Thompson Preschool

Thompson Preschool is a K-5 school of tight-knit scale in Tacoma, Washington, run under Bethel School District, hosting 227 students in grades pre-K through K. Enrollment runs roughly 40% below the state mean of about 380.

Bethel School District runs 39 schools in total, collectively educating 21,732 students. Thompson Preschool is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Thompson Preschool reports that the most-represented group is White (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 25% Hispanic, 20% multiracial, 10% Black, 6% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Pierce County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 56.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Thompson Preschool higher than the state norm the norm. Around 55% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Pierce County shows median household earnings sit near $99,564, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Pierce County's 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students), Thompson Preschool is one campus in the mix.

Chester H Thompson Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Thompson Preschool's enrollment has shrank 30% since 2018, when it stood at 326 (now 227). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 64% to 35%.

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