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
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• 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...  Classification	| Notes
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... .
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.

External links

• Official site