Summary:
ZIP code 98499 has five public elementary schools serving prekindergarten through fifth grade in Lakewood’s Clover Park School District, with a combined enrollment of about 2,162 students and generally below-average statewide achievement.
Tyee Park Elementary School has the strongest overall profile in the area. It ranks highest locally for 2025–26, has the best all-grades ELA and math proficiency, and showed the largest three-year ranking improvement. Its strongest results are in fourth- and fifth-grade ELA, both at 40%, although third-grade performance is a notable area for improvement. Four Heroes Elementary ranks second locally and has the highest science proficiency. It also has the lowest reported spending per student, making its relative performance notable, although its fourth-grade math results are weak. Lakeview Hope Academy is especially competitive in math and had the largest recent math gain, but its ELA and science results lag behind its math performance.
Dower Elementary School has the area’s strongest third-grade math result, at 40.63%, but its fifth-grade math result is the lowest, showing substantial variation by grade. Park Lodge Elementary School ranks lowest locally, is the only school with zero stars, and has the weakest all-grades ELA, math, and science results despite having the lowest student-teacher ratio. Across the five schools, math is closest to the district average, while ELA is the largest relative weakness. Science improved the most overall from the prior year, but all schools remain below Washington’s statewide averages, so families should consider both schoolwide results and grade-specific trends when comparing options.
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