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Tacoma School District   Superintendent Art Jarvis   601 S 8TH ZIP 98405 TACOMA 98401 Puget Sound Educational Service District 121   Updated: 9/30/2009

Select year: 2008-09 2007-08 2006-07 2005-06 2004-05 2003-04 2002-03 2001-02 2000-01 1999-00 1998-99 1997-98 1996-97 2006-07 WASL Results (Administration Info) Grade Level Reading Math Writing Science 3rd Grade 64.7% 63.7%     4th Grade 70.4% 45.7% 53.9%   5th Grade 64.8% 53.7%   23.3% 6th Grade 58.0% 40.2%     7th Grade 61.4% 43.3% 58.2%   8th Grade 55.3% 35.6%   28.3% 10th Grade 69.6% 36.1% 70.0% 23.9% Student Demographics Enrollment October 2006 Student Count 30,060 Gender (October 2006) Male 15,408 51.3% Female 14,652 48.7% Ethnicity (October 2006) American Indian/Alaskan Native 593 2.0% Asian/Pacific Islander 3,733 12.4% Black 6,918 23.0% Hispanic 3,588 11.9% White 15,004 49.9% Special Programs Free or Reduced-Price Meals (May 2007) 54.8% Special Education (May 2007) 12.9% Transitional Bilingual (May 2007) 6.2% Migrant (May 2007) 0.1% Other Information (more info) Unexcused Absence Rate (2006-07) 0.0% Annual Dropout Rate (2005-06) 7.5% On-Time Graduation Rate (2005-06) 67.6% Extended Graduation Rate (2005-06) 74.8% Teacher Information (2006-07)  (more info) Classroom Teachers 1,741 Average Years of Teacher Experience 13.1 Teachers with at least a Master's Degree 53.1% Total number of teachers who teach core academic classes 1,507 % of teachers teaching with an emergency certificate 0.1% % of teacher teaching with a conditional certificate 0.5% Total number of core academic classes 5,079 NCLB Highly Qualified Teacher Information % of classes taught by teachers meeting NCLB highly qualified (HQ) definition 88.9%    % of classes taught by teachers who do not meet NCLB HQ definition 11.1% % of classes in high poverty schools taught by teachers who meet NCLB HQ definition 89.0%    % of classes in high poverty schools taught by teachers who do not meet NCLB HQ definition 11.0% % of classes in low poverty schools taught by teachers who meet NCLB HQ definition 89.8%    % of classes in low poverty schools taught by teachers who do not meet NCLB HQ definition 10.2% Financial Data (2005-06) Per Student Amounts Percent Total Revenues $9457 100% State 5745 61% Federal 1283 14% Local Tax 2111 22% Other Sources 318 3%   Total Expenditures $9172 100% Central Administration 674 7% Building Administration 602 7% Maintenance and Operations 810 9% Food Services 318 3% Transportation Services 256 3% Teaching 6342 69% Other 170 2%

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