Wilkeson Elementary School

Wilkeson Elementary School operates as a modestly sized primary school in Wilkeson, Washington, overseen by White River School District. Current enrollment sits at 253 students spanning grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 33% below the state mean of about 380.

White River School District comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 4,475 students; Wilkeson Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Wilkeson Elementary School reports that nearly all students (84%) are White. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 28% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Pierce County's rate of about 50%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Wilkeson Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.6%; this one delivers 59.5%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Pierce County shows the typical household earns roughly $99,564 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Pierce County runs 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students), of which Wilkeson Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Carbonado Historical School 19, roughly 1.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Wilkeson Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Wilkeson Elementary School comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 60.8%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wilkeson Elementary School has fell 12%, going from 288 students in 2018 to 253 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.

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