Special Services School

Serves grades PK - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2017 – 2018 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2016
  • Educational Environment: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually.

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School Overview

Address
601 S. 8th Street
Tacoma, WA 98405
Phone
(253) 571-1224
District
TACOMA SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
PIERCE COUNTY
Type of School
Other
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
38

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Washington

1

(10 is best)

Better than 0.8% of WA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S. info

1

(10 is best)

Special Services School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
9%
54%
9%
60%
9%
49%
9%
54%
9%
60%
9%
49%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
No Data
19
18
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 0 0.0%
Kindergarten 0 0.0%
Grade 1 0 0.0%
Grade 2 1 2.6%
Grade 3 2 5.3%
Grade 4 5 13.2%
Grade 5 3 7.9%
Grade 6 2 5.3%
Grade 7 5 13.2%
Grade 8 3 7.9%
Grade 9 5 13.2%
Grade 10 4 10.5%
Grade 11 5 13.2%
Grade 12 3 7.9%
Total 38 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 38.7% 44.3% 58.1%
Black 48.4% 16.1% 5.0%
Hispanic 12.9% 24.2% 25.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 10.5% 8.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 4.9% 2.8%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED 73.7% 55.2% 42.9%
FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE 68.4% 46.2% 35.2%
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE 5.3% 9.0% 7.6%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 220,631 7,614,893
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 4,249.8 112
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.4% 6.1%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.3% 18.4%
20-44 YEARS OLD 37.6% 34.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.4% 25.5%
65 OR OLDER 13.3% 15.1%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 86,837 2,848,396
Single Parent Households With Children 10.7% 9.0%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 88.8% 91.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 29.3% 36.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 10.3% 17.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.4% 17.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.4% 13.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.1% 17.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 17.1% 15.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 13.3% 10.4%
$15,000 or less 11.4% 8.0%

Education Expenditures

For This District Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,285 $211,978,930 39.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,164 $33,870,072 6.4%
Staff $1,386 $40,329,828 7.6%
General Administration $83 $2,415,134 0.5%
School Administration $998 $29,039,804 5.5%
Operation $1,135 $33,026,230 6.2%
Transportation $395 $11,493,710 2.2%
Other $743 $21,619,814 4.1%
Total Support $5,903 $171,765,494 32.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,049 $146,915,802 27.7%
Total Expenditures $18,237 $530,660,226 100.0%
For The State Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,713 $7,591,259,823 47.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $856 $967,474,001 6.0%
Staff $797 $900,956,428 5.6%
General Administration $120 $135,458,018 0.8%
School Administration $707 $799,394,224 5.0%
Operation $986 $1,115,298,501 6.9%
Transportation $432 $489,010,241 3.0%
Other $518 $585,672,414 3.6%
Total Support $4,416 $4,993,259,708 31.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,077 $3,479,528,759 21.7%
Total Expenditures $14,206 $16,064,038,718 100.0%
For The Nation Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,838 $346,122,956,267 50.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $679 $34,352,975,349 5.0%
Staff $546 $27,656,793,506 4.0%
General Administration $224 $11,359,077,651 1.7%
School Administration $657 $33,237,901,128 4.9%
Operation $1,054 $53,333,273,914 7.8%
Transportation $473 $23,948,272,674 3.5%
Other $420 $21,254,923,139 3.1%
Total Support $4,053 $205,142,872,671 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,612 $132,190,575,207 19.3%
Total Expenditures $13,503 $683,455,649,655 100.0%

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