Elk Plain Elementary School
Spanaway, WA 98397
Phone: (253) 800-7900
District: Bethel School District
GreatSchools Rating
public • Grades KG,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 • 588 students
Elk Plain Elementary School, a public school located in Spanaway, WA, serves grades K-8 in the Bethel School District.It has received a GreatSchools Rating of 6 out of 10, based on a variety of school quality measures.
Elk Plain Elementary School is a public school located in Spanaway, WA. 588 students attend Elk Plain Elementary School.
School Ratings
| Category | Rating | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Test Scores | 6/10 | The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 Smarter Balanced Assessment data from Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, and using 2025 Washington Comprehensive Assessment of Science data from Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. |
| Student Growth | 5/10 | The Student Progress Rating measures whether students at this school are making academic progress over time based on student growth data provided by the Department of Education. Specifically, this rating looks at how much progress individual students have made on state assessments during the past year or more, how this performance aligns with expected progress based on a student growth model established by the state Department of Education, and how this school's growth data compares to other schools in the state. The Growth Rating was created using 2025 Student growth data from Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. |
Posted: February 9, 2022
This school and the design, are ideally wonderful ideas. I can not say that all of the staff is one star because that would be wrong .
But I will say with my recent experience with the handling of the disciplinary response to certain teachers Bullying and negatively handling there pre third grade children. Its extremely disheartening and discouraging to know that a teacher in a school held so highly in the district is allowed to not help a child to grow and flourish mentally emotionally and educationally .
When parents counselors and other teacher bring it to a principals attention! and all that is asked is for that child to be removed from that class and administrators choose to not do this because they dont want to make waves with the teacher? Our children should matter and keeping them in and bullying them because you dont like there parents is ridiculous. Be better
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Posted: August 6, 2020
My son attended Kindergarten and 1st grade here. We are moving across the country, but I am so happy with the education he received here. We loved the focus on the arts, and the teachers are caring and really great at communicating with the parents to meet their child's needs. We wish we could continue at Elk Plain, but life is taking us elsewhere!
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Posted: April 26, 2020
I absolutely love it. My daughter has bloomed at this school and the teachers have been absolutely amazing. Plus, Sam Maddox the school social worker is also amazing. The specialists the kids get is so diverse (dance, theater, science, musics). The only thing they need to work on involves their middle school. They dont truly have gifted classes or advanced classes for middle school aged kids due to small class size. I plan to pull my daughter at 6th so she can get a truly advanced program offered by other middle schools in the district.
Posted: April 26, 2020
Posted: April 26, 2020
Dedicated staff focused on helping all students succeed.
Posted: April 26, 2020
Posted: April 26, 2020
Behavior can be an issue. Principal is everyones friend not necessarily a disciplinarian.
Posted: April 26, 2020
Targeted leveled groups in reading and math. They also differentiate for gifted.
Posted: April 26, 2020
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Posted: August 30, 2019
It was amazing to watch our daughter blossom in the arts!
Posted: March 26, 2018
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Posted: March 26, 2018
My Kindergartener has grown amazingly during his time here. He is reading, and has a love of math. He asked me to if he could learn computer coding at home (thank you code.org for your kid friendly website), and loves to show off his dance moves he learns in dance class. His social interaction is much more refined now as well. I am very happy with what I have seen in my son, and look forward to my daughter starting there this year.
Posted: April 14, 2016
The teachers and staff at this school are so friendly and the PTA team is fantastic. My daughter has only been attending this year but I have loved everything they are doing at this school.
Posted: May 20, 2014
The parents are what makes this school enjoyable. The principle is NOT engaging, with dishearten office staff. The teachers are focused on teaching to MSP. The children love it but as a parent, I would like the teachers to expect more from their students and offer challenges that would lead to greater success for future learning.
Posted: July 21, 2013
Good school for the lower grades but the teachers in the higher grades seem to be on auto pilot and don't assist the students. The principle really learns the families and works with parents to ensure the best possible out come for the children. The extra classes (music, art, dance and theater) are good and keep the kids engaged. One of the teachers goes out of her way to learn the children and keep them engaged, to the point that she helps them with homework before school even if they are not in her class. She will be missed as my children move on to middle school. If you stay involved with the teachers your children will have an amazing experience, if you choose to sit back and do nothing your children will not get the best out of it. Be prepared to go to many extra activities be it science fair, chocolates chimes and cheers, or plays every year but they are all fun.
Posted: October 18, 2012
Worst choice for my son. Teachers were not understanding. It was excuse after excuse about how they couldn't provide information on the weekly report. Grading was very subjective. Office staff was RUDE and condescending. It isn't a great school. I would rather have sent my child to his neighborhood school.
Posted: June 12, 2011
Both of my kids attended this school and I really appreciate the effort of the school to get the parents involved in their kids' education and activities. The reading program they have after winter break is a great program for the kids that offers incentive to read 1000 minutes. It really helps their reading levels improve drastically over the course of the 10 week challenge. The science and art program are top of the line.
Posted: April 28, 2009
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