Summary:
Impact | Puget Sound Elementary is the only school in this list, serving 505 students in kindergarten through Grade 5 in Tukwila, Washington. The school serves a community where 69.7% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reports a 15.7-to-1 student–teacher ratio, and spent $19,910 per student in 2023–2024. Because there is only one school, there are no school-to-school comparisons in this area; the most useful comparisons are among grade levels, subjects, recent years, and Washington state results.
Impact | Puget Sound Elementary performs below the state average in all three subjects in the latest results. Proficiency was 37.50% in English Language Arts, compared with 52.81% statewide; 39.91% in math, compared with 43.11%; and 40.74% in science, compared with 50.95%. English Language Arts is the largest overall concern, with similarly low results in Grades 3, 4, and 5. Math performance varies more by grade: Grade 3 was strongest at 44.19%, Grade 4 was 43.01%, and Grade 5 fell to 27.78%. Grade 5 science proficiency was 40.74%, also below the state’s 54.85%.
Results declined from the prior year in every reported subject: English Language Arts fell 10.24 percentage points, math declined 7.30 points, and science decreased 4.91 points. Math had been a relative strength in 2024–2025, when the school exceeded the state average, but it fell below the state the following year. The school’s ranking also declined from the 53rd percentile in 2023–2024 to the 31st percentile in 2025–2026. For parents, the main questions to explore are how the school is responding to the broad decline, what support is available for English Language Arts, and how it is addressing the particularly weak Grade 5 math results. These figures describe performance but do not explain its causes.
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