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Building History
Carson Elementary School
8615 184th Street East
Puyallup, WA 98375
Carson Elementary School opened in September 2007 and was dedicated a month later in October 2007. The school is located on approximately 15 acres inside the Silver Creek Master Plan Development on South Hill, located at the NW corner of Gem Heights Drive / 184th Street East.
The school was named after Emma L. Carson, who was the first teacher in the Puyallup School District in 1854. Classes were held in the Blockhouse along the Puyallup River, and there were four students in her class.
Carson Elementary was a state match project with the local funds coming from the 2004 Bond Issue. The project architect was BLRB Architects from Tacoma, Washington, and the general contractor was Commercial Structures, Inc. from Burien, Washington.
The school includes twenty-four (24) general classrooms, twelve (12) small group project rooms, three (3) kindergarten classrooms, two (2) music classrooms, three (3) specialty classrooms together with a library, technology lab, stage and gymnasium program areas.
The Carson Elementary building will become eligible for state matching funds for modernization or new construction in lieu of modernization in the year 2037.