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Thompson Preschool School

Serves grades PK - PK

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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 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
15616 5th Ave E
Tacoma, WA 98445
Phone
(253) 800-4100
District
Bethel School District
County
PIERCE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
284
Classroom Teachers
0

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Washington

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(10 is best)

Better than ×% of all WA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

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(10 is best)

Thompson Preschool School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
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45%
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50%
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40%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
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19
18
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 244 85.9%
Kindergarten 40 14.1%
Total 284 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 39.4% 49.3% 53.3%
Black 12.1% 10.4% 5.4%
Hispanic 35.5% 27.1% 28.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 6.1% 5.4% 10.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 6.9% 7.9% 3.1%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 57.0% 54.5% 49.8%
Free lunch eligible 57.0% 54.5% 49.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 124,404 7,812,880
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 619.5 116
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.5% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 23.0% 18.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 34.5% 35.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.1% 24.3%
65 OR OLDER 11.9% 16.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 41,344 3,020,558
Single Parent Households With Children 11.0% 7.4%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 91.1% 92.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 18.7% 38.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 26.9% 28.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 26.2% 19.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.7% 12.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 13.2% 14.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 8.6% 11.2%
$15,000 - $29,999 5.3% 7.5%
$15,000 or less 4.1% 6.5%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,158 $175,718,000 44.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,206 $25,979,000 6.6%
Staff $1,105 $23,799,000 6.1%
General Administration $71 $1,524,000 0.4%
School Administration $1,030 $22,190,000 5.7%
Operation $1,200 $25,850,000 6.6%
Transportation $763 $16,428,000 4.2%
Other $595 $12,813,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,970 $128,583,000 32.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,035 $86,914,000 22.2%
Total Expenditures $18,163 $391,215,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,824 $10,764,786,000 47.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,388 $1,520,446,000 6.7%
Staff $1,197 $1,311,743,000 5.8%
General Administration $173 $189,960,000 0.8%
School Administration $990 $1,085,309,000 4.8%
Operation $1,353 $1,482,398,000 6.5%
Transportation $630 $690,492,000 3.0%
Other $808 $884,903,000 3.9%
Total Support $6,539 $7,165,251,000 31.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,398 $4,818,542,000 21.2%
Total Expenditures $20,761 $22,748,579,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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