Summary:
Yelm School District has six elementary schools serving prekindergarten through fifth grade in the Yelm, Washington area, with 2,642 students, moderate average class-size ratios, and school performance ranging from well above state averages to areas needing significant improvement.
Fort Stevens Elementary is the strongest overall performer, ranking 291st of 1,138 Washington schools and exceeding district and state results in ELA, Math, and Science. It also has the lowest student-teacher ratio, 15.3:1. Yelm Prairie Elementary leads the group in Science, with 62.26% proficiency, while showing solid Math results. Mill Pond Elementary School offers the most balanced current profile, with about 53% proficiency in both ELA and Math. McKenna Elementary is particularly strong in third- and fourth-grade Math, although fifth-grade Math is a concern.
Lackamas Elementary has made the largest improvement, rising from the 29th to the 54th percentile over three years and showing especially strong recent gains in Science and ELA. In contrast, Southworth Elementary is the largest school and the primary area for closer review, ranking in the 35th percentile with the lowest all-grade ELA and Math results. Its fifth-grade Math proficiency is just 20%, and its performance declined in all three subjects year over year. Across the district, Science is the strongest and fastest-improving subject, while Math—particularly fifth-grade Math—shows the widest differences among schools. Parents comparing schools may want to consider both current results and trends, especially the strong performance at Fort Stevens and the recent improvement at Lackamas.
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