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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Rocky Ridge Elementary?
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Enrollment
430
Elementary
DISTRICT 409 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BETHEL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530048001925
Rocky Ridge Elementary
6514 260th Street East, Graham, WA 98338 · (253) 800-5000 · Pierce County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL430 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
262 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
51.9%
WA avg 58.4% . +7.8pp since 2014
Math
47.0%
WA avg 51.2% . +4.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.9% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.3% | 45.3% |
| 2022-23 | 46.7% | 33.7% |
| 2021-22 | 44.7% | 33.0% |
| 2018-19 | 60.9% | 58.2% |
| 2017-18 | 57.1% | 50.2% |
| 2016-17 | 47.1% | 36.8% |
| 2015-16 | 42.9% | 41.6% |
| 2014-15 | 44.1% | 42.9% |
% 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
46.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Rocky Ridge Elementary
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Ridge Elementary this school | 430 | 60.9% | 46.4% |
| Fort Stevens Elementary Yelm | 462 | 58.2% | 55.1% |
| Silver Star Elementary School Vancouver | 381 | 59.8% | N/A |
| Minnehaha Elementary School VANCOUVER | 474 | 63.3% | N/A |
| Eagleridge Elementary Ferndale | 457 | 58.6% | 35.8% |
| Harry S Truman Elementary School VANCOUVER | 480 | 64.4% | N/A |
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 Rocky Ridge Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #494 of 936 | #82 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #492 of 1,103 ▲ 31 | #70 of 142 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #470 of 1,102 ▲ 124 | #70 of 142 ▲ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.6pp | #72 of 928 | #14 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 430 | #516 of 1,268 | #76 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #420 of 1,085 | #46 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.3% | #449 of 1,088 | #100 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.9% | #431 of 1,169 | #51 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.5% | #528 of 778 | #62 of 91 |
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
430
+64 (+17%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 521
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 430 | 28.1 | 15.3:1 | 61% (262) |
| 2023-24 | 441 | 30.3 | 14.6:1 | 58% (256) |
| 2022-23 | 411 | 31.2 | 13.2:1 | 51% (208) |
| 2020-21 | 366 | 30 | 12.2:1 | 49% (180) |
| 2017-18 | 486 | 29.2 | 16.7:1 | 55% (267) |
| 2015-16 | 488 | 29 | 16.8:1 | 55% (268) |
| 2010-11 | 599 | 29 | 20.7:1 | 34% (205) |
| 2000-01 | 656 | 30 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 521 | 26 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rocky Ridge Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (486 to 430); teachers down 4% (29.2 to 28.1).
About Rocky Ridge Elementary
At 6514 260th Street East in Graham, Washington, Rocky Ridge Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school. It reports enrollment of 430 students in kindergarten through 5.
Rocky Ridge Elementary is among 39 schools run by Bethel School District, which serves 21,732 students.
White students are 54% of those enrolled at Rocky Ridge Elementary. Next come 21% Hispanic, 17% multiracial, 3% Pacific Islander, and 3% Black. That compares with about 64% White among all Pierce County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 63%.
There are 28.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 15.3:1. Across elementary schools in Washington, the average ratio is 17.3:1. Of all students at Rocky Ridge Elementary, 61% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 50% average for public schools in Pierce County, the school's rate is higher.
After adjusting for student poverty, Rocky Ridge Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of Washington schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 46.4%; the prediction is 39.3%.
For the population of Pierce County, median household income comes to about $99,564, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Pierce County counts 287 public schools with about 138,462 students.
Measured in a straight line, Cougar Mountain Middle School is about 0.8 miles from Rocky Ridge Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Rocky Ridge Elementary is ahead of the 44.2% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 8.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment increased 17% over 4 years, reaching 430 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 12.2:1 to 15.3:1.
This page is set up for the Rocky Ridge Elementary community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Bethel School District
- Graham Kapowsin High SchoolHigh · 2,087 students
- Spanaway Lake High SchoolHigh · 1,787 students
- Bethel High SchoolHigh · 1,688 students
- Liberty Middle SchoolMiddle · 857 students
- Spanaway Middle SchoolMiddle · 766 students
- Cedarcrest Middle SchoolMiddle · 765 students
Other schools in Graham
- Graham Kapowsin High SchoolHigh · 2,087 students
- Frontier Middle SchoolMiddle · 620 students
- Cougar Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 605 students
- Centennial ElementaryElementary · 540 students
- Nelson Elementary SchoolElementary · 497 students
- North Star ElementaryElementary · 446 students
Other Rocky Ridge Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Rocky Ridge Elementary. Rocky Ridge Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Rocky Ridge Elementary SchoolHoover, AL · 577 students
Nearby schools
- Cougar Mountain Middle School0.8 mi · 605
- Centennial Elementary1.2 mi · 540
- Kapowsin Elementary2.5 mi · 321
- North Star Elementary2.5 mi · 446
- Bethel High School2.8 mi · 1,688
- Bethel Middle School3.1 mi · 661
Frequently asked questions
About Rocky Ridge ElementaryHow large is Rocky Ridge Elementary?
Rocky Ridge Elementary enrolls approximately 430 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Rocky Ridge Elementary serve?
Rocky Ridge Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Rocky Ridge Elementary have?
Rocky Ridge Elementary employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Rocky Ridge Elementary?
Student demographics at Rocky Ridge Elementary are roughly 54% White, 21% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Is Rocky Ridge Elementary public or private?
Rocky Ridge Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bethel School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.