Vaughn Elementary School

Vaughn Elementary School is one of the moderately sized elementary-level communitys in Vaughn, Washington, overseen by Peninsula School District, with 326 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Vaughn Elementary School is one of 17 schools operated by Peninsula School District, a district that instructs 9,015 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Vaughn Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Pierce County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Vaughn Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Vaughn Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.0%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Pierce County shows the typical household earns roughly $99,564 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Vaughn Elementary School is one of 287 public schools in Pierce County (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students).

Key Peninsula Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.6 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Vaughn Elementary School comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 48.6%.

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

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 18%: 397 students in 2018 compared to 326 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 10% to 17%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Vaughn Elementary School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.