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Black student results in Tacoma School District

Across 20 schools in Tacoma School District, 22% of Black students meet proficient. That is 0.4 points above the Washington average for Black students.

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34.9%
All students
22%
Black
31.2%
Hispanic
41.2%
White
35.4%
Asian

Average across the 20 schools in Tacoma School District with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.

The distance inside one district

Among the 11 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Delong Elementary School reports 42.4% of Black students meeting the standard. Wainwright Intermediate School, in the same district, reports 3.9%. That is a 38.5-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Tacoma School District

Ranked by the share of Black students meeting proficient. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
Delong Elementary School 47.7% 42.4% 46.4% 67.9%
Mann Elementary School 47.4% 41.7% 38.2% 17.6%
Reed Elementary School 29.3% 38.9% 5.3% 2.2%
Birney Elementary School 25.9% 36.4% 29.3% 40.7% 55%
Whittier Elementary School 47.1% 34.4% 58.8% 52.8%
Arlington Elementary School 24.7% 32.1% 33.3% 47.6%
Helen Stafford Elementary School 29.7% 30% 25% 33.3% 43.3%
Manitou Park Elementary School 23.6% 29.4% 27.6% 23.5%
Hunt Middle School 46.3% 28.2% 43.7% 57.6% 0.5%
Stewart Middle School 27.6% 27.8% 22.3% 34.7% 37.2%
Angelo Giaudrone Middle School 25.1% 25.3% 20.3% 34.9% 0.5%
First Creek Middle School 19.4% 24.2% 16.9% 3.4% 38.7%
Gray Middle School 20.8% 23.1% 18.6% 33.3% 34.1%
Baker Middle School 30.1% 19.7% 23.2% 39.3% 50%
Wainwright Intermediate School 39.5% 3.9% 36.2% 51.3%
Meeker Middle School 43.7% 0.6% 30.5% 48.2% 59.3%
Crescent Heights Elementary School 58% 0.3% 46.9% 73.6%
Geiger Montessori School 56.4% 0.3% 35.4% 72.2%
Lister Elementary School 22.7% 0.3%
Hilltop Heritage Middle School 33.5% 0.2% 34.1% 48.1%

Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.

How to read this. Washington suppresses results for groups with too few students tested — 274 schools have reportable Black student results. Coverage is grades 3–8; high schools are not included. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, Washington figures should not be compared against another state's.

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