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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to K

Thompson Preschool, Tacoma, WA

CEP schoolThompson Preschool is a public elementary school in Tacoma, part of Bethel School District. It enrolled 227 students in 2024-25, with 56.8 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
227
Teachers (FTE)
4.0
Students per teacher
56.8
Grades
PK to K

This school's ratio is 38.3 higher than the district figure of 18.5. The Washington average across schools is 18.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school56.8
District18.5
Washington18.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
15616 5th Ave E, Tacoma, WA 98445
Phone
(253)800-4100
District
Bethel School District
County
Pierce County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
530048003091
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
110
Reduced-price lunch
15
Free or reduced-price lunch
12555.1% of enrollment.
Direct certification
83Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

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 Bethel School District

Elementary schools elsewhere in Tacoma

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.