N.E. Tacoma Elementary School

N.E. Tacoma Elementary School is a K-5 school of middle-of-the-pack scale in Tacoma, Washington, one of the schools within Tacoma School District, serveing 418 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Tacoma School District runs 66 schools in total, collectively educating 28,900 students. N.E. Tacoma Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, N.E. Tacoma Elementary School records that the largest single group is White at 33%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 15% Asian, 6% Black. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, N.E. Tacoma Elementary School shows 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.9:1. The state averages about 17.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, N.E. Tacoma Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.1%, the actual is 49.9%, a residual of +5.8 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Pierce County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $99,564 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. N.E. Tacoma Elementary School is one of 287 public schools in Pierce County (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students).

Nearest neighbor: Brigadoon Elementary School, around 1.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around N.E. Tacoma Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts N.E. Tacoma Elementary School at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 37.2%.

N.E. Tacoma Elementary School operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at N.E. Tacoma Elementary School has rose 12%, going from 373 students in 2018 to 418 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 45% to 33% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.

On this page, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.