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Oakbrook Elementary School

7802 83rd AVE SW, Lakewood, WA 98498 · (253) 583-5330 · Pierce County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL285 STUDENTS
Enrollment
285
Elementary
DISTRICT 376 · STATE 380
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
176 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten4716%
Grade 14014%
Grade 23813%
Grade 35218%
Grade 45419%
Grade 55419%

This year's kindergarten class (47) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (54).

Student demographics
80%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 68% · US 70%
White
7526%
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 47% · US 43%
Hispanic
4917%
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 27% · US 30%
Black
5118%
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 5% · US 15%
Asian
207%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 9% · US 6%
Two+
5620%
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 9% · US 5%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
145%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 2% · US 0%
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
Male
13848%
Female
12845%

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Test scores

Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded Standard
English Language Arts
41.6%
WA avg 58.4% . -12.4pp since 2014
Math
37.3%
WA avg 51.2% . -21.2pp since 2014

What 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 yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2541.6%37.3%
2023-2443.4%37.3%
2022-2341.9%36.8%
2021-2234.5%35.3%
2018-1955.1%51.1%
2017-1845.0%42.9%
2016-1753.6%56.6%
2015-1647.7%54.9%
2014-1554.0%58.5%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
41.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.8%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation

What 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%.

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 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.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Oakbrook Elementary School this school28561.8%41.5%
Green Gables Elementary School
FEDERAL WAY
28158.0%45.3%
Franklin Elementary School
Tacoma
26061.2%29.7%
Delong Elementary School
Tacoma
34962.8%46.5%
Mann Elementary School
Tacoma
34066.2%48.4%
Whittier Elementary School
Tacoma
30555.7%50.5%
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 Oakbrook Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn WashingtonIn 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
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 2024-25
Enrollment
285
-30 (-10%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 429
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 17.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2528519.214.8:162% (176)
2023-2428019.514.3:169% (192)
2022-2328619.214.9:159% (170)
2020-213151817.5:145% (143)
2017-183552116.9:155% (194)
2015-163322016.6:163% (209)
2010-112791321.5:141% (115)
2000-013381424.1:1N/A
1990-914291823.8:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oakbrook Elementary School.

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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Pierce County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Oakbrook Elementary School
District
Clover Park School District
Address
7802 83rd AVE SW, Lakewood, WA 98498
Phone
(253) 583-5330
County
Pierce County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
285
Teachers (FTE)
19
Student–teacher ratio
14.8:1
Free and reduced lunch
176 (62%)
Locale
13-City: Small
NCES ID
530141000265
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Clover Park School District
Other schools in Lakewood
Other Oakbrook Elementary schools

3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Oakbrook Elementary. Oakbrook Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 4.

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Frequently asked questions

About Oakbrook Elementary School
What is the total enrollment at Oakbrook Elementary School?
Oakbrook Elementary School enrolls approximately 285 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Oakbrook Elementary School serve?
Oakbrook Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Oakbrook Elementary School?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Oakbrook Elementary School.
How diverse is Oakbrook Elementary School?
Oakbrook Elementary School reports a student body of 26% White, 17% Hispanic, 18% Black, 7% Asian, 20% Two or more.
Who oversees Oakbrook Elementary School?
Oakbrook Elementary School is overseen by Clover Park School District in Pierce County.
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