Papermaker Preschool

Located at 26900 SE 15th St, in Camas, Washington, Papermaker Preschool is an one-room-style elementary campus that teaches 40 students (grade pre-K), one of the schools within Camas School District. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Papermaker Preschool sits 89% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 15 schools in Camas School District (7,279 students total), Papermaker Preschool accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Papermaker Preschool logs that White students make up the majority at 58%. The remainder breaks down as 15% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 10% multiracial. By comparison, Clark County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 34.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 23% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Clark County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, census data for Clark County shows the typical household earns roughly $97,536 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Papermaker Preschool is one of 151 public schools in Clark County (combined enrollment of about 74,406 students).

Camas High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 6-year window. Looking back 6 years, enrollment at Papermaker Preschool has decreased 13%, going from 46 students in 2018 to 40 in 2024. The Asian share of enrollment increased from 7% to 15% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 80.0:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.