James Sales Elementary School

Tacoma, WA 98444

Phone: (253) 298-4205
District: Franklin Pierce School District

7

GreatSchools Rating

public • Grades KG,1,2,3,4,5 • 395 students

James Sales Elementary School, a public school located in Tacoma, WA, serves grades K-5 in the Franklin Pierce School District.It has received a GreatSchools Rating of 7 out of 10, based on a variety of school quality measures.

James Sales Elementary School is a public school located in Tacoma, WA. 395 students attend James Sales 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 8/10 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: June 2, 2021

James Sales Elementary has been used for all of my children. All of them have been stunted in their academic growth because they have not been able to work at the pace they need to. They have to wait for other students to finish the pages and are called out for working ahead. At least they're not causing trouble! Geesh! Let them be productive and grow. I'd homeschool them if I could because this is ridiculous. Being told you can get an education doesn't mean that everyone has to have the same education.

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Posted: June 17, 2016

The principal ruins my day every time I see her. she is condescending and does not listen to the parents at all.

Posted: November 19, 2015

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Posted: November 19, 2015

We love this school teacher are sweet all the kids are well behaved. excited to see what's to come in the future with this school.

Posted: January 4, 2012

This is a GREAT School. My granddaughter is so excited to go to school each day and likes her teacher so much. She was polite before but has become so much more since starting kindergarten. I highly recommend this school for positive feed back for the students.

Reviews provided by GreatSchools™

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