Enrollment
374
Elementary
DISTRICT 440 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YELM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 531014001204
Mill Pond Elementary School
909 Mill Road SE, Yelm, WA 98597 · (360) 458-3400 · Thurston County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL374 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 57% of Washington public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
17.1:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
184 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 27 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
50.3%
WA avg 58.4% . -7.6pp since 2014
Math
43.0%
WA avg 51.2% . -10.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.3% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 55.8% |
| 2022-23 | 62.4% | 59.4% |
| 2021-22 | 56.5% | 49.1% |
| 2018-19 | 60.2% | 62.2% |
| 2017-18 | 49.6% | 45.2% |
| 2016-17 | 46.5% | 41.2% |
| 2015-16 | 53.5% | 49.3% |
| 2014-15 | 57.9% | 53.7% |
% 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
53.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.2%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Mill Pond Elementary School
Mill Pond Elementary School's state test result (53.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Pond Elementary School this school | 374 | 49.2% | 53.2% |
| Cougar Creek Elementary School Arlington | 422 | 50.2% | 41.3% |
| Whittier Elementary Everett | 422 | 46.2% | 73.5% |
| Hidden Creek Elementary School PORT ORCHARD | 439 | 48.1% | 42.5% |
| Roosevelt Elementary School Bellingham | 348 | 49.4% | 37.2% |
| Kapowsin Elementary Graham | 321 | 47.7% | 43.8% |
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 Mill Pond Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Thurston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #384 of 936 | #18 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #584 of 1,103 ▼ 256 | #26 of 39 ▼ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #502 of 1,102 ▼ 198 | #23 of 39 ▼ 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.2pp | #119 of 928 | #6 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 374 | #733 of 1,268 | #29 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #841 of 1,085 | #28 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.4% | #558 of 1,088 | #25 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.2% | #654 of 1,169 | #17 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.0% | #355 of 778 | #9 of 27 |
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
374
0 (0%) vs 2020
-44% since 2000-01, when it was 663
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 374 | 21.9 | 17.1:1 | 49% (184) |
| 2023-24 | 397 | 25.1 | 15.8:1 | 55% (217) |
| 2022-23 | 371 | 22.3 | 16.7:1 | 58% (216) |
| 2020-21 | 374 | 27 | 13.8:1 | 44% (166) |
| 2017-18 | 456 | 26.7 | 17.1:1 | 45% (204) |
| 2015-16 | 563 | 27 | 20.9:1 | 44% (249) |
| 2010-11 | 531 | 28 | 19.0:1 | 38% (202) |
| 2000-01 | 663 | 32 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mill Pond Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (456 to 374); teachers down 18% (26.7 to 21.9).
About Mill Pond Elementary School
Mill Pond Elementary School is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in Yelm, Washington. It reports enrollment of 374 students in pre-K through 5.
Enrollment across the 10 schools in Yelm School District totals 5,671 students.
About 61% of the student body at Mill Pond Elementary School is White. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 2% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Thurston County residents are about 72% White. A diversity index of 58% means there is a 58% chance two randomly chosen students at Mill Pond Elementary School are from different groups.
A staff of 21.9 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 17.1:1. It is about the same as the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 49%.
Mill Pond Elementary School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 57% of Washington public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Mill Pond Elementary School would be expected to post about 47.2%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 53.2%.
The school is in Thurston County, where the median household earns about $96,563 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across Thurston County, 86 public schools serve about 44,412 students.
Ridgeline Middle School sits about 0.2 miles from Mill Pond Elementary School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Mill Pond Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Town: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 374 in 2020-21 and 374 in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (17.1:1) than in 2020-21 (13.8:1).
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Thurston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
299,067
Census ACS
Median income
$96,563
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
44,412 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Yelm School District
- Yelm High School 12High · 1,693 students
- Southworth ElementaryElementary · 671 students
- Yelm Middle SchoolMiddle · 652 students
- Ridgeline Middle SchoolMiddle · 568 students
- Fort Stevens ElementaryElementary · 462 students
- Yelm Prairie ElementaryElementary · 427 students
Other schools in Yelm
- Yelm High School 12High · 1,693 students
- Southworth ElementaryElementary · 671 students
- Yelm Middle SchoolMiddle · 652 students
- Ridgeline Middle SchoolMiddle · 568 students
- Fort Stevens ElementaryElementary · 462 students
- Yelm Prairie ElementaryElementary · 427 students
Other Mill Pond Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Mill Pond Elementary. Mill Pond Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Mill Pond Elementary SchoolLANOKA HARBOR, NJ · 599 students
Nearby schools
- Ridgeline Middle School0.2 mi · 568
- Yelm Extension School0.7 mi · 116
- Yelm Middle School0.9 mi · 652
- Fort Stevens Elementary1.3 mi · 462
- Yelm Prairie Elementary1.3 mi · 427
- Yelm High School 121.3 mi · 1,693
Frequently asked questions
About Mill Pond Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Mill Pond Elementary School?
Mill Pond Elementary School enrolls approximately 374 students in grades PK-05.
Is Mill Pond Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mill Pond Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Mill Pond Elementary School?
Approximately 17.1:1 students per teacher at Mill Pond Elementary School.
How diverse is Mill Pond Elementary School?
Mill Pond Elementary School reports a student body of 61% White, 17% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Mill Pond Elementary School public or private?
Mill Pond Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Yelm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.