Maplewood Elementary

Maplewood Elementary is an elementary campus of mid-tier scale in Puyallup, Washington, part of Puyallup School District, caters to 371 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Across the 37 schools in Puyallup School District (23,026 students total), Maplewood Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Maplewood Elementary reports that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 14% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 2% Pacific Islander. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.7:1. The state averages about 17.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Pierce County's rate of about 50%.

With demographic context factored in, Maplewood Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.0%.

In the area at large, 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 roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Pierce County's 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students), Maplewood Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Aylen Jr High, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Maplewood Elementary comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 46.9%.

Maplewood Elementary operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 17%: 447 students in 2018 compared to 371 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 71% to 63% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.