Tacoma Public Schools
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Tacoma Public Schools is the main school district for Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma is a mid-sized urban port city and the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. The city is on Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, northeast of the state capital, Olympia, and northwest of Mount Rainier National Park. The population was 198,397, according to...

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District facts

Square miles 55
Students enrolled K-12 (Oct. 1, 2003) 32,258
Elementary schools, grades K-5 36
Middle schools, grades 6-8 10
High schools, grades 9-12 9
Alternative learning centers 2
Staff members, full- and part-time 5,068
Average monthly payroll $15,036,000

2004-2005 Budget

Revenue sources
State 62.7%
Local 21.1%
Federal 13.4%
Local non-taxes 2.4%
Other 0.4%
Total revenues budgeted $276,027,388

Expenditures
Teaching activities 60.4%
Other support activities 16.8%
Teaching support 9.3%
Central administration 7.4%
Principals’ offices 6.1%
Total expenditures budgeted $280,016,299

School board

  • Kurt Miller, President, Term expires: November, 2009
  • Connie Rickman, Vice President, Term expires: November, 2009
  • Kim Golding, Term expires: November, 2011
  • Jim Dugan, Term expires: November, 2011
  • Debbie Winskill, Term expires: December, 2007

Superintendent

Charles D. Milligan left the Tacoma School District, he announced his resignation on June 21, 2007. From negotiations settled on June 29's school board meeting, he remained employed until August 1, 2007. Rickman noted the district would be look into getting an interim superintendent while a search for a new one is conducted. Dr. Art Jarvis was subsequently named interim superintendent.

Elementary schools

  • Arlington Elementary School
  • Birney Elementary School
  • Blix Elementary School
  • Boze Elementary School
  • Browns Point Elementary School
  • Bryant Montessori School
  • Crescent Heights Elementary School
  • DeLong Elementary School
  • Downing Elementary School
  • Edison Elementary School
  • Fawcett Elementary School
  • Fern Hill Elementary School
  • Franklin Elementary School

  • Geiger Elementary School
  • Grant Elementary School
  • Jefferson Elementary School
  • Larchmont Elementary School
  • Lister Elementary School
  • Lowell Elementary School
  • Lyon Elementary School
  • Manitou Park Elementary School
  • Mann Elementary School
  • McCarver Elementary School
  • McCarver Primary
  • Northeast Tacoma Elementary School

  • Point Defiance Elementary School
  • Reed Elementary School
  • Roosevelt Elementary School
  • Sheridan Elementary School
  • Sherman Elementary School
  • Skyline Elementary School
  • Stafford Elementary School
  • Stanley Elementary School
  • Wainwright Elementary School
  • Washington/Hoyt Elementary School
  • Whitman Elementary School

Middle schools

  • Baker Middle School
  • Giaudrone Middle School
  • Gray Middle School
  • Jason Lee Middle School
  • Mason Middle School
    Mason Middle School
    Allen C. Mason Intermediate SchoolPrincipalPatrice SulkoskyAssistant PrincipalShane SlivaLocationTacoma, WashingtonSchool typePublicSchool MascotMustang...

  • First Creek Middle School
  • Meeker Middle School
  • Stewart Middle School
  • Truman Middle School

High schools

High Schools (Grades 9-12)
High School | Type Established Enrollment | Mascot WIAA
Washington Interscholastic Activities Association
The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association is the governing body of athletics and activities for secondary education schools in the state of Washington...

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Henry Foss
Henry Foss High School
Henry Foss High School is a high school in Tacoma, Washington. It opened in 1973. It is a part of the Tacoma Public School District. The school is named after Henry Foss, a civic leader and tugboat tycoon in Tacoma.-History:...

comprehensive 1973 1,298 Falcolns 3A Located in Central Tacoma
Abraham Lincoln comprehensive 1913 1,618 Abes 4A Located in East Tacoma
Mount Tahoma
Mount Tahoma High School
Mount Tahoma High School is a high school in Tacoma, Washington. It opened in 1961 and is a part of the Tacoma Public School District. The school's mascot is the legendary Thunderbird.-History:...

comprehensive 1961 1,865 Thunderbirds 4A Located in South Tacoma
Oakland Alternative
Oakland Alternative High School
Oakland Alternative High School is an alternative secondary school in Tacoma, Washington. It was built in 1912 by a prominent local architectural firm and is located at 3319 South Adams Street .-Campus:...

alternative 1988 106 Eagles N/A Located in Central Tacoma
Tacoma School of the Arts magnet 2001 500 Tacoma Science and Math Institute magnet 2009 140* N/A N/A *School is in a state of expansion, should eventually house around 500 students. Located in Point Defiance Park
Point Defiance Park
Point Defiance Park in Tacoma, Washington is one of the largest urban parks in the United States. The park includes Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, the Rose Garden, Rhododendron Garden, the Camp 6 Logging Museum, beaches, trails, a boardwalk, a boathouse, a Washington State Ferries ferry dock for...

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Stadium
Stadium High School
Stadium High School is a 100-year-old high school in Tacoma, Washington and a historic landmark. It is part of Tacoma Public Schools, or Tacoma School District No. 10 and is located in the Stadium District, near downtown Tacoma. The original building burned to a shell while it was still a partially...

comprehensive 1906* 1,990 Tigers 4A *1906 as Tacoma High School, 1913 as Stadium. Located in North/Downtown Tacoma.
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson High School (Tacoma, Washington)
Woodrow Wilson High School is located in Tacoma, Washington, on Orchard Street and 11th Street. Wilson High is one of five traditional high schools in the Tacoma Public School System and is located within distance of Downing Elementary School, also in Tacoma...

comprehensive 1958 1,296 Rams 3A Located in North/West Tacoma.

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