Tacoma Public Schools

Tacoma Public Schools is the main school district for Tacoma, Washington.



District Facts
Square miles .........................................................................56

Students enrolled K-12 (Oct. 1, 2003) .................... 32,258

Elementary schools, grades K-5 ......................................36

Middle schools, grades 6-8 ................................................11

High schools, grades 9-12 ................................................... 7

Alternative learning centers ................................................ 8

Staff members, full- and part-time ............................ 5,068

Average monthly payroll ...................................$15,036,000

Revenue sources:
State ..................................................................... 62.7%

Local .................................................................... 21.1%

Federal ................................................................. 13.4%

Local non-taxes .................................................... 2.4%

Other ....................................................................... .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

 * Debbie Winskill

President

(253) 627-7377

Term expires: December, 2007


 * Kurt Miller

Vice President

(253) 571-1290

Term expires: November, 2009

kmille1@tacoma.k12.wa.us


 * Connie Rickman

(253) 571-7442

Term expires: November, 2009

crickma@tacoma.k12.wa.us


 * Gene Matsusaka

(253) 571-6195

Term expires: November, 2005

ematsus@tacoma.k12.wa.us


 * Willie Stewart

(253) 571-6192

Term expires: November, 2005

wstewar@tacoma.k12.wa.us

Superintendent
James F. Shoemake, Ed.D.

List of schools
Note: The area code of all phone numbers is 253.

Elementary Schools
Arlington Elementary School 571.1863

Birney Elementary School 571.2060

Blix Elementary School 571.1380

Boze Elementary School 571.2062

Browns Point Elementary School 571.1408

Bryant Elementary School 571.1383

Crescent Heights Elementary School 571.1520

DeLong Elementary School 571.2330

Downing Elementary School 571.2253

Edison Elementary School 571.1848

Fawcett Elementary School 571.2064

Fern Hill Elementary School 571.2095

Franklin Elementary School 571.1400

Geiger Elementary School 571.2340

Grant Elementary School 571.1402

Jefferson Elementary School 571.2261

Larchmont Elementary School 571.2092

Lister Elementary School 571.2066

Lowell Elementary School 571.1392

Lyon Elementary School 571.2090

Manitou Park Elementary School 571.1852

Mann Elementary School 571.2068

McCarver Elementary School 571.1390

McCarver Primary 571.1412

McKinley Elementary School 571.2070

Northeast Tacoma Elementary School 571.1388

Point Defiance Elementary School 571.2265

Reed Elementary School 571.2072

Roosevelt Elementary School 571.1410

Sheridan Elementary School 571.2076

herman Elementary School 571.2255

Skyline Elementary School 571.2270

Stanley Elementary School 571.1376

Wainwright Elementary School 571.2325

Washington/Hoyt Elementary School 571.2250

Whitman Elementary School 571.2077

Whittier Elementary School 571.2320

Middle Schools
Baker Middle School 571.2100

Gault Middle School 571.1405

Giaudrone Middle School 571.5811

Gray Middle School 571.1860

Hunt Middle School 571.2335

Jason Lee Middle School 571.1395

Mason Middle School 571.2256

McIlvaigh Middle School 571.2080

Meeker Middle School 571.1377

Stewart Middle School 571.2085

Truman Middle School 571.2245

High Schools
Foss High School 571.2300

Lincoln High School 571.2000

Mount Tahoma High School 571.3800

Oakland Alternative High School 571.1387

School of the Arts 571.7900

Stadium High School 571.1325

Wilson High School 571.6000