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Enrollment
576
Elementary
DISTRICT 376 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLOVER PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530141003472
Rainier Elementary School
2410 Stryker Avenue, JBLM Lewis Main, WA 98433 · (253) 583-5220 · Pierce County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL576 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of Washington public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
15.5:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
282 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 111 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 100 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 108 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (111) is 50% larger than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
75%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
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
59.9%
WA avg 58.4% . -1.7pp since 2014
Math
54.2%
WA avg 51.2% . -8.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.9% | 54.2% |
| 2023-24 | 55.6% | 55.2% |
| 2022-23 | 60.0% | 54.7% |
| 2021-22 | 55.2% | 47.3% |
| 2018-19 | 74.2% | 67.4% |
| 2017-18 | 65.0% | 57.0% |
| 2016-17 | 58.2% | 59.6% |
| 2015-16 | 65.9% | 62.4% |
| 2014-15 | 61.6% | 62.8% |
% 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
57.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Rainier Elementary School
Rainier Elementary School's state test result (57.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rainier Elementary School this school | 576 | 49.0% | 57.5% |
| Olympic Hills Elementary School SEATTLE | 486 | 52.3% | 53.7% |
| Pope Elementary Puyallup | 710 | 49.0% | 52.5% |
| Emma L Carson Elementary Puyallup | 676 | 52.8% | 48.8% |
| Katherine G. Johnson Elementary School Tacoma | 592 | 54.9% | 58.0% |
| Clover Creek Elementary Tacoma | 617 | 51.5% | 54.6% |
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 Rainier Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #302 of 936 | #46 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.2% | #361 of 1,103 ▼ 21 | #49 of 142 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.9% | #305 of 1,102 ▲ 80 | #40 of 142 ▲ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.8pp | #218 of 928 | #40 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 576 | #137 of 1,268 | #20 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #460 of 1,085 | #48 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.3% | #138 of 1,088 | #50 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.0% | #660 of 1,169 | #89 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.3% | #75 of 257 | #10 of 43 |
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
576
+146 (+34%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 576 | 37.2 | 15.5:1 | 49% (282) |
| 2023-24 | 620 | 38.1 | 16.3:1 | 67% (413) |
| 2022-23 | 574 | 32.6 | 17.6:1 | 50% (286) |
| 2020-21 | 430 | 26 | 16.5:1 | 52% (222) |
| 2017-18 | 491 | 28.6 | 17.2:1 | 53% (261) |
| 2015-16 | 544 | 30 | 18.1:1 | 63% (344) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rainier Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (491 to 576); teachers up 30% (28.6 to 37.2).
About Rainier Elementary School
Federal records list Rainier Elementary School as an elementary school in JBLM Lewis Main, Washington. The student body numbers 576 students, from pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Washington) has about 380 students.
Clover Park School District serves 12,345 students across 32 schools.
Enrollment at Rainier Elementary School is mixed, with White students the largest group at 37%. The rest of enrollment is 27% Hispanic, 16% Black, 10% multiracial, and 7% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Pierce County's population at about 64%. The chance that two students picked at random at Rainier Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 75%.
Teachers at the school number 37.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.5:1. Among elementary schools in Washington, the typical ratio is 17.3:1. The school's lunch program data list 49% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Pierce County, the average is about the same, 50%.
Measured against Washington public elementary schools, Rainier Elementary School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Compared with Washington schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Rainier Elementary School's results are 10.1 points above predicted: 57.5% against 47.4%.
Federal survey data for Pierce County show that median household income is about $99,564, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. A total of 287 public schools operate in Pierce County, serving about 138,462 students.
The closest other public school is Chloe Clark Elementary, about 1.9 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Rainier Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 430 to 576. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.5:1) than in 2020-21 (16.5:1).
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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
- Hillside Elementary SchoolElementary · 567 students
- Hudtloff Middle SchoolMiddle · 555 students
Other schools in JBLM Lewis Main
- Hillside Elementary SchoolElementary · 567 students
- Evergreen Elementary SchoolElementary · 442 students
Other Rainier Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Rainier Elementary. Rainier Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Rainier Elementary SchoolRainier, WA · 493 students
Nearby schools
- Chloe Clark Elementary1.9 mi · 475
- Hillside Elementary School2.1 mi · 567
- Pioneer Middle2.5 mi · 758
- Beachwood Elementary School2.6 mi · 397
- Evergreen Elementary School2.9 mi · 442
- Meriwether Elementary School3.7 mi · 240
Frequently asked questions
About Rainier Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Rainier Elementary School?
Rainier Elementary School enrolls approximately 576 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Rainier Elementary School serve?
Rainier Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Rainier Elementary School?
Approximately 15.5:1 students per teacher at Rainier Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Rainier Elementary School?
Student demographics at Rainier Elementary School are roughly 37% White, 27% Hispanic, 16% Black, 7% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Rainier Elementary School in?
Rainier Elementary School is part of Clover Park School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.