Enrollment
381
Elementary
DISTRICT 376 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLOVER PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530141000270
Tyee Park Elementary School
11920 Seminole RD SW, Lakewood, WA 98499 · (253) 583-5380 · Pierce County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL381 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of Washington public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
15.2:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
319 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 | 13 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
28.0%
WA avg 58.4% . -19.3pp since 2014
Math
20.7%
WA avg 51.2% . -15.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 19 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 16 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.0% | 20.7% |
| 2023-24 | 24.5% | 16.8% |
| 2022-23 | 27.8% | 19.4% |
| 2021-22 | 24.7% | 19.4% |
| 2018-19 | 25.0% | 27.0% |
| 2017-18 | 29.4% | 31.0% |
| 2016-17 | 38.2% | 36.4% |
| 2015-16 | 56.0% | 53.3% |
| 2014-15 | 47.3% | 36.4% |
% 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
23.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Tyee Park Elementary School
Tyee Park Elementary School's state test result (23.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyee Park Elementary School this school | 381 | 83.7% | 23.6% |
| Lake Grove Elementary School FEDERAL WAY | 390 | 77.9% | 27.0% |
| Park Lodge Elementary School Lakewood | 363 | 78.5% | 24.7% |
| Hewins Early Learning Center Tacoma | 266 | 82.3% | N/A |
| Kent Elementary School Kent | 438 | 81.5% | 26.9% |
| James Sales Elementary Tacoma | 387 | 75.2% | 51.7% |
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 Tyee Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #881 of 936 | #141 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.7% | #1,030 of 1,103 ▲ 21 | #137 of 142 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #974 of 1,102 ▲ 49 | #133 of 142 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.3pp | #416 of 928 | #59 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 381 | #705 of 1,268 | #95 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #400 of 1,085 | #45 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.0% | #188 of 1,088 | #60 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.7% | #79 of 1,169 | #3 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.5% | #417 of 778 | #50 of 91 |
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
381
-22 (-5%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 494
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 381 | 25 | 15.2:1 | 84% (319) |
| 2023-24 | 336 | 27 | 12.4:1 | 92% (308) |
| 2022-23 | 371 | 28.2 | 13.2:1 | 92% (340) |
| 2020-21 | 403 | 25 | 16.1:1 | 75% (301) |
| 2017-18 | 451 | 30 | 15.0:1 | 80% (360) |
| 2015-16 | 450 | 28 | 16.1:1 | 86% (387) |
| 2010-11 | 396 | 22 | 18.0:1 | 91% (361) |
| 2000-01 | 287 | 16 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 494 | 22 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tyee Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (451 to 381); teachers down 17% (30 to 25).
About Tyee Park Elementary School
Tyee Park Elementary School is a public elementary school in Lakewood, Washington. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 381 students.
Clover Park School District enrolls 12,345 students in 32 schools, including Tyee Park Elementary School.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Tyee Park Elementary School is Hispanic (40%). Other students are 18% White, 15% Black, 9% multiracial, and 8% Pacific Islander. That is higher than the 13% Hispanic share among all Pierce County residents. Tyee Park Elementary School has a diversity index of 73%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 25 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.2:1. The 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington is higher than this school's figure. Roughly 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Pierce County average 50%.
Measured against Washington public elementary schools, Tyee Park Elementary School receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Tyee Park Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Washington schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 23.6% and a predicted 24.0%.
County data help place the school in context: in Pierce County, median household income is about $99,564, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The public schools of Pierce County number 287 and enroll about 138,462.
The school nearest to Tyee Park Elementary School is Gravelly Lake K-12 Academy, at a distance of about 0.4 miles. Within five miles of Tyee Park Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Tyee Park Elementary School is 4th of 5 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Tyee Park Elementary School saw enrollment fall 5% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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 Clover Park School District
- Clover Park High SchoolHigh · 1,161 students
- Lakes High SchoolHigh · 1,158 students
- Thomas Middle SchoolMiddle · 934 students
- General William H. Harrison Preparatory SchoolHigh · 738 students
- Rainier Elementary SchoolElementary · 576 students
- Hillside Elementary SchoolElementary · 567 students
Other schools in Lakewood
- Clover Park High SchoolHigh · 1,161 students
- Lakes High SchoolHigh · 1,158 students
- Thomas Middle SchoolMiddle · 934 students
- General William H. Harrison Preparatory SchoolHigh · 738 students
- Hudtloff Middle SchoolMiddle · 555 students
- Four Heroes ElementaryElementary · 541 students
Nearby schools
- Gravelly Lake K-12 Academy0.4 mi · 162
- CPSD Open Doors Program0.4 mi · 276
- Clover Park High School0.8 mi · 1,161
- Special Education Services/relife0.9 mi · 4
- Lakeview Hope Academy1.0 mi · 540
- Park Lodge Elementary School1.3 mi · 363
Frequently asked questions
About Tyee Park Elementary SchoolHow large is Tyee Park Elementary School?
Tyee Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 381 students in grades PK-05.
Is Tyee Park Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Tyee Park Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Tyee Park Elementary School?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at Tyee Park Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tyee Park Elementary School?
At Tyee Park Elementary School, the student body is approximately 18% White, 40% Hispanic, 15% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Tyee Park Elementary School public or private?
Tyee Park Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Clover Park School District.
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