NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools WA

Best-Resourced Schools in Steilacoom, WA

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6 public K-12 schools in Steilacoom from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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6
Schools
1,845
Students
44.6/100
Avg Resource Index
14.4:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Steilacoom has more public-school enrollment than 10% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Steilacoom High enrolls 52.5% of Steilacoom's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

The listed grade span is structurally narrow

Steilacoom's 6 listed schools do not form a conventional mix of elementary, middle, and high-school campuses. The missing or thin grade bands make all-school city averages less representative of a typical K–12 pathway; district boundaries and nearby-city options may matter more for the grades not well represented here.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Steilacoom lists only 6 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 18 to 968 students, a 54-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 90%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
68th percentile
Teacher staffing
62nd percentile

Steilacoom High accounts for 52.5% of all Steilacoom public-school enrollment

That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Steilacoom a distant remainder — means Steilacoom-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Steilacoom school enrollment varies 54× across entities

Steilacoom school enrollment ranges from 18 students (lowest) to 968 students (highest), a spread of 950 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Steilacoom student-teacher ratio is 14.4:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Steilacoom is typically wider than the Steilacoom-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Firwood 50
2. Cherrydale Elementary 49
3. Saltars Point Elementary 46
4. Steilacoom High 43
5. Developmental Preschool 35
6. Steilacoom Pride Academy -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Steilacoom

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Steilacoom High 73.4/100
  2. 2 Saltars Point Elementary 68.9/100
  3. 3 Cherrydale Elementary 66.3/100
  4. 4 Firwood 53.3/100

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Which Steilacoom school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Firwood has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Steilacoom schools in this federal-data comparison at 50/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Steilacoom, WA? ▼

Steilacoom has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,845 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.4:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.