School district · Washington
Tacoma School District
Tacoma School District in Washington: 67 public schools with 28,847 students and 18.8 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $19,619 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 67
- Students
- 28,847
- Students per teacher
- 18.8
- WA 17.8 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $19,619
- WA $18.3K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,538
- Counselors (FTE)
- 89.7
- Students per counselor
- 322
- WA 360 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 34.5
- Librarians (FTE): 23.6
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Washington's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Washington: 51%44%proficient
+0.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 58% of school districts in Washington
Median 47% · 267 school districts compared
11,265 students tested, grades 3–8 · SBAC; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Washington: 44%34%proficient
+0.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 68% of school districts in Washington
Median 40% · 263 school districts compared
11,260 students tested, grades 3–8 · SBAC; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 10% · $68.5M
- State
- 58% · $390.7M
- Local
- 32% · $216.7M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $10,822
- Support services
- $7,957
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $143.6M
- Long-term debt
- $897M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 0 | — | — | — | |
Arlington Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 390 | 17.2 | 25% | 25% |
Birney Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 476 | 14.4 | 31% | 20% |
Blix Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 442 | 17.1 | 33% | 25% |
Boze Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 485 | 17.3 | 33% | 27% |
Browns Point Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 445 | 20.0 | 76% | 69% |
Bryant Montessori SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 313 | — | 50% | 39% |
Crescent Heights Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 451 | 18.8 | 62% | 54% |
Delong Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 349 | 15.9 | 51% | 44% |
Downing Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 298 | 18.1 | 62% | 55% |
Edison Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 413 | 16.1 | 41% | 36% |
Edna Travis Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 337 | 14.7 | 16% | 11% |
Fawcett Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 426 | 16.1 | 37% | 32% |
Fern Hill Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 311 | 18.2 | 42% | 40% |
Franklin Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 260 | 14.4 | 30% | 27% |
Geiger Montessori SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 521 | 21.0 | 60% | 53% |
Grant Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 378 | 17.6 | 59% | 52% |
Helen Stafford Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 453 | 19.0 | 30% | 30% |
Jefferson Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 358 | 18.5 | 75% | 62% |
Larchmont Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 303 | 14.9 | 38% | 31% |
Lister Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 376 | 17.4 | 27% | 18% |
Lowell Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 331 | 19.0 | 73% | 66% |
Lyon Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 381 | 17.1 | 36% | 38% |
Manitou Park Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 429 | 19.2 | 26% | 21% |
Mann Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 340 | 17.9 | 54% | 41% |
N.E. Tacoma Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 418 | 17.9 | 53% | 57% |
Point Defiance Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 301 | 16.3 | 66% | 62% |
Reed Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 426 | 16.4 | 33% | 26% |
Roosevelt Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 270 | 16.0 | 26% | 23% |
Sheridan Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 525 | 17.6 | 30% | 28% |
Sherman Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 432 | 20.1 | 73% | 63% |
Skyline Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 329 | 15.2 | 49% | 45% |
Stanley Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 325 | 15.2 | 31% | 30% |
Tacoma Online Elementary SchoolFully virtualFree meals for all | K–5 | 144 | 12.9 | 67% | 67% |
Washington Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 383 | 19.8 | 74% | 64% |
Whitman Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 365 | 16.7 | 28% | 23% |
Whittier Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–3 | 305 | 17.5 | 43% | 51% |
Angelo Giaudrone Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 449 | 19.7 | 32% | 18% |
Baker Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 687 | 20.0 | 38% | 22% |
| 6–8 | 135 | 6.0 | — | — | |
First Creek Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 584 | 19.6 | 27% | 12% |
Gray Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 510 | 18.3 | 26% | 16% |
Hilltop Heritage Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 447 | 20.1 | 42% | 25% |
Hunt Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 519 | 17.8 | 55% | 38% |
Mason Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 639 | 20.7 | 69% | 49% |
Meeker Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 567 | 20.2 | 52% | 36% |
Stewart Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 650 | 19.7 | 34% | 21% |
Tacoma Online Middle SchoolFully virtual | 6–8 | 170 | 13.8 | 56% | — |
Truman Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 438 | 20.8 | 49% | 36% |
Wainwright Intermediate SchoolFree meals for all | 4–8 | 368 | 17.8 | 48% | 31% |
Alternative Spcl Needs Div OccSpecial education | 9–12 | 0 | — | — | — |
Comm Based Trans ProgramSpecial education | 12 | 71 | 17.8 | — | — |
Dr. Dolores Silas High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,160 | 23.0 | — | — |
Foss High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 599 | 19.2 | — | — |
Industrial Design Engineering and ArtsFree meals for all | 9–12 | 392 | 17.6 | — | — |
Lincoln High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,556 | 20.5 | — | — |
Mount Tahoma High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,410 | 21.4 | — | — |
Oakland High SchoolAlternativeFree meals for all | 9–12 | 112 | 22.4 | — | — |
| 6–12 | 21 | 21.0 | — | — | |
Science and Math InstituteFree meals for all | 9–12 | 597 | 20.5 | — | — |
Stadium High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,700 | 23.5 | — | — |
Tacoma Online High SchoolFully virtual | 9–12 | 497 | 15.8 | — | — |
Tacoma Open DoorsAlternativeFree meals for all | 9–12 | 392 | 75.8 | — | — |
| 9–12 | 0 | — | — | — | |
Tacoma School of the ArtsFree meals for all | 9–12 | 658 | 19.6 | — | — |
The School at Pearl Youth ResidenceSpecial educationFree meals for all | 6–12 | 21 | — | — | — |
Special ServicesAlternative | Pre-K–12 | 9 | — | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 601 S 8TH, Tacoma, WA 98401
- Phone
- (253)571-1000
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.