Enrollment
400
Elementary
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TUMWATER SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530910002381
Tumwater Hill Elementary
3120 Ridgeview St SW, Tumwater, WA 98512 · (360) 709-7300 · Thurston County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL400 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of Washington public elementary schools
- B-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.
- A-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
16.4:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
150 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 10 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
55.0%
WA avg 58.4% . -7.9pp since 2014
Math
47.5%
WA avg 51.2% . -9.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 47.5% |
| 2023-24 | 47.1% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 37.2% |
| 2021-22 | 47.3% | 40.8% |
| 2018-19 | 62.9% | 55.6% |
| 2017-18 | 66.2% | 54.4% |
| 2016-17 | 58.8% | 51.7% |
| 2015-16 | 64.3% | 60.9% |
| 2014-15 | 62.9% | 56.7% |
% 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
49.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Tumwater Hill Elementary
Tumwater Hill Elementary's state test result (49.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tumwater Hill Elementary this school | 400 | 37.5% | 49.9% |
| Emerald Elementary School Vancouver | 440 | 38.0% | N/A |
| McLane Elementary School OLYMPIA | 407 | 40.8% | 43.2% |
| Black Diamond Elementary Black Diamond | 414 | 34.3% | 51.2% |
| Harmony Elementary School Vancouver | 467 | 37.7% | N/A |
| Westgate Elementary EDMONDS | 472 | 37.5% | 55.4% |
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 Tumwater Hill Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Thurston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.9% | #434 of 936 | #21 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #486 of 1,103 ▲ 61 | #19 of 39 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #408 of 1,102 ▲ 148 | #17 of 39 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.2pp | #166 of 928 | #5 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 400 | #639 of 1,268 | #26 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #694 of 1,085 | #22 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.4% | #428 of 1,088 | #18 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.5% | #838 of 1,169 | #32 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #671 of 778 | #24 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
400
+37 (+10%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 394
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 400 | 24.3 | 16.4:1 | 38% (150) |
| 2023-24 | 380 | 22.4 | 17.0:1 | 37% (141) |
| 2022-23 | 370 | 22.9 | 16.2:1 | 35% (131) |
| 2020-21 | 363 | 26 | 14.0:1 | 31% (112) |
| 2017-18 | 422 | 25.7 | 16.4:1 | 26% (108) |
| 2015-16 | 474 | 27 | 17.6:1 | 30% (143) |
| 2010-11 | 470 | 26 | 18.1:1 | 36% (171) |
| 2000-01 | 442 | 24 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 394 | 17 | 23.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tumwater Hill Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (422 to 400); teachers down 5% (25.7 to 24.3).
About Tumwater Hill Elementary
Tumwater Hill Elementary is an elementary school in Tumwater, Washington, according to federal school records. It teaches 400 students in pre-K through 5.
Tumwater Hill Elementary is part of a district of 14 schools: Tumwater School District, with 6,350 students.
Federal enrollment data show Tumwater Hill Elementary is 54% White. Other groups make up 21% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 9% Asian, and 4% Black. Thurston County as a whole is about 72% White, so the school's share is lower. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 64, compared with 70 nationally.
Tumwater Hill Elementary reported 24.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 16.4:1. Elementary schools in Washington have an average ratio of 17.3:1. Roughly 38% of students at Tumwater Hill Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Washington public elementary schools, Tumwater Hill Elementary outscored 41%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Tumwater Hill Elementary is 5.2 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (49.9% versus 55.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Washington.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Thurston County show that the median household earns about $96,563 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Across Thurston County, 86 public schools serve about 44,412 students.
Tumwater Hill Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Thurs Co Juv Det/Tumwater West E, about 0.9 miles away. The five-mile area around Tumwater Hill Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Tumwater Hill Elementary ranks 4th of 7 nearby schools, at 49.9% versus a 52.6% average.
Locale data from NCES put Tumwater Hill Elementary inside a principal city with a population under 100,000 (City: Small).
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 400, up from 363 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 16.4:1, from 14.0:1.
Tumwater Hill Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Tumwater School District
- Tumwater High SchoolHigh · 1,117 students
- George Bush Middle SchoolMiddle · 762 students
- A G West Black Hills High SchoolHigh · 753 students
- Tumwater Middle SchoolMiddle · 665 students
- Peter G Schmidt ElementaryElementary · 606 students
- East Olympia ElementaryElementary · 579 students
Other schools in Tumwater
- Tumwater High SchoolHigh · 1,117 students
- George Bush Middle SchoolMiddle · 762 students
- A G West Black Hills High SchoolHigh · 753 students
- Tumwater Middle SchoolMiddle · 665 students
- Peter G Schmidt ElementaryElementary · 606 students
- Washington Connections Academy - Mary M. KnightElementary · 600 students
Nearby schools
- Thurs Co Juv Det/Tumwater West E0.9 mi · 5
- Michael T Simmons Elementary0.9 mi · 457
- ESD 113 Consortium Reengagement Program1.5 mi · 344
- Lincoln Elementary School1.5 mi · 300
- Tumwater Middle School1.7 mi · 665
- Olympia High School1.9 mi · 1,901
Frequently asked questions
About Tumwater Hill ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Tumwater Hill Elementary?
Tumwater Hill Elementary enrolls approximately 400 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Tumwater Hill Elementary serve?
Tumwater Hill Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Tumwater Hill Elementary?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at Tumwater Hill Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tumwater Hill Elementary?
At Tumwater Hill Elementary, the student body is approximately 54% White, 21% Hispanic, 4% Black, 9% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Tumwater Hill Elementary?
Tumwater Hill Elementary is overseen by Tumwater School District in Thurston County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.