Washington Elementary School

Located at 2615 N. Adams Street, in Tacoma, Washington, Washington Elementary School is a moderately sized K-5 school that educates 383 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Tacoma School District.

Tacoma School District runs 66 schools in total, collectively educating 28,900 students. Washington Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Washington Elementary School records that 72% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 11% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 3% Black. By comparison, Pierce County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.8:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 21% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Pierce County's rate of about 50%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Washington Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.2%, the actual is 70.5%, a residual of +4.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Pierce County put median household earnings sit near $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. Across Pierce County's 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students), Washington Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Mason Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Washington Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 57.0%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 20%: 478 students in 2018 compared to 383 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share grew from 68% to 72%.

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