Summary:
ZIP code 98433 has five public elementary schools serving prekindergarten through fifth grade: Rainier Elementary School, Hillside Elementary School, Evergreen Elementary School, Beachwood Elementary School, and Meriwether Elementary School. All are part of the Clover Park School District and together enroll about 2,200 students. School quality varies considerably across the area, with three schools performing above state averages in most subjects and two schools showing greater academic challenges.
Meriwether Elementary School is the strongest all-around performer, ranking in the 83rd statewide percentile and leading the area in overall science, while also maintaining consistently strong English language arts and math results. Beachwood Elementary School is a close second, with especially impressive math performance; its third-grade math proficiency rate of 87.88% is the highest individual result among these schools. Rainier Elementary School is a solid middle-to-upper performer, exceeding district and state averages in all three tested subjects and ranking in the 67th percentile statewide.
Hillside Elementary School ranks below the area’s strongest schools but is moving in a positive direction, with improved English, math, and science results and a substantial rise in statewide percentile over three years. Evergreen Elementary School is the primary area of concern, ranking in the 26th percentile and recording the lowest results in each subject. Fifth-grade math is a particularly important difference: proficiency is about 21% at Evergreen and 22% at Hillside, compared with at least 50% at the other three schools. Across the ZIP code, schools average higher proficiency than the district in every subject, especially math, but families should also consider individual school programs, staffing stability, attendance, student support, and school climate when comparing options.
Thank you for your feedback!