Tehaleh Heights Elementary School

Tehaleh Heights Elementary School is one of the high-enrollment primary schools in Bonney Lake, Washington, part of Sumner-Bonney Lake School District, with 627 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 65% above the state mean of about 380.

Across the 15 schools in Sumner-Bonney Lake School District (10,743 students total), Tehaleh Heights Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Tehaleh Heights Elementary School reports that 55% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 17% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 9% Asian, 3% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

Looking at school resources, Tehaleh Heights Elementary School records 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.7:1. The state averages about 17.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 18% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Pierce County (around 50%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Tehaleh Heights Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Washington schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 67.9%; actual is 81.8%, +13.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, Pierce County reports that median household earnings sit near $99,564, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Tehaleh Heights Elementary School is one of 287 public schools in Pierce County (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students).

Nearest neighbor: Donald Eismann Elementary, around 1.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Tehaleh Heights Elementary School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 51.0%.

Tehaleh Heights Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

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