Victor Falls Elementary

Victor Falls Elementary is an elementary campus of average-sized scale in Bonney Lake, Washington, one of the schools within Sumner-Bonney Lake School District, teacheing 513 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 35% larger than the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 380 students.

Across the 15 schools in Sumner-Bonney Lake School District (10,743 students total), Victor Falls Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Victor Falls Elementary lists that 61% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 16% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 5% Asian. Compared to Pierce County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.6:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 33% of students at Victor Falls Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Pierce County's rate of about 50%.

After controlling for student poverty, Victor Falls Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.1%; this one delivers 65.2%.

Around the school, Pierce County reports that median household income runs about $99,564, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Pierce County runs 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students), of which Victor Falls Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Bonney Lake High School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Victor Falls Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Victor Falls Elementary at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 64.6%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 6%: 547 students in 2018 compared to 513 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 81% to 61% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 today.

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