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North Thurston Public Schools

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North Thurston Public Schools is located in west Washington. North Thurston Public Schools has 71.68 square miles of land area and 15.72 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total North Thurston Public Schools population is 97,287. North Thurston Public Schools median household income is $61,308 in 2010-2014. North Thurston Public Schools median house value is $232,000 in 2010-2014. On average, North Thurston Public Schools is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (103 out of 238, top 43%) Elementary/Middle School: (62 out of 274, top 23%)* Rank: #111
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	21
Population	97,287 (2010-2014), rank #19
Population Growth	10.33% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	1,113.24/sq mi, rank #29
Median Household Income:	$61,308 at 2010-2014—1.84% increase since 2005-2009, rank #75
Median House Price:	$232,000 at 2010-2014—-3.65% increase since 2005-2009, rank #100
Time Zone:	Pacific GMT -8:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	71.68 sq mi, rank #207
Water Area:	15.72 sq mi (17.98%), rank #58
State:	Washington
County:	Thurston County
City:	Lacey, Olympia, Tanglewilde, Nisqually Indian Community
Zip:	98503, 98516, 98513, 98501, 98506
Area:	Olympia, WA

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North Thurston Public Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

305 College St Ne

Olympia WA, 98516, Thurston County

Phone: 360-412-4400

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	14,696	14,434	13,988	14,194	13,952	13,924	13,726
English Language Learner Students:	612	568	82	499	325	401	315
Total Teachers:	748.08	731.76	723.05	764.06	724.57	719.90	718.10
Prekindergarten:	15.00	14.00	13.00	14.00	13.00	0.00	0.00
Kindergarten:	40.56	35.54	32.47	31.91	25.80	22.40	19.90
Elementary:	359.37	360.25	355.98	363.45	344.57	307.00	308.20
Secondary:	333.13	321.97	321.60	336.80	320.40	286.50	280.40
Ungraded:	0.02	0.00	0.00	17.90	20.80	104.00	109.60
Total Other Staff:	672.32	648.28	629.07	643.53	637.15	628.80	628.00
Instructional Aides:	149.82	139.08	150.92	146.56	137.71	128.70	131.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	5.41	5.00	2.30	5.30	3.40	4.70	6.40
Total Guidance Counselors:	40.60	42.08	40.39	40.48	33.75	33.10	31.80
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	17.47	20.98	19.51	19.37	15.18	14.00	14.30
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	23.13	21.10	20.88	21.11	18.57	19.10	17.50
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	0.00	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	13.93	14.52	13.50	12.60	12.71	15.40	15.60
Library/Media Support:	8.98	8.24	8.78	8.80	8.79	10.20	8.90
District Administrators:	27.96	26.45	24.97	23.75	10.89	13.90	13.00
District Administrative Support:	25.40	26.14	25.15	28.54	22.77	23.40	21.20
School Administrators:	30.83	31.33	31.54	45.25	33.00	31.90	32.00
School Administrative Support:	66.16	67.27	67.25	69.29	69.80	68.10	66.60
Student Support Services:	39.26	38.77	39.07	41.57	40.80	39.10	42.00
Other Support Services:	263.97	249.40	225.20	221.39	263.53	260.30	259.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.65	19.73	19.35	18.58	19.26	19.34	19.11

Schools

Aspire Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	5900 54th Ave Se, Olympia WA 98513
Chambers Prairie Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	6501 Virginia St Se, Olympia WA 98513
Chinook Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	4301 6th Ave Ne, Olympia WA 98516
Evergreen Forest Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	3025 Marvin Rd Se, Lacey WA 98503
Horizons Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 6	4601 67th Ave Se, Olympia WA 98513
Komachin Middle School	Grade 7 to Grade 8	3650 College St Se, Lacey WA 98503
Lacey Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 6	1800 Homann Dr Se, Lacey WA 98503
Lakes Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	6211 Mullen Rd Se, Lacey WA 98503
Lydia Hawk Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	7600 5th Ave Se, Lacey WA 98503
Meadows Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 6	836 Deerbrush Dr Se, Olympia WA 98513
Mountain View Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	1900 College St Se, Lacey WA 98503
Nisqually Middle School	Grade 7 to Grade 8	8100 Steilacoom Rd Se, Lacey WA 98503
North Thurston High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	600 Sleater Kinney Rd Ne, Olympia WA 98506
Olympic View Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 6	1330 Horne Ave Ne, Olympia WA 98516
Pleasant Glade Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	1920 Abernethy Rd Ne, Olympia WA 98516
River Ridge High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	350 River Ridge Dr Se, Olympia WA 98513
Seven Oaks Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	1800 Seven Oaks Dr Se, Lacey WA 98503
South Bay Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	3845 Sleater Kinney Rd Ne, Olympia WA 98506
South Sound High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	411 College St Ne, Olympia WA 98516
Timberline High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	6120 Mullen Rd Se, Lacey WA 98503
Woodland Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 6	4630 Carpenter Rd Se, Lacey WA 98503

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
EOC Test
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	65.1%	64.1%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	85.5%	81.7%
2011	Math Year 1	End of course	% met std	62.1%	62.4%
2012	Math Year 1	End of course	% met std	68.5%	71%
2013	Math Year 1	End of course	% met std	81.8%	80.7%
2011	Math Year 2	End of course	% met std	71.7%	72.9%
2012	Math Year 2	End of course	% met std	82.2%	79.1%
2013	Math Year 2	End of course	% met std	89.6%	89.4%
HSPE Test
2010	Math	10th Grade	% met std	36.1%	41.6%
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	83%	78.8%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	83.4%	82.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	81.9%	81.1%
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	86.8%	83.5%
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	43.7%	44.7%
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	45.7%	49.7%
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	89.3%	85.9%
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	86.8%	86%
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	88%	85.2%
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	89.0%	84.9%
MSP Test
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	73.7%	61.7%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	68.1%	61.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	72.4%	65.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	73.2%	65.2%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.4%	72%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.4%	73.1%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.9%	68.7%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.4%	73.0%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	59.7%	53.6%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	63.9%	59.3%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	58.2%	59.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	68.2%	62.5%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.9%	67.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72%	67.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.5%	71.4%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.5%	72.4%
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	63.8%	61%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	60.1%	61.4%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	61.6%	61.3%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	62.5%	62.1%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.5%	53.6%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.5%	61.2%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.5%	63.7%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.4%	62.6%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.3%	69.5%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.8%	67.6%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.7%	71%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.4%	72.6%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	32.4%	34%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	58.6%	55.6%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	68.7%	66.1%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	70.7%	66.5%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	57.3%	51.8%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	66.1%	58.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	67.4%	61.4%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	67.6%	59.3%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64.1%	64.5%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	71.5%	70.6%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.5%	70.6%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.3%	71.4%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	53%	55.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	55.8%	56.9%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	54.3%	59.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	63.8%	63.7%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65.1%	63.3%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	57%	56.4%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.2%	71.2%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.0%	68.7%
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	71%	70.2%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	74.1%	71%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	74.4%	71%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	76.8%	71.0%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	46.7%	51.5%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51.9%	50.3%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	58%	55.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	54.4%	53.2%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.1%	69.2%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.6%	68.6%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69%	67.2%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.7%	66.2%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	57.4%	54.4%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	69.6%	61.5%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	74.6%	66.3%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	71.3%	64.9%
WASL Test
2004	Math	10th Grade	% met std	48%	43.9%
2005	Math	10th Grade	% met std	47.2%	47.5%
2006	Math	10th Grade	% met std	48.1%	51%
2007	Math	10th Grade	% met std	47.7%	50.2%
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	45.7%	49.3%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	43.9%	45.2%
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	70.8%	64.5%
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	75.4%	72.9%
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	87.7%	81.9%
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	86%	80.6%
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	86.1%	81.3%
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	85.6%	80.9%
2004	Science	10th Grade	% met std	35%	32.2%
2005	Science	10th Grade	% met std	37.3%	35.8%
2006	Science	10th Grade	% met std	38.5%	34.9%
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	39.9%	36.3%
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	39.6%	39.7%
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	41%	38.6%
2004	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	66.7%	65.2%
2005	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	67.4%	65.2%
2006	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	85.5%	79.7%
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	87.7%	83.6%
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	90.8%	86.2%
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	91.1%	86.3%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70.9%	64.2%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77.4%	69.4%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	73.1%	68.3%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77.6%	66.3%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70.9%	68.2%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.8%	70.7%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.8%	70.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.9%	71.3%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% met std	64.5%	59.9%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	63.1%	60.8%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	64.5%	58.9%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	62.2%	57.9%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	60.4%	53.4%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	59.9%	52.3%
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.8%	74.4%
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.1%	79.5%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.5%	81.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78%	76.4%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.3%	72.3%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.3%	73.5%
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	54.2%	55.8%
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	62%	57.7%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	61.6%	60.3%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	67.2%	60.1%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	63.5%	62.1%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	60.6%	60.3%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	58.7%	55.8%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60.5%	59.3%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.5%	61%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67.4%	61.9%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.4%	76.2%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74%	71.7%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.2%	75.3%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.5%	73.9%
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	27%	28.2%
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	34.3%	35.6%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	34%	35.7%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	30.5%	36.4%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	41.8%	42.9%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	45.5%	44.9%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	55.9%	49.4%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	51.3%	49.5%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	52.3%	48.9%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	54.9%	50.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.6%	66.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.8%	67.8%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.7%	68.6%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.8%	72%
2004	Math	7th Grade	% met std	44.4%	46.3%
2005	Math	7th Grade	% met std	50%	50.8%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	48.2%	48.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	56.6%	54.4%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	47.6%	50.3%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	51.2%	51.8%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	59.6%	60.4%
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.5%	69%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68%	61.5%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.7%	68.5%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62%	62.8%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	60%	59.3%
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	59.8%	57.9%
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	59.1%	61.2%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	72.4%	64.5%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	74.4%	68.1%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	68.5%	69.7%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	73.6%	69.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	47.9%	48.8%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	47.8%	49.5%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	47.4%	51.5%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	45.8%	50.8%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.9%	70.1%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.5%	64.7%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.4%	65.9%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.6%	67.5%
2004	Science	8th Grade	% met std	41%	39.4%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% met std	37.4%	36.4%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	46.6%	42.9%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	50.4%	44.4%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	53.2%	47.9%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	56%	51.1%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$144,058,000	$10,299		$142,611,000	$10,047		$151,714,000	$10,874
Federal:	$10,624,000	$760	7.4%	$13,958,000	$983	9.8%	$13,509,000	$968	8.9%
State:	$85,911,000	$6,142	59.6%	$83,622,000	$5,891	58.6%	$92,268,000	$6,613	60.8%
Local:	$47,523,000	$3,397	33.0%	$45,031,000	$3,173	31.6%	$45,937,000	$3,293	30.3%
Total Expenditures:	$137,115,000	$9,802		$136,507,000	$9,617		$147,301,000	$10,558
Total Current Expenditures:	$126,945,000	$9,075		$123,955,000	$8,733		$122,027,000	$8,746
Instructional Expenditures:	$69,232,000	$4,949	54.5%	$77,927,000	$5,490	62.9%	$76,450,000	$5,480	62.7%
Student and Staff Support:	$22,258,000	$1,591	17.5%	$13,351,000	$941	10.8%	$12,758,000	$914	10.5%
Administration:	$13,931,000	$996	11.0%	$11,896,000	$838	9.6%	$12,271,000	$880	10.1%
Operations, Food, Other:	$21,524,000	$1,539	17.0%	$20,781,000	$1,464	16.8%	$20,548,000	$1,473	16.8%
Total Capital Outlay:	$4,107,000	$294		$5,935,000	$418		$18,272,000	$1,310
Construction:	$3,670,000	$262		$5,340,000	$376		$16,602,000	$1,190
Total Other:	$97,000	$7		$97,000	$7		$82,000	$6
Interest on Debt:	$5,966,000	$427		$6,520,000	$459		$6,615,000	$474

Total Salary:	$77,833,000	$5,564		$79,340,000	$5,590		$78,620,000	$5,635
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$47,712,000	$3,411	61.3%	$54,664,000	$3,851	68.9%	$54,322,000	$3,893	69.1%
Other Salary:	$30,121,000	$2,153	38.7%	$24,676,000	$1,738	31.1%	$24,298,000	$1,742	30.9%
Total Benefit:	$27,805,000	$1,988		$26,393,000	$1,859		$25,722,000	$1,844
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$17,158,000	$1,227	61.7%	$17,331,000	$1,221	65.7%	$16,762,000	$1,201	65.2%
Other Benefit:	$10,647,000	$761	38.3%	$9,062,000	$638	34.3%	$8,960,000	$642	34.8%

* North Thurston Public Schools was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.