1
Enrollment
732
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUYALLUP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530696001037
Northwood Elementary
9805 24th St E, Edgewood, WA 98371 · (253) 841-8740 · Pierce County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL732 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
317 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 87 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 122 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 126 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 121 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 123 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 138 | 19% |
| Grade 6 | 15 | 2% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 480% larger than its 6th grade class (15).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
55.7%
WA avg 58.4% . -0.9pp since 2014
Math
55.0%
WA avg 51.2% . +12.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.7% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.1% | 54.4% |
| 2022-23 | 55.4% | 59.8% |
| 2021-22 | 63.4% | 60.2% |
| 2018-19 | 66.5% | 63.0% |
| 2017-18 | 63.4% | 59.9% |
| 2016-17 | 62.5% | 60.1% |
| 2015-16 | 62.6% | 55.9% |
| 2014-15 | 56.6% | 42.6% |
% 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
55.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Northwood Elementary
Northwood Elementary's state test result (55.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwood Elementary this school | 732 | 43.3% | 55.7% |
| Meadows Elementary Lacey | 765 | 39.1% | 54.7% |
| Woodmoor Elementary Bothell | 643 | 38.9% | 54.1% |
| Pleasant Glade Elementary Lacey | 559 | 45.1% | 48.6% |
| Woodside Elementary Bothell | 581 | 46.3% | 65.1% |
| Olympic View Elementary Lacey | 552 | 46.7% | 53.5% |
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 Northwood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.7% | #329 of 936 | #53 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #342 of 1,103 ▲ 13 | #46 of 142 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.7% | #395 of 1,102 ▲ 8 | #53 of 142 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.5pp | #104 of 928 | #18 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 732 | #22 of 1,268 | #4 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #802 of 1,085 | #99 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.6% | #176 of 1,088 | #58 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.3% | #751 of 1,169 | #102 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +60.2% | #2 of 257 | #1 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
732
+167 (+30%) vs 2020
+167% since 1990-91, when it was 274
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 732 | 43.3 | 16.9:1 | 43% (317) |
| 2023-24 | 714 | 42.7 | 16.7:1 | 40% (288) |
| 2022-23 | 685 | 36.3 | 18.9:1 | 39% (269) |
| 2020-21 | 565 | 35 | 16.1:1 | 28% (158) |
| 2017-18 | 457 | 21.1 | 21.7:1 | 30% (139) |
| 2015-16 | 382 | 19 | 20.1:1 | 36% (139) |
| 2010-11 | 390 | 18 | 21.7:1 | 28% (109) |
| 2000-01 | 239 | 14 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 274 | 15 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northwood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 60% (457 to 732); teachers up 105% (21.1 to 43.3).
About Northwood Elementary
Located in Edgewood, Washington, Northwood Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school. Federal data show 732 students enrolled in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Washington enroll around 380, and this school is 93% bigger than that mark.
Northwood Elementary falls under Puyallup School District, which has 37 schools enrolling 23,026 students.
The biggest share of students at Northwood Elementary, 43%, is White. The next largest groups are 16% multiracial, 15% Asian, 15% Hispanic, and 6% Black. In Pierce County overall, about 64% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 74%.
Its ratio of 16.9:1 is based on 43.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. In all, 43% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 51.1% for Northwood Elementary. The school posts 55.7%, 4.6 points above the prediction.
The county, Pierce County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $99,564 a year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Northwood Elementary, Pierce County has 287 public schools.
Northwood Elementary's nearest public school is Edgemont Jr High (about 0.7 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Northwood Elementary. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Northwood Elementary is 1st on average proficiency.
Northwood Elementary has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 30% gain, from 565 to 732.
This page is set up for the Northwood Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Puyallup School District
- Puyallup High SchoolHigh · 1,815 students
- Gov John Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
- Emerald Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,599 students
- Dessie F Evans ElementaryElementary · 919 students
- Ballou Jr HighMiddle · 852 students
- Doris Stahl Junior HighMiddle · 846 students
Other schools in Edgewood
- Edgemont Jr HighMiddle · 590 students
- Hedden Elementary SchoolElementary · 469 students
- Mt View ElementaryElementary · 279 students
Other Northwood Elementary schools
24 other US public schools in 15 states are named Northwood Elementary. Northwood Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 25.
- Northwood Elementary SchoolMercer Island, WA · 398 students
- NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCRESTVIEW, FL · 814 students
- NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHILTON, NY · 719 students
- Northwood ElementaryBaltimore, MD · 641 students
- Northwood ElementaryMarysville, OH · 617 students
Nearby schools
- Edgemont Jr High0.7 mi · 590
- Surprise Lake Middle School0.8 mi · 613
- Discovery Primary School0.9 mi · 506
- Hedden Elementary School1.2 mi · 469
- Mt View Elementary1.5 mi · 279
- Rainier View Elementary School2.2 mi · 495
Frequently asked questions
About Northwood ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Northwood Elementary?
Northwood Elementary enrolls approximately 732 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Northwood Elementary serve?
Northwood Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Northwood Elementary?
Approximately 16.9:1 students per teacher at Northwood Elementary.
How diverse is Northwood Elementary?
Northwood Elementary reports a student body of 43% White, 15% Hispanic, 6% Black, 15% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Who oversees Northwood Elementary?
Northwood Elementary is overseen by Puyallup School District in Pierce County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.