Is Minter Creek Elementary a good school?

Minter Creek Elementary ranks 399 th of 1168 Washington elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Minter Creek Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 270 students attended Minter Creek Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Minter Creek Elementary?

Students at Minter Creek Elementary are 80% White, 12% Two or more races, 6% Hispanic, 1% African American.

What schools do graduates of Minter Creek Elementary attend?

Students who attend Minter Creek Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Key Peninsula Middle School High : Peninsula High School

Minter Creek Elementary

Summary:

Minter Creek Elementary is a public elementary school in Gig Harbor, Washington, serving around 270 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the Peninsula School District, which is ranked 24th out of 247 districts in the state and has a 5-star rating.

While Minter Creek Elementary's test scores are generally above the state average, they lag behind the Peninsula School District and some nearby schools, especially in math. The school's statewide ranking has fluctuated over the years, ranging from 288th out of 1,056 Washington elementary schools in 2016-2017 to 688th out of 1,169 in 2022-2023, placing it in the middle to lower range compared to other elementary schools. Minter Creek's rankings for specific student subgroups, such as female students, male students, white students, and low socioeconomic status students, are also generally in the middle to lower range.

Minter Creek Elementary's declining performance and test scores suggest the school may be facing challenges in maintaining or improving its academic outcomes. The school's growing population of students from lower-income families, with the free and reduced-price lunch rate increasing from 25% in 2020-2021 to 36.3% in 2022-2023, could be a contributing factor. When compared to other nearby elementary schools, such as Harbor Heights, Artondale, and Purdy Elementary, Minter Creek generally performs in the middle to lower range in terms of test scores and statewide rankings.

Detail:

Public K-5

12617 118th Ave NW
Gig Harbor, WA 98329-5492

(253) 530-4300

District: Peninsula School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
399^th of 1,168 Washington Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $19,537

Students who attend Minter Creek Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Key Peninsula Middle School
High:	Peninsula High School

Student/teacher ratio: 14.2

Number of students: 270

Racial breakdown:

White:

79.6%

Two or more races:

11.9%

Hispanic:

5.9%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 36.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Minter Creek Elementary ranks better than 65.8% of elementary schools in Washington. It also ranks 9^th among 10 ranked elementary schools in the Peninsula School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 63.67. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Minter Creek Elementary has the smallest elementary school student body size in the Peninsula School District. Racial makeup is: White (79.6%), two or more races (11.9%), Hispanic (5.9%). (See more...)

Compare Details 36.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Minter Creek Elementary is 14.2, which is the lowest among 10 elementary schools in the Peninsula School District! (See more...)

Compare Minter Creek Elementary employs 18.8 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Minter Creek Elementary is $19,537, which is the 3^rd highest among 10 elementary schools in the Peninsula School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Minter Creek Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Minter Creek Elementary 399^th of 1168 Washington public elementary schools. (See Minter Creek Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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White students:

Peninsula School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Peninsula School District 24^th of 247 Washington school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Minter Creek Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Minter Creek Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2004	84.61	112^th	1026	89.1%
2005	77.61	183^rd	1031	82.3%
2006	59.64	422^nd	1051	59.8%
2007	64.09	372^nd	1069	65.2%
2008	60.50	431^st	1067	59.6%
2009	69.91	279^th	1072	74.0%
2010	67.95	308^th	1088	71.7%
2011	58.32	457^th	1092	58.2%
2012	52.44	559^th	1097	49.0%
2013	51.81	572^nd	1106	48.3%
2015	55.15	461^st	1067	56.8%
2016	63.35	392^nd	1053	62.8%
2017	71.66	288^th	1056	72.7%
2018	64.88	372^nd	1054	64.7%
2019	64.20	396^th	1130	65.0%
2021	52.36	487^th	1107	56.0%
2022	52.38	523^rd	1169	55.3%
2023	40.06	688^th	1169	41.1%
2024	63.67	399^th	1168	65.8%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Minter Creek Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	49.75	271^st	637	57.5%
2019	43.13	282^nd	566	50.2%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Minter Creek Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	74.01	133^rd	835	84.1%
2019	67.47	244^th	979	75.1%
2021	36.68	552^nd	854	35.4%
2022	49.35	486^th	1019	52.3%
2023	39.29	630^th	1013	37.8%
2024	60.12	367^th	1024	64.2%

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Rank History for Female students at Minter Creek Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	62.69	382^nd	1004	62.0%
2019	70.41	306^th	1068	71.3%
2021	42.12	549^th	1008	45.5%
2022	44.57	582^nd	1100	47.1%
2023	38.89	653^rd	1094	40.3%
2024	62.41	369^th	1093	66.2%

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Rank History for Male students at Minter Creek Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	65.19	341^st	999	65.9%
2019	61.13	408^th	1075	62.0%
2021	58.03	384^th	1025	62.5%
2022	55.97	448^th	1113	59.7%
2023	38.52	665^th	1099	39.5%
2024	60.67	410^th	1099	62.7%

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Rank History for White students at Minter Creek Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	52.94	404^th	833	51.5%
2019	53.89	491^st	1027	52.2%
2021	40.00	567^th	943	39.9%
2022	42.67	596^th	1031	42.2%
2023	24.29	829^th	1011	18.0%
2024	52.23	480^th	1009	52.4%

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Data source: test scores: Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

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Enrollment information for Minter Creek Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	301	1	2	9	3	n/a	n/a	0	316
1989	385	5	4	5	8	n/a	n/a	0	407
1990	412	2	6	8	5	n/a	n/a	0	433
1991	419	4	5	8	9	n/a	n/a	0	445
1992	416	3	9	7	8	n/a	n/a	0	443
1993	416	6	6	6	5	n/a	n/a	0	439
1994	438	5	3	9	11	n/a	n/a	0	466
1995	413	7	8	10	8	n/a	n/a	0	446
1996	413	7	8	10	8	n/a	n/a	0	446
1997	400	4	8	11	16	n/a	n/a	0	439
1998	400	7	8	15	22	n/a	n/a	0	452
1999	400	4	3	8	17	n/a	n/a	0	432
2000	353	7	9	9	34	n/a	n/a	0	412
2001	387	2	0	5	14	n/a	n/a	0	408
2002	365	2	7	7	15	n/a	n/a	0	396
2003	365	2	7	7	15	n/a	n/a	0	396
2004	352	5	6	9	10	n/a	n/a	0	382
2005	353	3	6	12	5	n/a	n/a	3	382
2006	346	2	13	13	3	n/a	n/a	3	380
2007	340	1	17	18	2	n/a	n/a	25	403
2008	311	2	13	15	7	n/a	n/a	44	392
2009	293	2	11	11	3	n/a	n/a	57	377
2010	274	3	10	10	5	n/a	n/a	50	352
2011	325	1	1	7	3	1	23	0	361
2012	293	2	1	13	5	0	40	0	354
2013	323	2	1	17	4	0	40	0	387
2014	315	3	2	24	2	0	40	0	386
2015	315	2	3	22	2	0	43	0	387
2016	314	2	7	29	2	0	38	0	392
2017	309	1	7	30	3	0	35	0	385
2018	318	1	5	29	1	0	39	0	393
2019	319	1	4	32	2	0	42	0	400
2020	350	0	3	34	3	0	34	0	424
2021	266	1	3	24	3	0	31	0	328
2022	225	3	0	15	2	1	30	1	277
2023	215	4	1	16	1	0	32	1	270

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Minter Creek Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	316	13.0	24.3	0
1989	407	16.0	25.4	n/a
1990	433	17.6	24.6	0
1991	445	20.1	22.1	n/a
1992	443	19.7	22.4	n/a
1993	439	19.4	22.6	n/a
1994	466	19.5	23.9	n/a
1995	446	19.2	23.2	n/a
1996	446	19.2	23.2	n/a
1997	439	20.8	21.1	n/a
1998	452	21.2	21.3	n/a
1999	432	20.6	21.0	n/a
2000	412	21.2	19.4	n/a
2001	408	22.7	18.0	n/a
2002	396	21.4	18.5	27.8
2003	396	21.4	18.5	27.8
2004	382	20.0	19.1	34.6
2005	382	20.3	18.8	35.1
2006	380	22.2	17.1	31.6
2007	403	22.7	17.8	31.5
2008	392	23.5	16.7	36.2
2009	377	23.5	16.0	31.3
2010	352	19.8	17.7	41.1
2011	361	20.4	17.6	35.5
2012	354	18.4	19.2	31.1
2013	387	18.7	20.6	35.7
2014	386	n/a	n/a	31.6
2015	387	25.0	15.4	36.7
2016	392	25.0	15.6	35.7
2017	385	23.3	16.5	33
2018	393	26.8	14.6	37.4
2019	400	27.0	14.7	37
2020	424	27.0	15.6	27.4
2021	328	25.2	13.0	25
2022	277	22.0	12.5	31.4
2023	270	18.8	14.2	36.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Minter Creek Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	316	13.0	24.3	0
1989	407	16.0	25.4	n/a
1990	433	17.6	24.6	0
1991	445	20.1	22.1	n/a
1992	443	19.7	22.4	n/a
1993	439	19.4	22.6	n/a
1994	466	19.5	23.9	n/a
1995	446	19.2	23.2	n/a
1996	446	19.2	23.2	n/a
1997	439	20.8	21.1	n/a
1998	452	21.2	21.3	n/a
1999	432	20.6	21.0	n/a
2000	412	21.2	19.4	n/a
2001	408	22.7	18.0	n/a
2002	396	21.4	18.5	27.8
2003	396	21.4	18.5	27.8
2004	382	20.0	19.1	34.6
2005	382	20.3	18.8	35.1
2006	380	22.2	17.1	31.6
2007	403	22.7	17.8	31.5
2008	392	23.5	16.7	36.2
2009	377	23.5	16.0	31.3
2010	352	19.8	17.7	41.1
2011	361	20.4	17.6	35.5
2012	354	18.4	19.2	31.1
2013	387	18.7	20.6	35.7
2014	386	n/a	n/a	31.6
2015	387	25.0	15.4	36.7
2016	392	25.0	15.6	35.7
2017	385	23.3	16.5	33
2018	393	26.8	14.6	37.4
2019	400	27.0	14.7	37
2020	424	27.0	15.6	27.4
2021	328	25.2	13.0	25
2022	277	22.0	12.5	31.4
2023	270	18.8	14.2	36.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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