Enrollment
418
Elementary
DISTRICT 356 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TACOMA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530870001489
N.E. Tacoma Elementary School
5412 29th St Ne, Tacoma, WA 98422 · (253) 571-6933 · Pierce County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL418 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of Washington public elementary schools
- B-Test 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.
- A-Three-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
17.9:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
225 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 33 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 78% · 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
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Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
51.8%
WA avg 58.4% . -3.5pp since 2014
Math
55.5%
WA avg 51.2% . -0.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.8% | 55.5% |
| 2023-24 | 44.5% | 48.5% |
| 2022-23 | 38.5% | 46.8% |
| 2021-22 | 49.0% | 45.8% |
| 2018-19 | 55.0% | 61.7% |
| 2017-18 | 58.2% | 53.4% |
| 2016-17 | 47.4% | 39.9% |
| 2015-16 | 52.8% | 49.4% |
| 2014-15 | 55.4% | 55.6% |
% 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
49.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 N.E. Tacoma Elementary School
N.E. Tacoma Elementary School's state test result (49.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| N.E. Tacoma Elementary School this school | 418 | 53.8% | 49.9% |
| Seven Oaks Elementary Lacey | 428 | 52.1% | 44.1% |
| Mountlake Terrace Elementary Mountlake Terrace | 426 | 55.4% | 40.1% |
| Monroe Elementary Everett | 487 | 54.4% | 61.3% |
| Lynndale Elementary EDMONDS | 442 | 53.8% | 47.1% |
| Collins Elementary Tacoma | 466 | 55.4% | 42.4% |
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 N.E. Tacoma Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.9% | #433 of 936 | #72 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #330 of 1,103 ▲ 143 | #42 of 142 ▲ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #471 of 1,102 ▲ 146 | #71 of 142 ▲ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.2pp | #207 of 928 | #38 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 418 | #558 of 1,268 | #82 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #957 of 1,085 | #120 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.9% | #95 of 1,088 | #40 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.8% | #558 of 1,169 | #67 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.1% | #106 of 257 | #16 of 43 |
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
418
+34 (+9%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 551
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 418 | 23.4 | 17.9:1 | 54% (225) |
| 2023-24 | 395 | 23.9 | 16.5:1 | 60% (236) |
| 2022-23 | 367 | 22.5 | 16.3:1 | 49% (181) |
| 2020-21 | 384 | 24 | 16.0:1 | 53% (203) |
| 2017-18 | 373 | 22.6 | 16.5:1 | 49% (181) |
| 2015-16 | 380 | 22 | 17.3:1 | 54% (204) |
| 2010-11 | 384 | 23 | 16.7:1 | 44% (170) |
| 2000-01 | 537 | 26 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 551 | 26 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for N.E. Tacoma Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (373 to 418); teachers up 4% (22.6 to 23.4).
About N.E. Tacoma Elementary School
N.E. Tacoma Elementary School, located in Tacoma, Washington, is a medium-sized elementary school. The student body numbers 418 students, from pre-K through 5.
N.E. Tacoma Elementary School falls under Tacoma School District, which has 66 schools enrolling 28,900 students.
At N.E. Tacoma Elementary School, the largest share of students is White, at 33%. Next come 26% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 15% Asian, and 6% Black. The county population is about 64% White. N.E. Tacoma Elementary School's diversity index is 77%, against a US figure of 70%.
N.E. Tacoma Elementary School counts 23.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 17.9 students for each one. For comparison, elementary schools in Washington average 17.3:1. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
allk12 grades N.E. Tacoma Elementary School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Washington public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
N.E. Tacoma Elementary School is 5.8 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (49.9% versus 44.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Washington.
Among Pierce County residents, the median household income is $99,564, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. N.E. Tacoma Elementary School is one of 287 public schools in the county.
Brigadoon Elementary School is the public school closest to N.E. Tacoma Elementary School, about 1.2 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 37.2% on proficiency, and N.E. Tacoma Elementary School is above that at 49.9%.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Mid-size.
Over 4 years, N.E. Tacoma Elementary School's enrollment grew 9%, to 418. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.0:1 to 17.9:1.
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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
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Other schools in Tacoma School District
- 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
- Baker Middle SchoolMiddle · 687 students
- Tacoma School of the ArtsHigh · 658 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
- Brigadoon Elementary School1.2 mi · 366
- Sherwood Forest Elementary School1.4 mi · 325
- Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie1.4 mi · 532
- Crescent Heights Elementary School1.5 mi · 451
- Employment Transition Program1.6 mi · 62
- Enterprise Elementary School1.6 mi · 450
Frequently asked questions
About N.E. Tacoma Elementary SchoolHow large is N.E. Tacoma Elementary School?
N.E. Tacoma Elementary School enrolls approximately 418 students in grades PK-05.
Is N.E. Tacoma Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
N.E. Tacoma Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at N.E. Tacoma Elementary School?
Approximately 17.9:1 students per teacher at N.E. Tacoma Elementary School.
How diverse is N.E. Tacoma Elementary School?
N.E. Tacoma Elementary School reports a student body of 33% White, 26% Hispanic, 6% Black, 15% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Is N.E. Tacoma Elementary School public or private?
N.E. Tacoma Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Tacoma School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.