elementary School.
How diverse is Mann Elementary School?
Mann Elementary School reports a student body of 24% White, 23% Hispanic, 19% Black, 8% Asian, 22% Two or more.
Is Mann Elementary School public or private?
Mann Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Tacoma School District.
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