📍 35120 Sr 507 Se, McKenna, Pierce County, 98558
McKenna Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in McKenna, Pierce County. The school has 370 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Yelm School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 25.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
McKenna Elementary enrolls 370 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 25.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 68% White, 18% Hispanic or Latino and 9.7% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 250 | 68% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 68 | 18% |
| Two or more races | 36 | 9.7% |
| Black or African American | 8 | 2.2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 5 | 1.4% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
229 of the school's 370 students (62%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 216 qualify for free lunch and 13 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
McKenna Elementary is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district WA-80, state senate district 2, state house district 2.
McKenna Elementary is one of 10 schools in Yelm School District, based in YELM, Washington. The district serves 5,671 students district-wide and employs 322 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 370 students, McKenna Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 567 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe