Rochester Primary School

Set in Rochester, Washington, Rochester Primary School is a moderately sized elementary campus, one of the schools within Rochester School District. It educates 488 students across grades pre-K through 2. Compared to the state average of about 380 students per school, that is 28% above typical.

Across the 5 schools in Rochester School District (2,175 students total), Rochester Primary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Rochester Primary School records that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment; the rest looks like 32% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 72% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Rochester Primary School lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Roughly 63% of students at Rochester Primary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Thurston County's rate of about 43%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Thurston County indicate median household earnings sit near $96,563, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Thurston County runs 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 44,412 students), of which Rochester Primary School is one.

Grand Mound Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Rochester Primary School.

Rochester Primary School operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Rochester Primary School's enrollment has contracted 15% since 2018, when it stood at 571 (now 488). Hispanic enrollment moved from 22% to 32% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Rochester Primary School typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.