High · Washington
GATES Secondary School
AlternativeFree meals for allGATES Secondary School, a public high school in Tacoma, Washington: grades 10–12, 104 students, 7.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Franklin Pierce School District.
Size and class size
Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 104
- Teachers (FTE)
- 13.6
- Students per teacher
- 7.6
- Grades
- 10–12
- High
Fewer students per teacher than 93% of high schools in Washington
Median 20.0 · 501 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 91% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Smaller than 66% of high schools in Washington
Median 249 · 604 schools compared
Smaller than 81% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- High · Grades 10–12
- Type
- District school · Alternative
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large suburb
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Franklin Pierce School District.
Location
- Address
- 4608 128th St E, Tacoma, WA 98446
- Phone
- (253)298-4000
- City or town
- Clover Creek
- County
- Pierce County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Pierce County Skills CenterCareer and technical | 8–12 | 355 | 23.7 |
Franklin Pierce High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 977 | 17.9 |
| 9–12 | 1,788 | 23.5 | |
Puyallup Open Doors/PODAlternative | 9–12 | 124 | 31.0 |
Spanaway Lake High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,787 | 22.8 |
Acceleration AcademyAlternativeFree meals for all | 9–12 | 450 | 56.3 |
Sources
- 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).
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NCES 530294001769