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What's the most underrated thing about Saltars Point Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
437
Elementary
DISTRICT 263 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STEILACOOM HIST. SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530846001432
Saltars Point Elementary
908 3rd Street, Steilacoom, WA 98388 · (253) 983-2600 · Pierce County
GRADES 04–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL437 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of Washington public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
17.4:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
138 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 224 | 51% |
| Grade 5 | 213 | 49% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Steilacoom Hist. School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
58.0%
WA avg 58.4% . -5.6pp since 2014
Math
51.2%
WA avg 51.2% . -5.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 51.2% |
| 2023-24 | 54.9% | 45.6% |
| 2022-23 | 49.5% | 35.2% |
| 2021-22 | 50.6% | 40.1% |
| 2018-19 | 65.9% | 50.1% |
| 2017-18 | 64.0% | 49.4% |
| 2016-17 | 63.6% | 54.1% |
| 2015-16 | 70.7% | 56.8% |
| 2014-15 | 63.6% | 56.3% |
% 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
53.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Saltars Point Elementary
Saltars Point Elementary's state test result (53.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saltars Point Elementary this school | 437 | 31.6% | 53.9% |
| Emerald Heights Elementary SILVERDALE | 466 | 32.2% | 73.1% |
| Michael Anderson Elementary School Fairchild AFB | 459 | 33.1% | 58.3% |
| Picnic Point Elementary Edmonds | 454 | 33.0% | 58.8% |
| Silver Ridge Elementary SILVERDALE | 430 | 32.8% | 53.3% |
| Westgate Elementary EDMONDS | 472 | 37.5% | 55.4% |
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 Saltars Point Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #364 of 936 | #59 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #421 of 1,103 ▲ 96 | #58 of 142 ▲ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #339 of 1,102 ▲ 67 | #48 of 142 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.3pp | #99 of 928 | #17 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 437 | #496 of 1,268 | #73 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #899 of 1,085 | #113 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.9% | #314 of 1,088 | #79 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.6% | #913 of 1,169 | #126 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.0% | #581 of 778 | #67 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
437
-13 (-3%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 326
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 18.0:1
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 | 437 | 25.1 | 17.4:1 | 32% (138) |
| 2023-24 | 455 | 24.6 | 18.5:1 | 30% (138) |
| 2022-23 | 482 | 27 | 17.9:1 | 35% (169) |
| 2020-21 | 450 | 25 | 18.0:1 | 24% (108) |
| 2017-18 | 480 | 25.9 | 18.5:1 | 19% (93) |
| 2015-16 | 401 | 22 | 18.2:1 | 25% (100) |
| 2010-11 | 430 | 22 | 19.6:1 | 26% (112) |
| 2000-01 | 401 | 19 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 326 | 17 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Saltars Point Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (480 to 437); teachers down 3% (25.9 to 25.1).
About Saltars Point Elementary
Saltars Point Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Steilacoom, Washington. It covers grades 4 through 5, with a total enrollment of 437 students.
Saltars Point Elementary is one of the 7 schools that make up Steilacoom Hist. School District (3,043 students in total).
Saltars Point Elementary has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 49%. Smaller groups are 20% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 8% Asian, and 5% Black. County-wide, 64% of Pierce County residents are White. Saltars Point Elementary's diversity index is 69%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal staffing data show 25.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Saltars Point Elementary and a ratio of 17.4:1. That matches the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington fairly closely. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 32% of students. That is lower than the 50% average for public schools in Pierce County.
Saltars Point Elementary is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 48% of Washington public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Saltars Point Elementary is 59.0%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 53.9%.
Within Pierce County, the median household income is $99,564, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Saltars Point Elementary, Pierce County has 286 other public schools.
The school nearest to Saltars Point Elementary is Developmental Preschool, at a distance of about 0.6 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 50.2%; Saltars Point Elementary's is 53.9%, ranking 4th of 6.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has fallen by 13 students since 2020-21, to 437.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Steilacoom Hist. School District
- Steilacoom HighHigh · 968 students
- Pioneer MiddleMiddle · 758 students
- Chloe Clark ElementaryElementary · 475 students
- Cherrydale ElementaryElementary · 348 students
- Developmental PreschoolElementary · 38 students
- Anderson Island ElementaryElementary · 19 students
Other schools in Steilacoom
- Steilacoom HighHigh · 968 students
- Cherrydale ElementaryElementary · 348 students
- FirwoodCombined · 45 students
- Developmental PreschoolElementary · 38 students
- Birth to ThreeElementary
- Steilacoom PRIDE AcademyCombined
Nearby schools
- Developmental Preschool0.6 mi · 38
- Cherrydale Elementary1.0 mi · 348
- Alfaretta House1.6 mi · 26
- Lakes High School1.6 mi · 1,158
- Steilacoom High1.9 mi · 968
- Lake Louise Elementary School1.9 mi · 450
Frequently asked questions
About Saltars Point ElementaryHow large is Saltars Point Elementary?
Saltars Point Elementary enrolls approximately 437 students in grades 04-05.
What age range does Saltars Point Elementary serve?
Saltars Point Elementary serves students from grade 04 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Saltars Point Elementary?
Approximately 17.4:1 students per teacher at Saltars Point Elementary.
How diverse is Saltars Point Elementary?
Saltars Point Elementary reports a student body of 49% White, 20% Hispanic, 5% Black, 8% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Who oversees Saltars Point Elementary?
Saltars Point Elementary is overseen by Steilacoom Hist. School District in Pierce County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.