The top reported proficiency rate is 47% in English language arts. The lowest is 46% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Impact | Puget Sound Elementary
Impact | Puget Sound Elementary is a public charter school district in Washington serving kindergarten through fifth grade. It operates as a single-school district, meaning the entity that holds the charter and the school itself are the same. The school is relatively small for a K-5 enrollment, with classes across the grades that vary in size. No free-or-reduced-price lunch data was reported, so a reader cannot assess the share of students from lower-income households from this dataset. Special education and English learner counts were also absent. The school draws a student body that is majority Black, with a substantial Hispanic population, and smaller shares of Asian, white, and multiracial students.
On state assessments administered in the 2024-25 school year, the school’s results show a pattern that parents will want to weigh carefully. In English language arts, proficiency rates hovered near the midpoint of the scale across grades three, four, and five, with a combined rate falling just below the halfway mark. Math proficiency was more varied: third graders posted a rate above the midpoint, fourth graders landed just below it, and fifth graders came in well below that level. Science, tested only in fifth grade, showed a proficiency rate that was also below the strong side. Only one year of testing data was available for this school, so there is no trend line to show whether performance is improving, declining, or stable. A parent interested in academic growth patterns will need to ask the school directly for multi-year results.
Because this is an elementary-only district, there is no graduation rate to report, no high school course offerings such as Advanced Placement or dual credit, and no career pathways. The academic program focuses on the elementary core subjects.
The district brief turned up no recent changes to report: no bond measures, curriculum overhauls, boundary shifts, or leadership transitions surfaced in the search. The school appears to be operating without major public disruption, though the search also found very little beyond basic profile information. That means a parent will need to rely on direct communication with the school for details on instructional approach, school culture, enrichment offerings, and how the charter model operates day to day.
Public records show the school opened relatively recently, which may help explain the single-year testing snapshot and the limited public footprint. For a family considering this school, the high-level picture is of a small, young charter elementary with a diverse student body, assessment results that are mixed and based on a single year, and no reported data on student support services or economic need breakdown. The strongest actionable step is to contact the school directly to ask about special education services, English learner support, math achievement trends in the upper grades, and what the school’s charter authorizer expects in terms of renewal benchmarks. Without that conversation, the available data raises more questions than it answers about day-to-day academic experience.
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