Oakbrook Elementary School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (54).
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardWhat this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 42 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 12 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 21 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.6% | 37.3% |
| 2023-24 | 43.4% | 37.3% |
| 2022-23 | 41.9% | 36.8% |
| 2021-22 | 34.5% | 35.3% |
| 2018-19 | 55.1% | 51.1% |
| 2017-18 | 45.0% | 42.9% |
| 2016-17 | 53.6% | 56.6% |
| 2015-16 | 47.7% | 54.9% |
| 2014-15 | 54.0% | 58.5% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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%.
Schools most like Oakbrook Elementary School
Oakbrook Elementary School's state test result (41.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakbrook Elementary School this school | 285 | 61.8% | 41.5% |
| Green Gables Elementary School FEDERAL WAY | 281 | 58.0% | 45.3% |
| Franklin Elementary School Tacoma | 260 | 61.2% | 29.7% |
| Delong Elementary School Tacoma | 349 | 62.8% | 46.5% |
| Mann Elementary School Tacoma | 340 | 66.2% | 48.4% |
| Whittier Elementary School Tacoma | 305 | 55.7% | 50.5% |
Where Oakbrook Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #601 of 936 | #94 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #723 of 1,103 ▼ 21 | #101 of 142 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #702 of 1,102 ▼ 63 | #99 of 142 ▼ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.6pp | #278 of 928 | #46 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 285 | #998 of 1,268 | #135 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #299 of 1,085 | #26 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 79.7% | #29 of 1,088 | #14 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.8% | #413 of 1,169 | #47 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.7% | #300 of 778 | #33 of 91 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 285 | 19.2 | 14.8:1 | 62% (176) |
| 2023-24 | 280 | 19.5 | 14.3:1 | 69% (192) |
| 2022-23 | 286 | 19.2 | 14.9:1 | 59% (170) |
| 2020-21 | 315 | 18 | 17.5:1 | 45% (143) |
| 2017-18 | 355 | 21 | 16.9:1 | 55% (194) |
| 2015-16 | 332 | 20 | 16.6:1 | 63% (209) |
| 2010-11 | 279 | 13 | 21.5:1 | 41% (115) |
| 2000-01 | 338 | 14 | 24.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 429 | 18 | 23.8:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (355 to 285); teachers down 9% (21 to 19.2).
About Oakbrook Elementary School
Oakbrook Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school with its address in Lakewood, Washington. It enrolls 285 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5. It has 25% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Washington (about 380).
Clover Park School District enrolls 12,345 students, and its 32 schools include Oakbrook Elementary School.
Of every 100 students at Oakbrook Elementary School, about 26 are White, the largest group. Smaller groups are 20% multiracial, 18% Black, 17% Hispanic, and 7% Asian. For comparison, the population of Pierce County is roughly 64% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 80, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 19.2 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 14.8:1. The gap from the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington is 2.5 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 62%. That is 12 points above the 50% average for public schools in Pierce County.
Oakbrook Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 41.5% is 2.7 points above the 38.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Pierce County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $99,564, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The county has 287 public schools and about 138,462 students.
Of the public schools around it, Oakbrook Elementary School is closest to Hudtloff Middle School, about 0.4 miles away. Oakbrook Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Oakbrook Elementary School ranks 2nd of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 41.5% against a local average of 33.0%.
The NCES locale for Oakbrook Elementary School is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school's student count fell 10% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Students per teacher dropped from 17.5 in 2020-21 to 14.8 in 2024-25.
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