Peter G Schmidt Elementary

Peter G Schmidt Elementary operates as a sizable elementary school in Tumwater, Washington, operated by Tumwater School District. Current enrollment sits at 606 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 380 students per school, that is 59% larger than typical.

Tumwater School District comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 6,350 students; Peter G Schmidt Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Peter G Schmidt Elementary reports that White students make up the majority at 60%. Beyond that, the school reports 18% Hispanic, 17% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Thurston County as a whole is about 72% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. An estimated 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Peter G Schmidt Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.1%; this one delivers 49.1%.

Across the wider county, census data for Thurston County shows median household income runs about $96,563, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Peter G Schmidt Elementary is one of 86 public schools in Thurston County (combined enrollment of about 44,412 students).

Nearest neighbor: Washington Connections Academy - Mary M. Knight, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Peter G Schmidt Elementary comes 4th of 4 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 52.7%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Peter G Schmidt Elementary's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 596 (now 606). The White share of enrollment decreased from 71% to 60% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

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