Summary
Chambers Prairie Elementary School is a K–5 school in Lacey serving about 490 students in the North Thurston Public Schools district, near several other elementary schools and communities in the Lacey, Olympia, and Tumwater area. The school ranks at the 36th percentile statewide, or 727th out of 1,138 Washington elementary schools, earning a two-star rating. Its 14.7-to-1 student-teacher ratio is relatively favorable, and its 2023–24 spending of $18,204 per student was higher than most nearby North Thurston schools.
Reading is the clearest academic concern. In 2025–26, 40.7% of students were proficient in English language arts, compared with 52.4% districtwide and 52.81% statewide. Results were below the district in third, fourth, and fifth grade, with especially large gaps in fourth and fifth grade. Science proficiency was also below local and state levels at 44.32%. Math was more competitive overall at 42.58%, above the district’s 38.63%, but the results varied sharply by grade: third- and fourth-grade math were well below the district, while fifth-grade math reached 51.14%, the strongest fifth-grade result among the nearby North Thurston schools listed in the data.
Within its district, Chambers Prairie Elementary School ranks below Woodland Elementary, Horizons Elementary, Evergreen Forest Elementary, Lakes Elementary School, Seven Oaks Elementary, and Lacey Elementary, ranking ahead of only Mountain View Elementary among those nearby peers. Its higher economic-need enrollment helps provide context, but does not fully explain the differences. Recent math and science gains and improved special education effectiveness are encouraging; however, schoolwide ELA, fourth-grade performance, science, and outcomes for special education and male students remain important areas for attention.
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