Summary:
Zip code 98047 has one public school, Alpac Elementary School, serving students from prekindergarten through fifth grade in Pacific, Washington. The school enrolls 534 students and is part of the Auburn School District. With about 62% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, the school serves a community with significant economic needs. Its reported student-teacher ratio is 15.5 to 1.
Alpac Elementary School has a mixed academic profile, performing better than the district overall in English language arts and mathematics. In 2025–2026, 46.85% of students were proficient in ELA, compared with 42.44% across the district, while 44.62% were proficient in mathematics, well above the district’s 32.91%. Mathematics is the school’s clearest strength: third-grade proficiency was 54.22%, exceeding both the district and state, and fourth-grade proficiency was nearly equal to the state rate. Third grade also performed well in ELA, essentially matching Washington’s statewide result.
The most important concerns are fifth-grade mathematics and science. Fifth-grade math proficiency was 31.87%, considerably below both the district and state, and 17.48 points lower than fourth-grade math. Science proficiency was 39.13%, nearly 12 points below the state, and declined sharply from 52.17% the previous year. ELA improved modestly, while overall math remained nearly unchanged. The school’s statewide ranking also declined from the 52nd percentile in 2023–2024 to the 44th percentile in 2025–2026. Parents may want to look closely at fifth-grade math and science support, while also noting the encouraging results in third- and fourth-grade mathematics.
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