Rocky Ridge Elementary

Rocky Ridge Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in Graham, Washington, one of the schools within Bethel School District. The school teaches 430 students in grades K through 5.

Bethel School District runs 39 schools in total, collectively educating 21,732 students. Rocky Ridge Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Rocky Ridge Elementary reports that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 21% Hispanic, 17% multiracial, 3% Pacific Islander, 3% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

On the income-and-resources front, Rocky Ridge Elementary logs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Around 61% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Pierce County's rate of about 50%.

After controlling for student poverty, Rocky Ridge Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.3%, the actual is 46.4%, a residual of +7.1 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Pierce County put median household earnings sit near $99,564, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Pierce County runs 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students), of which Rocky Ridge Elementary is one.

Cougar Mountain Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rocky Ridge Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Rocky Ridge Elementary at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 44.2%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 12%: 486 students in 2018 compared to 430 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 70% to 54% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Rocky Ridge Elementary typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.