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If you could change one rule at Tehaleh Heights Elementary School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
627
Elementary
DISTRICT 487 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUMNER-BONNEY LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530861003643
Tehaleh Heights Elementary School
17520 Berkeley Parkway East, Bonney Lake, WA 98391 · (253) 891-6530 · Pierce County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL627 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% of Washington public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
17.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
115 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 99 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 140 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (140) is 65% larger than its 5th grade class (85).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
86.3%
WA avg 58.4% . +6.9pp since 2018
Math
84.6%
WA avg 51.2% . +2.8pp since 2018
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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 7 points since 2018, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 86.3% | 84.6% |
| 2023-24 | 84.3% | 78.9% |
| 2022-23 | 82.3% | 80.3% |
| 2021-22 | 76.9% | 78.7% |
| 2018-19 | 79.4% | 81.8% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
81.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.9%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 68% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Washington's top 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 Tehaleh Heights Elementary School
Tehaleh Heights Elementary School's state test result (81.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tehaleh Heights Elementary School this school | 627 | 18.3% | 81.8% |
| Donald Eismann Elementary Bonney Lake | 648 | 25.2% | 67.7% |
| Lafayette Elementary School SEATTLE | 532 | 16.0% | 70.0% |
| Tahoma Elementary Maple Valley | 688 | 20.6% | 65.7% |
| Orchard Elementary Richland | 594 | 24.4% | N/A |
| Snoqualmie Elementary SNOQUALMIE | 547 | 14.8% | 84.7% |
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 Tehaleh Heights Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.8% | #37 of 936 | #1 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.6% | #25 of 1,103 ▲ 24 | #1 of 142 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.3% | #16 of 1,102 ▲ 8 | #1 of 142 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.6pp | #152 of 928 | #28 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 627 | #79 of 1,268 | #13 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #932 of 1,085 | #117 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.0% | #438 of 1,088 | #99 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.3% | #1,048 of 1,169 | #144 of 148 |
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
627
+217 (+53%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 627 | 35.5 | 17.7:1 | 18% (115) |
| 2023-24 | 497 | 31.2 | 15.9:1 | 17% (85) |
| 2022-23 | 487 | 30.3 | 16.1:1 | 14% (66) |
| 2020-21 | 410 | 26 | 15.8:1 | 7% (30) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tehaleh Heights Elementary School.
About Tehaleh Heights Elementary School
Tehaleh Heights Elementary School, a large elementary school, is located in Bonney Lake, Washington. Enrolled students number 627 students, in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Washington average about 380 students each.
Sumner-Bonney Lake School District runs 15 schools with a combined 10,743 students. Tehaleh Heights Elementary School is one of them.
Tehaleh Heights Elementary School is 55% White by enrollment. Smaller groups are 17% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 9% Asian, and 3% Black. County-wide, 64% of Pierce County residents are White. Tehaleh Heights Elementary School's diversity index is 64%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 17.7:1. That matches the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington fairly closely. Eligible students account for 18% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Public schools in Pierce County average 50%.
Tehaleh Heights Elementary School is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 99% of Washington public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Tehaleh Heights Elementary School beats its 67.9% prediction with 81.8%, a top-10% result in Washington.
Across Pierce County, the median household income is $99,564, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pierce County is home to 287 public schools and about 138,462 public school students.
The nearest other public school, Donald Eismann Elementary, is about 1.0 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Tehaleh Heights Elementary School ranks 1st of 9 on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Reported enrollment: 410 (2020-21) and 627 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.8:1 in 2020-21, and 17.7:1 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. 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 Sumner-Bonney Lake School District
- Sumner High SchoolHigh · 1,857 students
- Bonney Lake High SchoolHigh · 1,643 students
- Mountain View Middle SchoolMiddle · 937 students
- Lakeridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 763 students
- Sumner Middle SchoolMiddle · 674 students
- Donald Eismann ElementaryElementary · 648 students
Other schools in Bonney Lake
- Bonney Lake High SchoolHigh · 1,643 students
- Mountain View Middle SchoolMiddle · 937 students
- Lakeridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 763 students
- Donald Eismann ElementaryElementary · 648 students
- Emerald Hills ElementaryElementary · 551 students
- Victor Falls ElementaryElementary · 513 students
Nearby schools
- Donald Eismann Elementary1.0 mi · 648
- Orting High School1.9 mi · 876
- Orting Elementary School1.9 mi · 567
- Ptarmigan Ridge Elementary School1.9 mi · 723
- Orting Middle School2.0 mi · 643
- Victor Falls Elementary2.0 mi · 513
Frequently asked questions
About Tehaleh Heights Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Tehaleh Heights Elementary School?
Tehaleh Heights Elementary School enrolls approximately 627 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Tehaleh Heights Elementary School serve?
Tehaleh Heights Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Tehaleh Heights Elementary School?
Approximately 17.7:1 students per teacher at Tehaleh Heights Elementary School.
How diverse is Tehaleh Heights Elementary School?
Tehaleh Heights Elementary School reports a student body of 55% White, 17% Hispanic, 3% Black, 9% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Is Tehaleh Heights Elementary School public or private?
Tehaleh Heights Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sumner-Bonney Lake School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.