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Alumni: what's one memory from Warren Hunt Elem that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
681
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUYALLUP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530696002341
Warren Hunt Elem
12801 144th St E, Puyallup, WA 98374 · (253) 841-8690 · Pierce County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL681 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
333 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 2 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 125 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 94 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 10% smaller than its 6th grade class (94).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
44.5%
WA avg 58.4% . -1.8pp since 2014
Math
42.7%
WA avg 51.2% . -0.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.5% | 42.7% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 48.5% |
| 2022-23 | 49.6% | 43.7% |
| 2021-22 | 47.8% | 40.3% |
| 2018-19 | 60.0% | 61.0% |
| 2017-18 | 60.9% | 59.4% |
| 2016-17 | 50.3% | 55.9% |
| 2015-16 | 53.0% | 55.6% |
| 2014-15 | 46.3% | 43.2% |
% 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
46.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Warren Hunt Elem
Warren Hunt Elem's state test result (46.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Hunt Elem this school | 681 | 48.9% | 46.2% |
| Southworth Elementary Yelm | 671 | 46.5% | 44.8% |
| Woodland Elementary Puyallup | 606 | 49.8% | 59.9% |
| Sunrise Elementary Puyallup | 724 | 53.5% | 39.1% |
| Pleasant Valley Primary VANCOUVER | 591 | 48.7% | N/A |
| South Bay Elementary Lacey | 595 | 42.4% | 53.6% |
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 Warren Hunt Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.2% | #498 of 936 | #83 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #589 of 1,103 ▼ 118 | #81 of 142 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #637 of 1,102 ▲ 13 | #90 of 142 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.5pp | #359 of 928 | #63 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 681 | #40 of 1,268 | #9 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #632 of 1,085 | #75 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.8% | #391 of 1,088 | #95 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.9% | #662 of 1,169 | #90 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.8% | #196 of 257 | #35 of 43 |
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
681
-29 (-4%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 589
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 681 | 42.2 | 16.1:1 | 49% (333) |
| 2023-24 | 702 | 43.3 | 16.2:1 | 48% (340) |
| 2022-23 | 717 | 43.3 | 16.6:1 | 46% (330) |
| 2020-21 | 710 | 43 | 16.5:1 | 37% (265) |
| 2017-18 | 656 | 35.5 | 18.5:1 | 39% (255) |
| 2015-16 | 635 | 33 | 19.2:1 | 40% (253) |
| 2010-11 | 656 | 29 | 22.6:1 | 29% (188) |
| 2000-01 | 724 | 34 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 589 | 6 | 98.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Warren Hunt Elem.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (656 to 681); teachers up 19% (35.5 to 42.2).
About Warren Hunt Elem
Warren Hunt Elem is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Puyallup, Washington. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 681 students in pre-K through 6. The average for elementary schools in Washington is about 380 students, so this school is 79% bigger than average.
Warren Hunt Elem is one of the 37 schools that make up Puyallup School District (23,026 students in total).
Roughly 53% of students at Warren Hunt Elem are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 20% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 6% Asian, and 5% Black. The White share of the county population is higher, at 64%. Warren Hunt Elem's diversity index is 66%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at Warren Hunt Elem is 42.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 16.1:1. This ratio sits 1.2 below the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 49%. That tracks the 50% average for public schools in Pierce County.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Warren Hunt Elem would be expected to post about 47.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 46.2%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Pierce County, the median household income is $99,564, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. There are 287 public schools in Pierce County, enrolling about 138,462 students in all.
Nearby, Pope Elementary is about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles of Warren Hunt Elem, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Warren Hunt Elem is 4th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Warren Hunt Elem's enrollment declined 4%, to 681.
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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 Puyallup School District
- Puyallup High SchoolHigh · 1,815 students
- Gov John Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
- Emerald Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,599 students
- Dessie F Evans ElementaryElementary · 919 students
- Ballou Jr HighMiddle · 852 students
- Doris Stahl Junior HighMiddle · 846 students
Other schools in Puyallup
- Puyallup High SchoolHigh · 1,815 students
- Gov John Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
- Emerald Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,599 students
- Dessie F Evans ElementaryElementary · 919 students
- Ballou Jr HighMiddle · 852 students
- Doris Stahl Junior HighMiddle · 846 students
Nearby schools
- Pope Elementary0.7 mi · 710
- Ridgecrest Elementary1.0 mi · 456
- G W Edgerton Elementary1.4 mi · 753
- Firgrove Elementary1.7 mi · 593
- Ballou Jr High1.9 mi · 852
- Sunrise Elementary2.0 mi · 724
Frequently asked questions
About Warren Hunt ElemHow many students attend Warren Hunt Elem?
Warren Hunt Elem enrolls approximately 681 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Warren Hunt Elem serve?
Warren Hunt Elem serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Warren Hunt Elem?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Warren Hunt Elem is approximately 16.1:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Warren Hunt Elem?
Student demographics at Warren Hunt Elem are roughly 53% White, 20% Hispanic, 5% Black, 6% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees Warren Hunt Elem?
Warren Hunt Elem is overseen by Puyallup School District in Pierce County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.