Mill Pond Elementary School

Mill Pond Elementary School is one of the average-sized elementary-level communitys in Yelm, Washington, run under Yelm School District, with 374 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Mill Pond Elementary School is one of 10 schools operated by Yelm School District, a district that enrolls 5,671 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mill Pond Elementary School reports that 61% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 17% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 4% Asian, 2% Pacific Islander. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Mill Pond Elementary School has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.1:1. The state averages about 17.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Mill Pond Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.2%; this one delivers 53.2%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Thurston County put median household income runs about $96,563, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Mill Pond Elementary School is one of 86 public schools in Thurston County (combined enrollment of about 44,412 students).

Ridgeline Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mill Pond Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mill Pond Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 47.0%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 18%: 456 students in 2018 compared to 374 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.