Elementary · Washington
Discovery Elementary School
Discovery Elementary School, a public elementary school in Gig Harbor, Washington: grades k–5, 380 students, 18.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Peninsula School District.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 380
- Teachers (FTE)
- 21.1
- Students per teacher
- 18.0
- Grades
- K–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 88% of elementary schools in Washington
Median 15.7 · 1,220 schools compared
More students per teacher than 80% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 58% of elementary schools in Washington
Median 405 · 1,229 schools compared
Smaller than 57% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Large suburb
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Peninsula School District.
Location
- Address
- 4905 Rosedale St NW, Gig Harbor, WA 98335
- Phone
- (253)530-1200
- City or town
- Gig Harbor
- County
- Pierce County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| K–5 | 481 | 16.3 | |
| K–5 | 519 | 16.6 | |
| Pre-K–5 | 413 | 17.2 | |
| Pre-K–5 | 397 | 16.0 | |
| Pre-K–5 | 483 | 15.9 | |
| K–5 | 443 | 16.7 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
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