Reed Elementary School

Reed Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in Tacoma, Washington, overseen by Tacoma School District. The school educates 426 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Reed Elementary School is one of 66 schools operated by Tacoma School District, a district that educates 28,900 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Reed Elementary School logs that 27% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 26% Black, 19% multiracial, 17% White, 6% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Pierce County as a whole is about 13% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Pierce County (around 50%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Reed Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.7%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Pierce County) records that median household earnings sit near $99,564, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Pierce County runs 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students), of which Reed Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Insight School of WA Open Doors Program, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Reed Elementary School at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 30.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 424 students in 2018 compared to 426 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

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