Meeker Elementary

Located at 409 5th St SW, in Puyallup, Washington, Meeker Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus that hosts 366 students (grades K through 6), one of the schools within Puyallup School District.

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

In terms of who attends, Meeker Elementary records that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 15% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 7% Black, 7% Asian. By comparison, Pierce County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Meeker Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 50% of students at Meeker Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Meeker Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.7%, the actual is 44.6%, a residual of -2.1 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Pierce County) records that the typical household earns roughly $99,564 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Pierce County runs 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students), of which Meeker Elementary is one.

Puyallup High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Meeker Elementary at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 47.1%.

Meeker Elementary operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Meeker Elementary has decreased 11%, going from 409 students in 2018 to 366 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 65% to 54% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Meeker Elementary typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.