Summary:
Pacific, Washington has one listed public school, Alpac Elementary School, serving students from Pre-K through fifth grade in the Auburn School District. The school enrolls 534 students, has a 15.5-to-1 student–teacher ratio, and serves a community in which about 62% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–25.
Alpac’s performance is mixed but generally stronger than the district average. In 2025–26, 46.85% of students were proficient in English language arts, 44.62% in math, and 39.13% in science. Compared with the district, Alpac was ahead in all three subjects, with its largest advantage in math. Math was also slightly above the state average overall. The strongest grade-level results were in third- and fourth-grade math: 54.22% and 49.35% proficient, respectively. Third-grade English language arts was another bright spot, nearly matching the state result and exceeding the district by more than eight percentage points.
The main concerns are concentrated in fifth grade and in science. Fifth-grade math proficiency fell to 31.87%, well below both the district and state, while fifth-grade science was 39.13%, nearly 16 points below the state. Science also declined sharply from 52.17% in 2024–25 to 39.13% in 2025–26; English language arts improved modestly, while overall math was essentially unchanged. Alpac’s ranking declined from the 52nd percentile in 2023–24 to the 44th percentile in 2025–26, with its rating moving from three stars to two. For families, the key questions are how the school is addressing fifth-grade math and science, and how it plans to sustain the stronger results seen in earlier grades.
Thank you for your feedback!