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What do you wish you knew before starting at Victor Falls Elementary?
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Enrollment
513
Elementary
DISTRICT 487 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUMNER-BONNEY LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530861001886
Victor Falls Elementary
11401 188th Ave Ct. E, Bonney Lake, WA 98391 · (253) 891-4700 · Pierce County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL513 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 87% of Washington public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
18.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
169 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 51%
Community
1
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 | 4 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
69.7%
WA avg 58.4% . -1.1pp since 2014
Math
71.4%
WA avg 51.2% . +1.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 1 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.7% | 71.4% |
| 2023-24 | 64.7% | 61.6% |
| 2022-23 | 66.9% | 55.4% |
| 2021-22 | 65.5% | 59.8% |
| 2018-19 | 69.9% | 69.9% |
| 2017-18 | 71.4% | 64.3% |
| 2016-17 | 62.3% | 56.2% |
| 2015-16 | 72.3% | 71.3% |
| 2014-15 | 70.8% | 69.5% |
% 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
65.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Victor Falls Elementary
Victor Falls Elementary's state test result (65.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Falls Elementary this school | 513 | 32.9% | 65.2% |
| Shadow Lake Elementary Maple Valley | 479 | 35.5% | 60.7% |
| Hillcrest Elementary Oak Harbor | 460 | 34.1% | 71.6% |
| Vinland Elementary Poulsbo | 527 | 31.5% | 57.4% |
| Emerald Hills Elementary Bonney Lake | 551 | 28.9% | 69.9% |
| East Olympia Elementary Olympia | 579 | 35.6% | 58.2% |
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 Victor Falls Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.2% | #192 of 936 | #25 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.4% | #115 of 1,103 ▲ 122 | #10 of 142 ▲ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #159 of 1,102 ▲ 68 | #19 of 142 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.9pp | #138 of 928 | #24 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 513 | #257 of 1,268 | #45 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #1,008 of 1,085 | #130 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.6% | #578 of 1,088 | #111 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.9% | #897 of 1,169 | #125 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.2% | #650 of 778 | #74 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
513
-25 (-5%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 628
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 513 | 27.6 | 18.6:1 | 33% (169) |
| 2023-24 | 515 | 29.6 | 17.4:1 | 32% (163) |
| 2022-23 | 529 | 30.1 | 17.6:1 | 27% (143) |
| 2020-21 | 538 | 31 | 17.4:1 | 22% (116) |
| 2017-18 | 547 | 32 | 17.1:1 | 25% (137) |
| 2015-16 | 564 | 32 | 17.6:1 | 24% (136) |
| 2010-11 | 607 | 24 | 25.3:1 | 24% (146) |
| 2000-01 | 667 | 30 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 628 | 28 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Victor Falls Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (547 to 513); teachers down 14% (32 to 27.6).
About Victor Falls Elementary
Bonney Lake, Washington, is home to Victor Falls Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. The school's enrollment of 513 students covers pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 35% higher than the average for elementary schools in Washington, which is about 380.
Sumner-Bonney Lake School District has 15 schools and 10,743 students, and Victor Falls Elementary is one of those schools.
White students are the majority at Victor Falls Elementary, with 61% of enrollment. Other groups make up 16% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, and 5% Asian. County-wide, about 64% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 58% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 18.6:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Eligible students account for 33% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Pierce County is 50%.
allk12 grades Victor Falls Elementary an A. The grade compares the school only with Washington public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Victor Falls Elementary is 7.1 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (65.2% versus 58.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Washington.
Census estimates describe Pierce County this way: the median household income is $99,564, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. In all, Pierce County has 287 public schools and roughly 138,462 students.
Bonney Lake High School is located about 0.6 miles from Victor Falls Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Victor Falls Elementary ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Victor Falls Elementary in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment at Victor Falls Elementary dropped 5% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 538 to 513 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 17.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 18.6:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Victor Falls Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Sumner-Bonney Lake School District
- Sumner High SchoolHigh · 1,857 students
- Bonney Lake High SchoolHigh · 1,643 students
- Mountain View Middle SchoolMiddle · 937 students
- Lakeridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 763 students
- Sumner Middle SchoolMiddle · 674 students
- Donald Eismann ElementaryElementary · 648 students
Other schools in Bonney Lake
- Bonney Lake High SchoolHigh · 1,643 students
- Mountain View Middle SchoolMiddle · 937 students
- Lakeridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 763 students
- Donald Eismann ElementaryElementary · 648 students
- Tehaleh Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 627 students
- Emerald Hills ElementaryElementary · 551 students
Nearby schools
- Bonney Lake High School0.6 mi · 1,643
- Mountain View Middle School0.8 mi · 937
- Liberty Ridge Elementary1.4 mi · 515
- Donald Eismann Elementary1.6 mi · 648
- Tehaleh Heights Elementary School2.0 mi · 627
- Bonney Lake Elementary2.1 mi · 435
Frequently asked questions
About Victor Falls ElementaryHow large is Victor Falls Elementary?
Victor Falls Elementary enrolls approximately 513 students in grades PK-05.
Is Victor Falls Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Victor Falls Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Victor Falls Elementary have?
Victor Falls Elementary employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Victor Falls Elementary?
At Victor Falls Elementary, the student body is approximately 61% White, 16% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Who oversees Victor Falls Elementary?
Victor Falls Elementary is overseen by Sumner-Bonney Lake School District in Pierce County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.