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Lake Tapps Elementary School

Serves grades 1 - 3

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
1320 178th Avenue E.
Lake Tapps, WA 98391
Phone
(253) 862-6600
District
DIERINGER SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
PIERCE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
412
Classroom Teachers
29

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Washington

10

(10 is best)

Better than 92.3% of all WA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Lake Tapps Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

80 60 40 20 0
72%
48%
68%
47%
76%
49%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 15 10 5 0
14
18
18
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 1 120 29.1%
Grade 2 145 35.2%
Grade 3 147 35.7%
Total 412 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 73.6% 74.1% 55.0%
Black 2.7% 3.7% 5.3%
Hispanic 11.5% 11.1% 27.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 10.7% 9.6% 9.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.6% 1.5% 2.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 15.0% 17.5% 42.5%
Free lunch eligible 10.7% 13.0% 35.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 4.4% 4.6% 7.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 10,308 7,785,786
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 884.2 115
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.9% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 23.0% 18.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 30.2% 35.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 30.1% 25.0%
65 OR OLDER 11.8% 15.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 3,547 2,949,682
Single Parent Households With Children 6.3% 7.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 96.3% 91.9%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 38.5% 37.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 36.9% 22.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 26.9% 18.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.8% 13.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 10.8% 16.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 4.3% 13.3%
$15,000 - $29,999 4.5% 9.1%
$15,000 or less 2.7% 7.0%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,606 $13,511,420 52.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,348 $2,116,360 8.2%
Staff $958 $1,504,060 5.8%
General Administration $211 $331,270 1.3%
School Administration $745 $1,169,650 4.5%
Operation $1,103 $1,731,710 6.7%
Transportation $838 $1,315,660 5.1%
Other $927 $1,455,390 5.6%
Total Support $6,129 $9,622,530 37.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,751 $2,749,070 10.6%
Total Expenditures $16,485 $25,881,450 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,986 $9,744,631,794 46.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,217 $1,319,633,091 6.3%
Staff $1,134 $1,230,185,842 5.8%
General Administration $148 $160,712,680 0.8%
School Administration $902 $978,095,459 4.6%
Operation $1,153 $1,250,589,826 5.9%
Transportation $569 $616,642,523 2.9%
Other $696 $755,170,389 3.6%
Total Support $5,820 $6,311,213,282 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,630 $5,021,166,137 23.8%
Total Expenditures $19,436 $21,077,045,714 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%