Summary:
ZIP code 98467 includes two public schools serving grades K–7: Chambers Elementary serves kindergarten through fourth grade, and Drum Intermediate serves fifth through seventh grade. Both belong to the highly regarded University Place School District, ranked 11th out of 238 Washington districts and in the state’s 95th percentile. Together, the schools enroll about 1,132 students, and there are no high schools or alternative schools listed in the ZIP code.
Drum Intermediate is the stronger school by statewide ranking, placing 31st out of 514 middle schools, or in the 94th percentile. Its ranking has improved substantially over three years. The school’s strongest subject is science, with 66.04% of students proficient—well above both district and state averages. Drum also performs considerably better than the state in English language arts and math. Parents may want to note that fifth-grade results are lower than sixth- and seventh-grade results, particularly in ELA and math, while seventh-grade ELA is nearly equal to the district average.
Chambers Elementary ranks in the 82nd percentile statewide and is especially strong in mathematics. Its 68.84% all-grade math proficiency rate is about 26 points above the state average, with fourth-grade math reaching 72.45%. The school’s ELA results also exceed the state, although they trail the district average by a wider margin than Drum’s. Chambers experienced declines in both ELA and math compared with the previous year, so continued attention to literacy and maintaining math gains may be important. It has a lower student-teacher ratio and higher per-student spending than Drum, while both schools remain strong statewide options within a high-performing district.
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