Summary:
ZIP code 98443 has one listed public school, Waller Road Elementary, serving about 306 students in kindergarten through sixth grade. The area does not have a listed middle school, high school, or alternative school, and the school is part of the Puyallup School District.
Waller Road Elementary has shown encouraging recent progress, with its statewide ranking rising from the 28th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 35th percentile in 2025–2026, along with an increase from one star to two stars. Math is the school’s strongest overall subject and improved from 35.63% proficient to 41.14% in the latest year. Its math performance was only slightly below district and state averages. The school’s 13.8-to-1 student-teacher ratio may be useful context for families, while its 60.78% free- or reduced-price lunch participation indicates that many students may have significant educational and community support needs.
Academic results vary considerably by grade. Sixth grade is the strongest area, with 62.50% of students proficient in English language arts and 55.00% proficient in math—both higher than district and state results. Third-grade math was also competitive with those benchmarks. In contrast, grades 4 and 5 are the main areas of concern: fourth-grade proficiency was about 30% in both English language arts and math, while fifth-grade results were 25.58% in English language arts, 30.23% in math, and 39.53% in science. Overall, the school trails district and state averages most noticeably in English language arts and science, so families may want to ask about support in those subjects, interventions for grades 4–5, and whether successful sixth-grade instructional practices are being extended to younger grades.
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