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Waller Road Elementary School
6312 Waller Road
Tacoma, VA 98443

Waller Road Elementary School first began in 1913 as a one-room schoolhouse named Woodrow School, in honor of our twenty-eighth president of the United States, Woodrow Wilson. The name was later changed to Waller Road Elementary School to fit the location of the school.

In the early I 920's, this small school building was moved to the rear of the school's current site. In I 936, a new three (3) classroom building was constructed on the same site. Waller Road Elementary School is located west of Puyallup, north of 64th Street East and just west of Waller Road.

In 1950, the Waller Road School District consolidated with the Puyallup School District and in 1953, the equivalent ofthree (3) more classrooms were added to the original 1936 structure. In 1960, three (3) classrooms and a play court were added on the north end of the building and six (6) classrooms, kindergarten, office area and multi-purpose rooms were added on the south side ofthe building.

The original Woodrow School remains a community center at its present location, about one quarter mile west and south ofthe Waller Road Elementary School site. Renovated as part of a 1976 Bicentennial project by the Waller Road Grange, the little schoolhouse earns its keep mainly as a museum and center for community historical materials.

In 1985, the school was completely modernized. This remodel was a state matched project with local funds coming from the 1984 Bond Issue. The education specifications for the permanent building were designed with a total of 12 general-use classrooms, one (1) kindergarten room, two (2) special education classrooms and a number of smaller specialty instructional spaces. In addition, the school has one (1) of the district's prototype play sheds. In 2012, the building received a Building Assessment Score of 66, compared to a districtwide rating average of 76.4. It is currently eligible for state matching funds for modernization or new construction in lieu of modernization.