Summary:
Zip code 61723 has one listed school, Olympia South Elementary School, serving pre-K through fifth grade and enrolling 331 students. In 2025–2026, its all-grade English language arts (ELA) proficiency was 50%, compared with 56% statewide and 63% in Olympia CUSD 16; math proficiency was 31%, versus 40% statewide and 41% districtwide. Fifth-grade science proficiency was 42%, compared with 48% statewide and 52% districtwide. The most important finding is that the school’s latest overall results were below state results in all three reported subjects.
Because this is the only listed school, there are no local schools to rank against each other; within the school, ELA is stronger than math relative to state results, especially in the upper grades. ELA proficiency was 2 points above the state in fourth grade and 1 point above in fifth grade, but 10 points below in third grade. Math was below the state in all three tested grades: by 15 points in third, 6 in fourth, and 13 in fifth. Results also vary by grade: ELA ranged from 38% in third grade to 58% in fourth, while math ranged from 23% in fifth to 36% in fourth. Chronic absenteeism is a brighter spot: 13%, compared with 16% districtwide and 24% statewide.
Results dropped from the prior year even as state results rose: ELA fell 11 points to 50%, while the state rose 3 points; math fell 7 points to 31%, while the state rose 1 point; and science fell 10 points to 42%, while the state rose 7 points. Olympia South Elementary School’s state gap worsened in each subject, by 14 points in ELA, 8 in math, and 16 in science. SchoolDigger’s ranking also fell to the 32nd percentile in 2025–2026, from the 62nd percentile the year before. For context, the school had a 16.5 student–teacher ratio and 54% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, with $13,790 in per-student spending that year; these figures describe the school but do not explain its results. Grade-level results reflect different student cohorts.
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