Pleasant Glade Elementary

Pleasant Glade Elementary operates as an average-sized K-5 school in Lacey, Washington, one of the schools within North Thurston Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 559 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Pleasant Glade Elementary sits 47% above that benchmark.

North Thurston Public Schools runs 24 schools in total, collectively educating 15,167 students. Pleasant Glade Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pleasant Glade Elementary reports that the most-represented group is White (34%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 21% Hispanic, 17% Asian, 17% multiracial, 7% Black. The wider county runs roughly 72% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Pleasant Glade Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pleasant Glade Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.0%; this one delivers 48.6%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Thurston County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $96,563 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Thurston County runs 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 44,412 students), of which Pleasant Glade Elementary is one.

Chinook Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pleasant Glade Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 46.0%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Pleasant Glade Elementary's enrollment has rose 38% since 2018, when it stood at 404 (now 559). The White share of enrollment contracted from 40% to 34% over that span.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.