Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 98513

ZIP code 98513 has four schools serving elementary-age students: Meadows Elementary (PK–5), Horizons Elementary (K–5), Chambers Prairie Elementary School (K–5), and Wa He Lut Indian School (K–8), with the first three belonging to North Thurston Public Schools.

Meadows Elementary is the strongest overall performer in the area. It ranks in the 70th state percentile and leads the North Thurston schools in ELA, math, and science, with proficiency rates of 58.06%, 52.75%, and 63.64%. Its science result is especially strong, and it improved substantially in science from the prior year. Horizons Elementary ranks second, in the 62nd percentile. It offers balanced results, including math proficiency of 52.11%, which is well above district and state averages. However, its ELA and science scores declined recently. Both Meadows and Horizons show a notable fifth-grade math drop compared with earlier grades.

Chambers Prairie Elementary School ranks lower, in the 36th percentile, although math is its relative strength and fifth-grade math reaches 51.14%. Its overall ELA, math, and science results trail the other North Thurston schools. It also has the district’s highest reported per-student spending and a lower student-teacher ratio, illustrating that these measures alone do not predict achievement. Wa He Lut Indian School is much smaller, with 131 students and an 8.1 student-teacher ratio, but no test-score or ranking data are provided, so its academic performance cannot be compared from these records.