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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

Black Lake Elementary, Olympia, WA

Black Lake Elementary is a public elementary school in Olympia, part of Tumwater School District. It enrolled 382 students in 2024-25, with 16.6 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
382
Teachers (FTE)
23.0
Students per teacher
16.6
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is 1.3 lower than the district figure of 17.9. The Washington average across schools is 18.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school16.6
District17.9
Washington18.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
6345 Belmore-Black Lake Road, Olympia, WA 98512
County
Thurston County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Small
NCES school ID
530910001889
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
94
Reduced-price lunch
35
Free or reduced-price lunch
12933.8% of enrollment.
Direct certification
82Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Tumwater School District

Elementary schools elsewhere in Olympia

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.