Purdy Elementary School
Gig Harbor, WA · Elementary School · Grades -1-5
Purdy Elementary School is a elementary school in Gig Harbor, WA with 484 students enrolled and a 71% proficiency rate. Part of Peninsula School District. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Purdy Elementary School is a elementary school located in Gig Harbor, Washington. The school serves 484 students in grades -1-5. The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.1:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 71% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
22% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Purdy Elementary School is part of the Peninsula School District in Washington.
How This School Compares
Purdy Elementary School has 484 students enrolled, making it smaller than the average school in Peninsula School District (498 students). Its 71% proficiency rate is 10 percentage points above the district average of 61%. Compared to the Washington state average of 49%, the school performs 21 points higher.
Frequently Asked Questions
Purdy Elementary School has 484 students enrolled in grades -1-5. The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.1:1.
According to EDFacts data, 71% of students at Purdy Elementary School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Purdy Elementary School is part of the Peninsula School District in Gig Harbor, Washington. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
The this entity record above pulls directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. What follows is the per-entity context — how this entity sits in the broader U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.
Every number on this page links back to NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.
For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. public schools and districts with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.