Maple Lawn Elementary

As an expansive elementary-level community in Sumner, Washington, Maple Lawn Elementary serves 628 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Sumner-Bonney Lake School District. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Maple Lawn Elementary sits 65% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Sumner-Bonney Lake School District, which oversees 15 schools and 10,743 students, Maple Lawn Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Maple Lawn Elementary lists that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment; the rest reads as 23% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Black, 3% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Pierce County as a whole.

On the resource side, Maple Lawn Elementary reports 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Maple Lawn Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 37% of students at Maple Lawn Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Pierce County (around 50%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Maple Lawn Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 55.5%; this one delivers 70.6%, a residual of +15.1 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Pierce County put median household income runs about $99,564, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Maple Lawn Elementary is one of 287 public schools in Pierce County (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students).

Sumner Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Maple Lawn Elementary at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 59.1%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 638 students in 2018 compared to 628 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 18% to 23%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 21.4:1 today.

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