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Enrollment
519
Elementary
DISTRICT 409 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BETHEL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530048001749
Naches Trail Elementary
15505 Waller Road East, Tacoma, WA 98446 · (253) 800-8700 · Pierce County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL519 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
298 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 51%
Community
1
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 | 47 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 115 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (115) is 44% larger than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
40.2%
WA avg 58.4% . -16.1pp since 2014
Math
37.2%
WA avg 51.2% . -18.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 16 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 19 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.2% | 37.2% |
| 2023-24 | 48.9% | 42.5% |
| 2022-23 | 44.3% | 48.6% |
| 2021-22 | 40.6% | 38.3% |
| 2018-19 | 72.1% | 68.5% |
| 2017-18 | 65.7% | 55.9% |
| 2016-17 | 64.1% | 59.9% |
| 2015-16 | 65.8% | 63.1% |
| 2014-15 | 56.3% | 56.1% |
% 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
43.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.7%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Naches Trail Elementary
Naches Trail Elementary's state test result (43.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naches Trail Elementary this school | 519 | 57.4% | 43.0% |
| Chambers Prairie Elementary School Lacey | 490 | 57.8% | 43.3% |
| Pioneer Valley Elementary Spanaway | 524 | 56.5% | 56.2% |
| Collins Elementary Tacoma | 466 | 55.4% | 42.4% |
| Edward Zeiger Elem Puyallup | 500 | 57.4% | 44.1% |
| Frederickson Elementary PUYALLUP | 527 | 59.0% | 32.2% |
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 Naches Trail Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #557 of 936 | #88 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #728 of 1,103 ▼ 149 | #102 of 142 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #743 of 1,102 ▼ 222 | #105 of 142 ▼ 32 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.8pp | #335 of 928 | #58 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 519 | #241 of 1,268 | #41 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #692 of 1,085 | #83 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.7% | #127 of 1,088 | #46 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.4% | #495 of 1,169 | #59 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.3% | #644 of 778 | #73 of 91 |
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
519
+108 (+26%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 713
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 519 | 31.6 | 16.4:1 | 57% (298) |
| 2023-24 | 443 | 35.9 | 12.4:1 | 55% (245) |
| 2022-23 | 447 | 33.9 | 13.2:1 | 59% (262) |
| 2020-21 | 411 | 37 | 11.1:1 | 53% (216) |
| 2017-18 | 554 | 36.2 | 15.3:1 | 49% (274) |
| 2015-16 | 543 | 30 | 18.1:1 | 41% (220) |
| 2010-11 | 702 | 31 | 22.6:1 | 29% (203) |
| 2000-01 | 692 | 34 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 713 | 34 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Naches Trail Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (554 to 519); teachers down 13% (36.2 to 31.6).
About Naches Trail Elementary
Naches Trail Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in Tacoma, Washington. It had 519 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Washington have about 380 students on average; enrollment here is 37% higher.
Naches Trail Elementary is among 39 schools run by Bethel School District, which serves 21,732 students.
The biggest share of students at Naches Trail Elementary, 37%, is White. The rest of enrollment is 23% Hispanic, 20% multiracial, 10% Black, and 5% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Pierce County's population at about 64%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Naches Trail Elementary scores 76%.
Its ratio of 16.4:1 is based on 31.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Washington is 17.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. In all, 57% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Test results at Naches Trail Elementary are 1.4 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (43.0% actual, 41.7% predicted).
The school is in Pierce County, where median household income comes to about $99,564, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pierce County counts 287 public schools with about 138,462 students.
A public school about 0.8 miles away, Katherine G. Johnson Elementary School, is the closest to Naches Trail Elementary. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Naches Trail Elementary. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Naches Trail Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Naches Trail Elementary is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 26% rise, from 411 to 519. The ratio was 11.1:1 in 2020-21 and 16.4:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Naches Trail Elementary is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Pierce County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,319
Census ACS
Median income
$99,564
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
287
138,462 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bethel School District
- Graham Kapowsin High SchoolHigh · 2,087 students
- Spanaway Lake High SchoolHigh · 1,787 students
- Bethel High SchoolHigh · 1,688 students
- Liberty Middle SchoolMiddle · 857 students
- Spanaway Middle SchoolMiddle · 766 students
- Cedarcrest Middle SchoolMiddle · 765 students
Other schools in Tacoma
- Stadium High SchoolHigh · 1,700 students
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,556 students
- Mount Tahoma High SchoolHigh · 1,410 students
- Dr. Dolores Silas High SchoolHigh · 1,160 students
- Washington High SchoolHigh · 989 students
- Franklin Pierce High SchoolHigh · 977 students
Nearby schools
- Katherine G. Johnson Elementary School0.8 mi · 592
- Clover Creek Elementary1.0 mi · 617
- Spanaway Lake High School1.4 mi · 1,787
- Evergreen Elementary1.5 mi · 530
- Pierce County Skills Center1.5 mi · 355
- Chester H Thompson Elementary1.8 mi · 688
Frequently asked questions
About Naches Trail ElementaryHow many students attend Naches Trail Elementary?
Naches Trail Elementary enrolls approximately 519 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Naches Trail Elementary serve?
Naches Trail Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Naches Trail Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Naches Trail Elementary is approximately 16.4:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Naches Trail Elementary?
Student demographics at Naches Trail Elementary are roughly 37% White, 23% Hispanic, 10% Black, 5% Asian, 20% Two or more.
What district is Naches Trail Elementary in?
Naches Trail Elementary is part of Bethel School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.