Enrollment
325
Elementary
DISTRICT 356 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TACOMA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530870002174
Stanley Elementary School
1712 S 17th St, Tacoma, WA 98405 · (253) 571-4500 · Pierce County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL325 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
215 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 39 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 26% larger than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
78%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 78% · 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
27.8%
WA avg 58.4% . -23.9pp since 2014
Math
27.1%
WA avg 51.2% . -20.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 24 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 20 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.8% | 27.1% |
| 2023-24 | 24.3% | 19.7% |
| 2022-23 | 44.9% | 25.2% |
| 2021-22 | 51.0% | 28.3% |
| 2018-19 | 77.2% | 62.0% |
| 2017-18 | 68.6% | 70.9% |
| 2016-17 | 65.3% | 61.0% |
| 2015-16 | 54.9% | 48.5% |
| 2014-15 | 51.7% | 47.5% |
% 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
27.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.8%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Stanley Elementary School
Stanley Elementary School's state test result (27.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanley Elementary School this school | 325 | 66.2% | 27.7% |
| Mann Elementary School Tacoma | 340 | 66.2% | 48.4% |
| Dower Elementary School Lakewood | 337 | 74.5% | 29.6% |
| Delong Elementary School Tacoma | 349 | 62.8% | 46.5% |
| Impact Public Schools Tacoma | 232 | 65.9% | 42.7% |
| Twin Lakes Elementary School FEDERAL WAY | 371 | 72.5% | 47.1% |
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 Stanley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #833 of 936 | #132 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #929 of 1,103 ▲ 101 | #125 of 142 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.8% | #981 of 1,102 ▲ 45 | #136 of 142 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -12.2pp | #18 of 928 | #3 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 325 | #879 of 1,268 | #124 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #388 of 1,085 | #42 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 78.3% | #58 of 1,088 | #26 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.2% | #336 of 1,169 | #41 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.3% | #145 of 257 | #26 of 43 |
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
325
-54 (-14%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 503
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 325 | 21.4 | 15.2:1 | 66% (215) |
| 2023-24 | 326 | 19.9 | 16.4:1 | 72% (236) |
| 2022-23 | 336 | 20.6 | 16.3:1 | 65% (220) |
| 2020-21 | 379 | 25 | 15.2:1 | 63% (238) |
| 2017-18 | 303 | 21.4 | 14.2:1 | 70% (212) |
| 2015-16 | 318 | 24 | 13.3:1 | 82% (260) |
| 2010-11 | 246 | 18 | 13.7:1 | 73% (179) |
| 2000-01 | 427 | 26 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 503 | 32 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stanley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (303 to 325); teachers unchanged (21.4 to 21.4).
About Stanley Elementary School
Stanley Elementary School, located in Tacoma, Washington, is a mid-sized elementary school. It reports enrollment of 325 students in pre-K through 5.
Tacoma School District is made up of 66 schools with 28,900 students in all.
The largest group at Stanley Elementary School is multiracial students, at 27%. After that, the student body is 23% Black, 22% Hispanic, 19% White, and 6% Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Stanley Elementary School scores 78%.
There are about 15.2 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Stanley Elementary School, which has 21.4. The school's 15.2:1 compares with an average of 17.3:1 for elementary schools in Washington. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 66%. The 50% average for public schools in Pierce County is 16 points lower.
In Washington, Stanley Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 27.7% actual against a predicted 35.8%.
In Pierce County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $99,564 a year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Pierce County number 287, with about 138,462 students.
Edna Travis Elementary School is the nearest public school to Stanley Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Stanley Elementary School ranks 5th on proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Stanley Elementary School as City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment fell 14% over 4 years, reaching 325 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Tacoma School District
- Stadium High SchoolHigh · 1,700 students
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,556 students
- Mount Tahoma High SchoolHigh · 1,410 students
- Dr. Dolores Silas High SchoolHigh · 1,160 students
- Baker Middle SchoolMiddle · 687 students
- Tacoma School of the ArtsHigh · 658 students
Other schools in Tacoma
- Stadium High SchoolHigh · 1,700 students
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,556 students
- Mount Tahoma High SchoolHigh · 1,410 students
- Dr. Dolores Silas High SchoolHigh · 1,160 students
- Washington High SchoolHigh · 989 students
- Franklin Pierce High SchoolHigh · 977 students
Other Stanley Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Stanley Elementary. Stanley Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 6.
- Stanley ElementaryOverland Park, KS · 610 students
- STANLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLStanley, ND · 463 students
- Stanley ElemWichita, KS · 439 students
- Stanley ElementaryStanley, WI · 437 students
- Stanley ElementaryStanley, VA · 337 students
Nearby schools
- Edna Travis Elementary School0.6 mi · 337
- Bryant Montessori School0.7 mi · 313
- Bryant Montessori Middle School0.7 mi · 135
- Tacoma Open Doors0.8 mi · 392
- Bates Technical High School0.8 mi · 343
- Hilltop Heritage Middle School0.8 mi · 447
Frequently asked questions
About Stanley Elementary SchoolHow large is Stanley Elementary School?
Stanley Elementary School enrolls approximately 325 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Stanley Elementary School serve?
Stanley Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Stanley Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Stanley Elementary School is approximately 15.2:1 (21 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Stanley Elementary School?
Stanley Elementary School reports a student body of 19% White, 22% Hispanic, 23% Black, 6% Asian, 27% Two or more.
Who oversees Stanley Elementary School?
Stanley Elementary School is overseen by Tacoma School District in Pierce County.
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