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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Shaw Road Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
615
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUYALLUP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530696000691
Shaw Road Elementary
1106 Shaw Rd, Puyallup, WA 98372 · (253) 841-8675 · Pierce County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL615 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
216 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 67 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 100 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 33% smaller than its 6th grade class (100).
Student demographics
66%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
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
62.1%
WA avg 58.4% . +5.3pp since 2014
Math
60.3%
WA avg 51.2% . +3.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.1% | 60.3% |
| 2023-24 | 60.6% | 57.0% |
| 2022-23 | 64.2% | 58.2% |
| 2021-22 | 69.8% | 62.0% |
| 2018-19 | 72.3% | 63.7% |
| 2017-18 | 66.0% | 64.8% |
| 2016-17 | 62.7% | 59.9% |
| 2015-16 | 62.6% | 62.0% |
| 2014-15 | 56.8% | 57.0% |
% 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
60.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.6%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Shaw Road Elementary
Shaw Road Elementary's state test result (60.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shaw Road Elementary this school | 615 | 35.1% | 60.8% |
| Stevens Creek Elementary Lake Stevens | 701 | 34.2% | 72.0% |
| Skyline Elementary Lake Stevens | 562 | 35.2% | 61.2% |
| Horizons Elementary Lacey | 580 | 38.8% | 53.5% |
| Sunset Primary UNIVERSITY PLACE | 548 | 37.8% | 59.9% |
| Emerald Heights Elementary SILVERDALE | 466 | 32.2% | 73.1% |
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 Shaw Road Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #247 of 936 | #33 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #254 of 1,103 ▲ 49 | #31 of 142 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #259 of 1,102 ▲ 33 | #32 of 142 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.7pp | #158 of 928 | #29 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 615 | #88 of 1,268 | #15 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #533 of 1,085 | #56 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.3% | #371 of 1,088 | #88 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.1% | #865 of 1,169 | #121 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.6% | #565 of 778 | #66 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
615
-90 (-13%) vs 2020
-10% since 2000-01, when it was 686
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 615 | 39 | 15.8:1 | 35% (216) |
| 2023-24 | 616 | 36.8 | 16.7:1 | 34% (207) |
| 2022-23 | 636 | 38.4 | 16.6:1 | 31% (198) |
| 2020-21 | 705 | 43 | 16.4:1 | 24% (169) |
| 2017-18 | 680 | 36.3 | 18.8:1 | 22% (148) |
| 2015-16 | 635 | 31 | 20.5:1 | 20% (130) |
| 2010-11 | 510 | 25 | 20.4:1 | 20% (101) |
| 2000-01 | 686 | 31 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shaw Road Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (680 to 615); teachers up 7% (36.3 to 39).
About Shaw Road Elementary
Shaw Road Elementary operates as a high-enrollment elementary school in Puyallup, Washington. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 6, with 615 students on the rolls. On average, elementary schools in Washington enroll around 380, and this school is 62% above that mark.
In Puyallup School District, 37 schools enroll a combined 23,026 students.
The student body at Shaw Road Elementary is 53% White. The school is also 16% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 10% Asian, and 5% Black. The White share of the county population is higher, at 64%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 66, compared with 70 nationally.
Shaw Road Elementary reported 39 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 15.8:1. Elementary schools in Washington average 17.3:1, 1.5 more students per teacher than here. There are 216 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 35% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Pierce County average 50%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Shaw Road Elementary is +4.1 points: 60.8% actual, 56.6% predicted.
Looking at the county, Pierce County, median household income comes to about $99,564, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county's public schools total 287, with about 138,462 students.
The closest school to Shaw Road Elementary is Spinning Elementary, located about 1.0 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Shaw Road Elementary. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Shaw Road Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Shaw Road Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The school's student count fell 13% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
The Shaw Road Elementary discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Puyallup School District
- Puyallup High SchoolHigh · 1,815 students
- Gov John Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
- Emerald Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,599 students
- Dessie F Evans ElementaryElementary · 919 students
- Ballou Jr HighMiddle · 852 students
- Doris Stahl Junior HighMiddle · 846 students
Other schools in Puyallup
- Puyallup High SchoolHigh · 1,815 students
- Gov John Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
- Emerald Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,599 students
- Dessie F Evans ElementaryElementary · 919 students
- Ballou Jr HighMiddle · 852 students
- Doris Stahl Junior HighMiddle · 846 students
Nearby schools
- Spinning Elementary1.0 mi · 299
- Wildwood Elementary1.3 mi · 364
- Sumner Middle School1.4 mi · 674
- Kalles Junior High1.5 mi · 762
- Maple Lawn Elementary1.5 mi · 628
- Ferrucci Jr High1.6 mi · 815
Frequently asked questions
About Shaw Road ElementaryHow many students attend Shaw Road Elementary?
Shaw Road Elementary enrolls approximately 615 students in grades KG-06.
Is Shaw Road Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Shaw Road Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Shaw Road Elementary have?
Shaw Road Elementary employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Shaw Road Elementary?
At Shaw Road Elementary, the student body is approximately 53% White, 16% Hispanic, 5% Black, 10% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Is Shaw Road Elementary public or private?
Shaw Road Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Puyallup School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.