Enrollment
293
Elementary
DISTRICT 305 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TENINO SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530882002241
Tenino Elementary School
301 Old Highway 99 N, Tenino, WA 98589 · (360) 264-3700 · Thurston County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL293 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% of Washington public elementary schools
- C+Test 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.
- C+Three-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
15.6:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
171 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 100 | 34% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 29% |
| Grade 5 | 108 | 37% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Tenino School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
43.8%
WA avg 58.4% . -5.6pp since 2014
Math
35.6%
WA avg 51.2% . -9.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 10 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.8% | 35.6% |
| 2023-24 | 46.2% | 40.1% |
| 2022-23 | 46.2% | 41.6% |
| 2021-22 | 45.9% | 35.5% |
| 2018-19 | 57.7% | 45.6% |
| 2017-18 | 54.3% | 38.2% |
| 2016-17 | 50.3% | 46.9% |
| 2015-16 | 50.2% | 49.1% |
| 2014-15 | 49.5% | 45.2% |
% 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
42.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Tenino Elementary School
Tenino Elementary School's state test result (42.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tenino Elementary School this school | 293 | 58.4% | 42.3% |
| South Pines Elementary Spokane Valley | 288 | 60.4% | 50.8% |
| McDonald Elementary School Spokane Valley | 282 | 56.0% | 57.5% |
| Browne Elementary Spokane | 316 | 61.1% | 47.6% |
| Julius A Wendt Elementary/John C Thomas Middle School CATHLAMET | 272 | 57.7% | 43.8% |
| Franklin Elementary PORT ANGELES | 318 | 56.0% | N/A |
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 Tenino Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Thurston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #578 of 936 | #34 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.6% | #757 of 1,103 ▼ 130 | #35 of 39 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #657 of 1,102 ▼ 85 | #32 of 39 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.0pp | #325 of 928 | #16 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 293 | #967 of 1,268 | #38 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #492 of 1,085 | #15 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.5% | #930 of 1,088 | #37 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.4% | #473 of 1,169 | #9 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.3% | #735 of 778 | #26 of 27 |
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
293
-1 (0%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 335
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 293 | 18.8 | 15.6:1 | 58% (171) |
| 2023-24 | 274 | 18.4 | 14.9:1 | 55% (152) |
| 2022-23 | 282 | 17.4 | 16.2:1 | 57% (162) |
| 2020-21 | 294 | 17 | 17.3:1 | 49% (144) |
| 2017-18 | 300 | 17.7 | 17.0:1 | 51% (154) |
| 2015-16 | 281 | 15 | 18.7:1 | 52% (145) |
| 2010-11 | 282 | 15 | 18.8:1 | 38% (107) |
| 2000-01 | 333 | 16 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 335 | 16 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tenino Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (300 to 293); teachers up 6% (17.7 to 18.8).
About Tenino Elementary School
Tenino, Washington, is home to Tenino Elementary School, a small elementary school. Students in grades 3 through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 293 students. The average among elementary schools in Washington is roughly 380 students; this school is 23% smaller than that.
Tenino Elementary School reports to Tenino School District, which has 4 schools and 1,283 students.
White students make up a majority at Tenino Elementary School, at 76%. The remaining students are 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 39% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 15.6:1, with 18.8 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Tenino Elementary School is 58%. It compares with 43% for public schools in Thurston County.
allk12 grades Tenino Elementary School a C. The grade compares the school only with Washington public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Tenino Elementary School is +1.2 points: 42.3% actual, 41.0% predicted.
Thurston County census figures show that the median household income is $96,563, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Thurston County is home to 86 public schools and about 44,412 public school students.
Tenino Middle School is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number 3. The nearest schools with test data average 48.2%, higher than Tenino Elementary School's 42.3%.
Federal data place Tenino Elementary School in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 294 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 293. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 17.3:1 to 15.6:1.
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Thurston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
299,067
Census ACS
Median income
$96,563
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
44,412 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tenino School District
- Tenino High SchoolHigh · 383 students
- Parkside ElementaryElementary · 316 students
- Tenino Middle SchoolMiddle · 291 students
Other schools in Tenino
- Tenino High SchoolHigh · 383 students
- Parkside ElementaryElementary · 316 students
- Tenino Middle SchoolMiddle · 291 students
Nearby schools
- Tenino Middle School0.1 mi · 291
- Parkside Elementary0.4 mi · 316
- Tenino High School0.5 mi · 383
- East Olympia Elementary6.9 mi · 579
- Rainier Elementary School7.5 mi · 493
- Rainier Senior High School7.6 mi · 283
Frequently asked questions
About Tenino Elementary SchoolHow large is Tenino Elementary School?
Tenino Elementary School enrolls approximately 293 students in grades 03-05.
Is Tenino Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Tenino Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 03-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Tenino Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Tenino Elementary School is approximately 15.6:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Tenino Elementary School?
Student demographics at Tenino Elementary School are roughly 76% White, 13% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Tenino Elementary School in?
Tenino Elementary School is part of Tenino School District.
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