Tenino Elementary School

Tenino Elementary School is one of the tight-knit elementary campuss in Tenino, Washington, one of the schools within Tenino School District, with 293 students on its rolls from grades 3 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 380 students per school, that is 23% smaller than typical.

Across the 4 schools in Tenino School District (1,283 students total), Tenino Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Tenino Elementary School logs that 76% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Tenino Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Thurston County (around 43%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Tenino Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.0%, the actual is 42.3%, a residual of +1.2 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Thurston County) logs that median household income runs about $96,563, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Tenino Elementary School is one of 86 public schools in Thurston County (combined enrollment of about 44,412 students).

Nearest neighbor: Tenino Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Tenino Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Tenino Elementary School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 48.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 300 students in 2018 compared to 293 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 83% to 76% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

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