Northwood Elementary

Northwood Elementary is a substantial primary school in Edgewood, Washington, one of the schools within Puyallup School District. The school works with 732 students in grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 380 students per school, that is 93% larger than typical.

Across the 37 schools in Puyallup School District (23,026 students total), Northwood Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Northwood Elementary lists that the most-represented group is White (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 16% multiracial, 15% Asian, 15% Hispanic, 6% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

On the resource side, Northwood Elementary logs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.9:1. The state averages about 17.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 43% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Northwood Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.1%; this one delivers 55.7%.

Zooming out to the county, Pierce County reports that the typical household earns roughly $99,564 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Pierce County's 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students), Northwood Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Edgemont Jr High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Northwood Elementary comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 40.8%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Northwood Elementary's enrollment has ticked up 60% since 2018, when it stood at 457 (now 732). The White share of enrollment shrank from 52% to 43% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 21.7:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.

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