Enrollment
326
Elementary
DISTRICT 405 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENINSULA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530669000988
Vaughn Elementary School
17521 Hall Road KPN, Vaughn, WA 98394 · (253) 530-4700 · Pierce County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL326 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
150 students
DISTRICT 26% · 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 | 36 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
51.0%
WA avg 58.4% . -3.1pp since 2014
Math
45.9%
WA avg 51.2% . -8.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 45.9% |
| 2023-24 | 56.6% | 55.6% |
| 2022-23 | 61.9% | 55.4% |
| 2021-22 | 62.1% | 52.1% |
| 2018-19 | 60.3% | 56.7% |
| 2017-18 | 64.6% | 59.8% |
| 2016-17 | 67.4% | 61.4% |
| 2015-16 | 61.7% | 60.8% |
| 2014-15 | 54.1% | 54.1% |
% 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
54.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Vaughn Elementary School
Vaughn Elementary School's state test result (54.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vaughn Elementary School this school | 326 | 46.0% | 54.0% |
| Mccleary Elem McCleary | 332 | 45.2% | 42.4% |
| Mount Erie Elementary Anacortes | 327 | 46.8% | 58.5% |
| Beacon Avenue Elementary School Montesano | 333 | 46.5% | N/A |
| Harmony Elementary BELLINGHAM | 288 | 46.5% | 43.1% |
| Columbia River Gorge Elementary School Washougal | 340 | 42.6% | N/A |
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 Vaughn Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #363 of 936 | #58 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #512 of 1,103 ▼ 180 | #73 of 142 ▼ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #491 of 1,102 ▼ 129 | #73 of 142 ▼ 21 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.7pp | #50 of 928 | #9 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 326 | #875 of 1,268 | #123 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #378 of 1,085 | #38 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.8% | #892 of 1,088 | #134 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.0% | #712 of 1,169 | #97 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.9% | #356 of 778 | #42 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
326
-21 (-6%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 401
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 326 | 21.5 | 15.2:1 | 46% (150) |
| 2023-24 | 323 | 22 | 14.7:1 | 48% (154) |
| 2022-23 | 327 | 22.1 | 14.8:1 | 43% (139) |
| 2020-21 | 347 | 27 | 12.8:1 | 34% (119) |
| 2017-18 | 397 | 26 | 15.3:1 | 40% (160) |
| 2015-16 | 371 | 23 | 16.1:1 | 42% (157) |
| 2010-11 | 417 | 23 | 18.1:1 | 39% (163) |
| 2000-01 | 636 | 32 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 401 | 16 | 25.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vaughn Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (397 to 326); teachers down 17% (26 to 21.5).
About Vaughn Elementary School
Vaughn Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school found in Vaughn, Washington. It had 326 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5.
Peninsula School District has a total of 17 schools and 9,015 students, Vaughn Elementary School among them.
Federal enrollment data show Vaughn Elementary School is 74% White. The next largest groups are 17% Hispanic and 8% multiracial. The school's White share is 10 points above the 64% share among Pierce County residents. A diversity index of 42% means there is a 42% chance two randomly chosen students at Vaughn Elementary School are from different groups.
There are 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 15.2:1. The average for elementary schools in Washington, 17.3:1, is higher. Of all students at Vaughn Elementary School, 46% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Vaughn Elementary School would score about 49.3%. It scores 54.0%, 4.7 points above that figure.
American Community Survey estimates for Pierce County show that the median household earns about $99,564 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Pierce County has 287 public schools with about 138,462 students, including Vaughn Elementary School.
Key Peninsula Middle School is about 2.6 miles from Vaughn Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Vaughn Elementary School holds 3 other public schools. The school's 54.0% average proficiency ranks 4th among 7 nearby schools.
Vaughn Elementary School is in rural territory close to an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 326, compared with 347 in 2020-21. Students per teacher increased from 12.8 in 2020-21 to 15.2 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Vaughn Elementary School. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Peninsula School District
- Gig Harbor HighHigh · 1,375 students
- Peninsula High SchoolHigh · 1,345 students
- Harbor Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 627 students
- Goodman Middle SchoolMiddle · 519 students
- Swift Water ElementaryElementary · 519 students
- Kopachuck Middle SchoolMiddle · 516 students
Other Vaughn Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Vaughn Elementary. Vaughn Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 6.
- VAUGHN ELEMENTARYBENTONVILLE, AR · 647 students
- Vaughn Elementary SchoolFRISCO, TX · 629 students
- Vaughn Elementary SchoolAURORA, CO · 446 students
- Vaughn ElementaryVaughn, MT · 93 students
- VAUGHN ELEMENTARYVAUGHN, NM · 43 students
Nearby schools
- Key Peninsula Middle School2.6 mi · 444
- Minter Creek Elementary4.1 mi · 272
- Voyager Elementary5.0 mi · 443
- Kopachuck Middle School5.1 mi · 516
- Hawkins Middle School5.8 mi · 485
- North Mason Senior High School5.9 mi · 735
Frequently asked questions
About Vaughn Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Vaughn Elementary School?
Vaughn Elementary School enrolls approximately 326 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Vaughn Elementary School serve?
Vaughn Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Vaughn Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Vaughn Elementary School is approximately 15.2:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Vaughn Elementary School?
At Vaughn Elementary School, the student body is approximately 74% White, 17% Hispanic, 8% Two or more.
Is Vaughn Elementary School public or private?
Vaughn Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Peninsula School District.
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