Enrollment
363
Elementary
DISTRICT 376 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLOVER PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530141002581
Park Lodge Elementary School
6300 100th ST SW, Lakewood, WA 98499 · (253) 583-5350 · Pierce County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL363 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of Washington public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
285 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
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Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
27.9%
WA avg 58.4% . -19.5pp since 2014
Math
18.4%
WA avg 51.2% . -16.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 20 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 16 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.9% | 18.4% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 21.6% |
| 2022-23 | 17.7% | 16.5% |
| 2021-22 | 26.4% | 16.1% |
| 2018-19 | 35.6% | 26.6% |
| 2017-18 | 38.6% | 34.0% |
| 2016-17 | 33.5% | 31.9% |
| 2015-16 | 41.3% | 36.2% |
| 2014-15 | 47.5% | 34.8% |
% 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
24.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Park Lodge Elementary School
Park Lodge Elementary School's state test result (24.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Lodge Elementary School this school | 363 | 78.5% | 24.7% |
| Madrona Elementary SeaTac | 317 | 77.0% | 22.1% |
| Lake Grove Elementary School FEDERAL WAY | 390 | 77.9% | 27.0% |
| Kent Elementary School Kent | 438 | 81.5% | 26.9% |
| Tyee Park Elementary School Lakewood | 381 | 83.7% | 23.6% |
| Christensen Elementary Tacoma | 346 | 74.3% | 32.8% |
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 Park Lodge Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #870 of 936 | #139 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #1,050 of 1,103 ▼ 45 | #140 of 142 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #977 of 1,102 ▼ 21 | #134 of 142 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.9pp | #440 of 928 | #65 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 363 | #763 of 1,268 | #106 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #55 of 1,085 | #2 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.3% | #431 of 1,088 | #97 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.5% | #133 of 1,169 | #7 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.1% | #269 of 778 | #28 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 2024-25Enrollment
363
-33 (-8%) vs 2020
-9% since 2000-01, when it was 401
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 363 | 28.3 | 12.8:1 | 79% (285) |
| 2023-24 | 355 | 25.1 | 14.1:1 | 88% (313) |
| 2022-23 | 357 | 27.3 | 13.1:1 | 91% (325) |
| 2020-21 | 396 | 27 | 14.7:1 | 76% (301) |
| 2017-18 | 460 | 30 | 15.3:1 | 75% (346) |
| 2015-16 | 415 | 26 | 16.0:1 | 90% (375) |
| 2010-11 | 394 | 20 | 19.7:1 | 60% (236) |
| 2000-01 | 401 | 18 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Park Lodge Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (460 to 363); teachers down 6% (30 to 28.3).
About Park Lodge Elementary School
Park Lodge Elementary School is a public medium-sized elementary school in Lakewood, Washington. The school serves 363 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
In Clover Park School District, 32 schools enroll a combined 12,345 students.
At 50%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Park Lodge Elementary School combined. After that, the student body is 17% Black, 10% White, 9% multiracial, and 3% Pacific Islander. Among all residents of Pierce County, the Hispanic share is about 13%. Park Lodge Elementary School has a diversity index of 64%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 28.3 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.8:1. The 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington is higher than this school's figure. Roughly 79% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Pierce County average 50%.
Park Lodge Elementary School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 9% of Washington public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Park Lodge Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Washington schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 24.7% and a predicted 27.5%.
Census estimates describe Pierce County this way: median household income is about $99,564, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Federal data list 287 public schools in Pierce County, with a combined enrollment of about 138,462.
Special Education Services/relife is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 24.7% is below the 26.7% average for nearby schools.
Federal data place Park Lodge Elementary School in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment was 396 in 2020-21 and 363 in 2024-25, a decrease of 33 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.8:1.
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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 Clover Park School District
- Clover Park High SchoolHigh · 1,161 students
- Lakes High SchoolHigh · 1,158 students
- Thomas Middle SchoolMiddle · 934 students
- General William H. Harrison Preparatory SchoolHigh · 738 students
- Rainier Elementary SchoolElementary · 576 students
- Hillside Elementary SchoolElementary · 567 students
Other schools in Lakewood
- Clover Park High SchoolHigh · 1,161 students
- Lakes High SchoolHigh · 1,158 students
- Thomas Middle SchoolMiddle · 934 students
- General William H. Harrison Preparatory SchoolHigh · 738 students
- Hudtloff Middle SchoolMiddle · 555 students
- Four Heroes ElementaryElementary · 541 students
Nearby schools
- Special Education Services/relife0.5 mi · 4
- Clover Park High School0.6 mi · 1,161
- CPSD Open Doors Program0.9 mi · 276
- Gravelly Lake K-12 Academy0.9 mi · 162
- Four Heroes Elementary0.9 mi · 541
- General William H. Harrison Preparatory School0.9 mi · 738
Frequently asked questions
About Park Lodge Elementary SchoolHow large is Park Lodge Elementary School?
Park Lodge Elementary School enrolls approximately 363 students in grades PK-05.
Is Park Lodge Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Park Lodge Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Park Lodge Elementary School have?
Park Lodge Elementary School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Park Lodge Elementary School?
At Park Lodge Elementary School, the student body is approximately 10% White, 50% Hispanic, 17% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Park Lodge Elementary School public or private?
Park Lodge Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Clover Park School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.