Enrollment
285
Elementary
DISTRICT 409 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BETHEL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530048000126
Roy Elementary
340 Peterson St, ROY, WA 98580 · (253) 800-5100 · Pierce County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL285 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 26% of Washington public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
12.8:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
175 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 | 8 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
51%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
39.6%
WA avg 58.4% . -0.1pp since 2014
Math
40.3%
WA avg 51.2% . -1.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.6% | 40.3% |
| 2023-24 | 39.3% | 35.0% |
| 2022-23 | 32.7% | 27.0% |
| 2021-22 | 42.8% | 32.6% |
| 2018-19 | 51.5% | 42.7% |
| 2017-18 | 61.8% | 53.3% |
| 2016-17 | 51.7% | 50.0% |
| 2015-16 | 44.7% | 40.6% |
| 2014-15 | 39.7% | 42.1% |
% 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
37.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% 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 Roy Elementary
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Elementary this school | 285 | 61.4% | 37.9% |
| University Elementary School Spokane Valley | 291 | 63.9% | 50.6% |
| Goldendale Primary School GOLDENDALE | 302 | 64.6% | 31.5% |
| Jefferson Elementary PORT ANGELES | 245 | 59.2% | N/A |
| Lincoln Elementary School VANCOUVER | 280 | 60.4% | N/A |
| Hathaway Elementary Washougal | 272 | 60.7% | 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 Roy Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #668 of 936 | #109 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #655 of 1,103 ▲ 89 | #90 of 142 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #760 of 1,102 ▼ 9 | #109 of 142 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.2pp | #420 of 928 | #60 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 285 | #997 of 1,268 | #134 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #51 of 1,085 | #1 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.4% | #734 of 1,088 | #125 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.4% | #420 of 1,169 | #48 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.7% | #298 of 778 | #32 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
285
-1 (0%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 351
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 285 | 22.3 | 12.8:1 | 61% (175) |
| 2023-24 | 267 | 19.9 | 13.4:1 | 52% (139) |
| 2022-23 | 306 | 20.1 | 15.2:1 | 50% (153) |
| 2020-21 | 286 | 26 | 11.0:1 | 57% (162) |
| 2017-18 | 355 | 22.5 | 15.8:1 | 58% (205) |
| 2015-16 | 289 | 20 | 14.4:1 | 52% (151) |
| 2010-11 | 264 | 16 | 16.5:1 | 39% (102) |
| 2000-01 | 337 | 18 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 351 | 17 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roy Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (355 to 285); teachers down 1% (22.5 to 22.3).
About Roy Elementary
Roy Elementary is a small elementary school with an address in ROY, Washington. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 285 students enrolled. By comparison, elementary schools in Washington enroll about 380 students on average.
Roy Elementary reports to Bethel School District, which has 39 schools and 21,732 students.
More than half of the students at Roy Elementary are White (66%). The remaining shares are 15% Hispanic and 14% multiracial. That is in line with Pierce County, where about 64% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Roy Elementary scores 51%.
There are 22.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 12.8:1. The gap from the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington is 4.5 students per teacher. On the income side, 61% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Pierce County, the average eligibility rate is 50%.
On the allk12 Grade, Roy Elementary lands at C, ahead of 26% of Washington public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 39.0% for Roy Elementary. The school posts 37.9%, 1.1 points below the prediction.
Pierce County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $99,564, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 287 public schools in the county, enrolling about 138,462, Roy Elementary among them.
Measured in a straight line, McKenna Elementary is about 4.4 miles from Roy Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: 3. Roy Elementary's average proficiency of 37.9% compares with 48.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
In the federal locale system, Roy Elementary is coded Rural: Fringe, for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
In 2020-21, Roy Elementary enrolled 286; in 2024-25, 285. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 11.0:1 to 12.8:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Roy Elementary. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Roy Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Roy Elementary. Roy Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Roy Elementary SchoolNorthlake, IL · 545 students
- ROY ELEMENTARYROY, NM · 39 students
Nearby schools
- McKenna Elementary4.4 mi · 418
- Fort Stevens Elementary4.7 mi · 462
- Yelm Middle School4.9 mi · 652
- Yelm Extension School5.1 mi · 116
- Southworth Elementary5.2 mi · 671
- Yelm High School 125.3 mi · 1,693
Frequently asked questions
About Roy ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Roy Elementary?
Roy Elementary enrolls approximately 285 students in grades PK-05.
Is Roy Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Roy Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Roy Elementary have?
Roy Elementary employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Roy Elementary?
Student demographics at Roy Elementary are roughly 66% White, 15% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 14% Two or more.
What district is Roy Elementary in?
Roy Elementary is part of Bethel School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.