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Enrollment
559
Elementary
DISTRICT 507 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH THURSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 530585002129
Pleasant Glade Elementary
1920 Abernethy Rd NE, Lacey, WA 98516 · (360) 412-4620 · Thurston County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL559 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
252 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 51%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 80 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
49.0%
WA avg 58.4% . +4.2pp since 2014
Math
45.3%
WA avg 51.2% . -1.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 45.3% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 49.4% |
| 2022-23 | 47.3% | 43.0% |
| 2021-22 | 50.7% | 36.8% |
| 2018-19 | 59.0% | 59.1% |
| 2017-18 | 55.3% | 48.5% |
| 2016-17 | 56.3% | 52.2% |
| 2015-16 | 56.1% | 59.4% |
| 2014-15 | 44.8% | 46.8% |
% 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
48.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Pleasant Glade Elementary
Pleasant Glade Elementary's state test result (48.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Glade Elementary this school | 559 | 45.1% | 48.6% |
| Woodside Elementary Bothell | 581 | 46.3% | 65.1% |
| Jefferson Elementary Everett | 503 | 46.1% | 62.1% |
| Oak Heights Elementary LYNNWOOD | 526 | 48.3% | 42.1% |
| Martha Lake Elementary LYNNWOOD | 545 | 50.8% | 38.9% |
| North Hill Elementary Des Moines | 518 | 45.9% | 59.5% |
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 Pleasant Glade Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Thurston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #453 of 936 | #23 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #525 of 1,103 ▼ 72 | #22 of 39 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #534 of 1,102 ▼ 39 | #24 of 39 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.4pp | #350 of 928 | #11 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 559 | #155 of 1,268 | #9 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #513 of 1,085 | #17 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.5% | #84 of 1,088 | #1 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.1% | #721 of 1,169 | #21 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +38.4% | #13 of 257 | #1 of 13 |
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
559
-29 (-5%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 669
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 559 | 35.7 | 15.7:1 | 45% (252) |
| 2023-24 | 507 | 34.2 | 14.8:1 | 50% (254) |
| 2022-23 | 644 | 39.2 | 16.4:1 | 55% (352) |
| 2020-21 | 588 | 37 | 15.9:1 | 48% (283) |
| 2017-18 | 404 | 27.2 | 14.8:1 | 61% (248) |
| 2015-16 | 436 | 31 | 14.1:1 | 64% (280) |
| 2010-11 | 613 | 39 | 15.7:1 | 43% (263) |
| 2000-01 | 595 | 34 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 669 | 10 | 66.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pleasant Glade Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 38% (404 to 559); teachers up 31% (27.2 to 35.7).
About Pleasant Glade Elementary
Pleasant Glade Elementary is an elementary school in Lacey, Washington, reachable at (360) 412-4620. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 559 students. That puts enrollment 47% bigger than the 380-student average for elementary schools in Washington.
Federal data list 24 schools in North Thurston Public Schools, with 15,167 students enrolled.
About 34% of students at Pleasant Glade Elementary are White, the largest single group. Beyond that, enrollment is 21% Hispanic, 17% Asian, 17% multiracial, and 7% Black. The White share of the county population is higher, at 72%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 77%.
There are about 15.7 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Pleasant Glade Elementary, which has 35.7. Elementary schools in Washington have an average ratio of 17.3:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 45%. Public schools in Thurston County average a similar 43%.
Pleasant Glade Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (48.6%) and its predicted rate (50.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Washington schools.
In Thurston County, home to about 299,067 people, the median household earns about $96,563 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Public schools in Thurston County number 86, with about 44,412 students.
Pleasant Glade Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Chinook Middle School, about 0.6 miles away. The five-mile area around Pleasant Glade Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Pleasant Glade Elementary's average proficiency of 48.6% compares with 46.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Mid-size: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 29 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Pleasant Glade Elementary. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Thurston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
299,067
Census ACS
Median income
$96,563
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
44,412 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in North Thurston Public Schools
- River Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,547 students
- Timberline High SchoolHigh · 1,401 students
- North Thurston High SchoolHigh · 1,378 students
- Nisqually Middle SchoolMiddle · 789 students
- Mountain View ElementaryElementary · 776 students
- Meadows ElementaryElementary · 765 students
Other schools in Lacey
- River Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,547 students
- Timberline High SchoolHigh · 1,401 students
- North Thurston High SchoolHigh · 1,378 students
- Nisqually Middle SchoolMiddle · 789 students
- Mountain View ElementaryElementary · 776 students
- Meadows ElementaryElementary · 765 students
Nearby schools
- Chinook Middle School0.6 mi · 746
- Envision Career Academy0.7 mi · 139
- Ignite Family Academy0.7 mi · 100
- Summit VIrtual Academy0.8 mi · 355
- North Thurston High School0.8 mi · 1,378
- South Bay Elementary1.6 mi · 595
Frequently asked questions
About Pleasant Glade ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Pleasant Glade Elementary?
Pleasant Glade Elementary enrolls approximately 559 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Pleasant Glade Elementary serve?
Pleasant Glade Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pleasant Glade Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pleasant Glade Elementary is approximately 15.7:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pleasant Glade Elementary?
At Pleasant Glade Elementary, the student body is approximately 34% White, 21% Hispanic, 7% Black, 17% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Is Pleasant Glade Elementary public or private?
Pleasant Glade Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by North Thurston Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.