Helen Stafford Elementary School
No overall score. Washington results are shown as published by OSPI. We are not showing scores for Washington schools until OSPI confirms its licence allows them. How we score schools
Performance (state tests, 2025-26)
% meeting standard on state tests in Washington, all students. Colored bars are green when the school is at or above the average for similar Washington schools.
Results over time
How this school's published results have moved year by year. This school takes more than one kind of test and the mix changes from year to year, so the percentile is the fairer comparison over time.
All 20 published results by grade and test
As published by Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI). "Hidden" means the state didn't publish the result to protect student privacy.
| Subject | Grade | Test | Result | Students tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English language arts | Grade 3 | AIM | hidden (small group) | — |
| English language arts | Grade 4 | AIM | hidden (small group) | — |
| English language arts | Grade 5 | AIM | hidden (small group) | — |
| English language arts | All grades | AIM | 50 | 10 |
| English language arts | Grade 3 | SBAC | 29.2 | 65 |
| English language arts | Grade 4 | SBAC | 30.8 | 78 |
| English language arts | Grade 5 | SBAC | 38.7 | 62 |
| English language arts | All grades | SBAC | 32.7 | 205 |
| Math | Grade 3 | AIM | hidden (small group) | — |
| Math | Grade 4 | AIM | hidden (small group) | — |
| Math | Grade 5 | AIM | hidden (small group) | — |
| Math | All grades | AIM | banded | — |
| Math | Grade 3 | SBAC | 39.1 | 64 |
| Math | Grade 4 | SBAC | 29.5 | 78 |
| Math | Grade 5 | SBAC | 27.4 | 62 |
| Math | All grades | SBAC | 31.9 | 204 |
| Science | Grade 5 | AIM | hidden (small group) | — |
| Science | All grades | AIM | hidden (small group) | — |
| Science | Grade 5 | WCAS | 33.9 | 62 |
| Science | All grades | WCAS | 33.9 | 62 |
School profile
- Grades
- PK-5
- Students
- 432
- Type
- Elementary school
- Charter school
- No
- Program
- Regular
Students
District and location
Contact
Tacoma, WA 98444
"Typical" is the middle (median) elementary school in Washington. Higher or lower is not in itself better or worse. Address, phone and website are as the state reported them to the U.S. Department of Education for 2024-25, so check with the school before visiting. School details: U.S. Department of Education, Common Core of Data (enrollment 2023-24, lunch eligibility 2024-25).
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Official sources
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Washington data: Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, licensed under CC BY-ND 4.0 and shown unchanged.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD): school directory, grades served, enrollment and free/reduced-price lunch, 2023-24 and 2024-25. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.
Helen Stafford Elementary School at a glance
Helen Stafford Elementary School is a public elementary school in Tacoma, Washington, serving grades PK-5. It is part of Tacoma School District. It has about 432 students (a typical Washington elementary school has 402). About 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, compared with 53% at a typical Washington elementary school, which is useful context when reading test results.
In 2025-26 state tests, 34% in English language arts (similar schools: 50%) and 32% in math (similar schools: 47%) reached the state standard (% meeting standard). Its English language arts result rose by 4 points from the year before. This overview is generated automatically from published state and federal data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official sources above.
Page updated 2026-10-12.