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James Sales Elementary

Regular School · Tacoma, WA

James Sales Elementary is a regular school school in Tacoma, Washington, serving grades KG–05 with 387 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 16.1:1.

Level
Elementary
Grades
KG – 05
Enrollment
387
Teachers (FTE)
24.0
Student–Teacher Ratio
16.1:1
Status
Open
Lunch Program Participation
Yes under Community Eligibility Option (CEO)

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity Students Share
Hispanic/Latino 129 33%
White 101 26%
Two or more races 55 14%
Black or African American 49 13%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 36 9%
Asian 11 3%
American Indian / Alaska Native 6 2%
Total enrollment 387 183M / 204F

Stanford Achievement Estimate

Pooled score across SY 2009–2022 (grades 3–8), expressed in grade levels relative to the national average. Positive = above average.

Overall (Math + ELA)
-0.13 grade levels
Math
-0.06 grade levels

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented
None offered
Out-of-School Suspensions
1
0.3% of enrollment · SY 2021–22
Chronically Absent
186
48.1% of enrollment · SY 2019–20
Targeted Support School (TSI)

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), Office for Civil Rights & EDFacts.

Lunch Program (SY 2024-2025)

Category Students % of School
Total enrollment (est.) 387 100%

Contact & Location

1301 113th Street S

Tacoma, WA 98444

Phone: (253)298-4205

http://jamessales.fpschools.org

District

Franklin Pierce School District

Per-pupil expenditure: $23,381

District enrollment: 7,425

NCES ID

530294000477

Data sources: NCES CCD SY 2024-2025 (directory, staff, lunch), EDFacts SY 2020-21 (assessments), CRDC SY 2021-22 (programs & discipline), SEDA v6.0 (achievement estimates). Updated annually. NCES CCD