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University Place School District

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University Place School District is located in west Washington. University Place School District has 7.37 square miles of land area and 2.30 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total University Place School District population is 29,934. University Place School District median household income is $59,067 in 2010-2014. University Place School District median house value is $280,800 in 2010-2014. On average, University Place School District is much better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (48 out of 238, top 20%) Elementary/Middle School: (15 out of 274, top 5%)* Rank: #49
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	9
Population	29,934 (2010-2014), rank #60
Population Growth	7.18% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	3,095.22/sq mi, rank #5
Median Household Income:	$59,067 at 2010-2014—10.08% increase since 2005-2009, rank #88
Median House Price:	$280,800 at 2010-2014—-10.26% increase since 2005-2009, rank #56
Time Zone:	Pacific GMT -8:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	7.37 sq mi, rank #290
Water Area:	2.30 sq mi (23.79%), rank #168
State:	Washington
County:	Pierce County
City:	Fircrest, Tacoma, University Place
Zip:	98466, 98467
Area:	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

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University Place School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

3717 Grandview Dr West

Tacoma WA, 98466, Pierce County

Phone: 253-566-5600

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	5,651	5,670	5,622	5,601	5,632	5,439	5,472
English Language Learner Students:	201	181	162	131	89	131	100
Total Teachers:	294.82	289.52	282.78	290.10	286.65	294.50	293.80
Prekindergarten:	4.00	4.04	4.00	3.82	3.56	0.00	0.50
Kindergarten:	12.06	12.10	10.18	11.15	9.37	5.50	6.80
Elementary:	132.03	131.00	128.32	129.87	128.17	116.30	144.80
Secondary:	138.33	135.98	129.78	133.84	131.12	127.20	132.70
Ungraded:	8.40	6.40	10.50	11.42	14.43	45.50	9.00
Total Other Staff:	224.64	223.35	215.67	223.11	222.72	229.10	223.70
Instructional Aides:	33.85	32.46	30.89	33.47	29.30	31.00	28.80
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.10	0.10
Total Guidance Counselors:	11.60	12.48	12.29	12.21	12.19	11.60	10.60
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	5.62	4.89	5.45	5.31	5.49	5.30	4.30
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	5.98	7.59	6.84	6.90	6.70	6.30	6.30
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	0.00	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	6.00	5.99	6.00	6.04	6.00	5.90	6.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.40	3.40
District Administrators:	16.23	15.95	14.40	14.32	9.70	8.90	10.00
District Administrative Support:	8.33	9.58	9.57	9.83	8.77	8.70	7.70
School Administrators:	16.19	15.00	14.00	13.50	15.17	18.00	17.30
School Administrative Support:	18.15	17.01	16.33	15.91	15.86	16.40	16.20
Student Support Services:	17.50	20.01	20.09	19.27	16.66	18.30	17.60
Other Support Services:	96.79	94.87	92.10	98.56	109.07	105.80	106.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.17	19.58	19.88	19.31	19.65	18.47	18.62

Schools

Chambers Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 4	9101 56th Ave West, University Place WA 98467
Curtis Junior High	Grade 8 to Grade 9	3725 Grandview Dr West, Tacoma WA 98466
Curtis Senior High	Grade 10 to Grade 12	8425 40th West, Tacoma WA 98466
Drum Intermediate	Grade 5 to Grade 7	4909 79th Ave West, University Place WA 98467
Evergreen Primary	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	7102 40th St West, Tacoma WA 98466
Narrows View Intermediate	Grade 5 to Grade 7	7813 44th St West, Tacoma WA 98466
Sunset Primary	Kindergarten to Grade 4	4523 97th Ave West, Tacoma WA 98466
University Place Primary	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	2708 West Grandview Dr, Tacoma WA 98466
University Place Special Educ	Prekindergarten to Grade 12	3717 Grandview Dr West, Tacoma WA 98466

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
EOC Test
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	76.1%	64.1%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	85.7%	81.7%
2011	Math Year 1	End of course	% met std	69.9%	62.4%
2012	Math Year 1	End of course	% met std	78.8%	71%
2013	Math Year 1	End of course	% met std	89.0%	80.7%
2011	Math Year 2	End of course	% met std	73%	72.9%
2012	Math Year 2	End of course	% met std	83.4%	79.1%
2013	Math Year 2	End of course	% met std	89.3%	89.4%
HSPE Test
2010	Math	10th Grade	% met std	45%	41.6%
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	84.9%	78.8%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	88%	82.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	87.6%	81.1%
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	90.2%	83.5%
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	54.1%	44.7%
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	57.2%	49.7%
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	90.6%	85.9%
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	95.1%	86%
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	95.7%	85.2%
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	94.6%	84.9%
MSP Test
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	66.7%	61.7%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	68.4%	61.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	71.1%	65.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	72.5%	65.2%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.3%	72%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.7%	73.1%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.1%	68.7%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.6%	73.0%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	62.4%	53.6%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	65.9%	59.3%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	66.7%	59.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	62.4%	62.5%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.7%	67.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.3%	67.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.3%	71.4%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.0%	72.4%
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	79.4%	61%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	75.4%	61.4%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	78.1%	61.3%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	74.8%	62.1%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	57.9%	53.6%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.6%	61.2%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.8%	63.7%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.9%	62.6%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.3%	69.5%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.5%	67.6%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.4%	71%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.2%	72.6%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	39%	34%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	59.7%	55.6%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	74.4%	66.1%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	74.3%	66.5%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73%	51.8%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	74.1%	58.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83.3%	61.4%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75.4%	59.3%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80.9%	64.5%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.9%	70.6%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.3%	70.6%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.3%	71.4%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	72.2%	55.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.3%	56.9%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	73.9%	59.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	78.9%	63.7%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.2%	63.3%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.9%	56.4%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.3%	71.2%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.6%	68.7%
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	84.7%	70.2%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	86.4%	71%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	89.5%	71%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	87.9%	71.0%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	44%	51.5%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	41.9%	50.3%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.3%	55.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64.5%	53.2%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.3%	69.2%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.2%	68.6%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.2%	67.2%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.7%	66.2%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	53.5%	54.4%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	63.9%	61.5%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	70%	66.3%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	65.8%	64.9%
WASL Test
2004	Math	10th Grade	% met std	44.3%	43.9%
2005	Math	10th Grade	% met std	48.9%	47.5%
2006	Math	10th Grade	% met std	54.7%	51%
2007	Math	10th Grade	% met std	58.8%	50.2%
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	46.5%	49.3%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	55.2%	45.2%
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	64.7%	64.5%
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	79.5%	72.9%
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	84.4%	81.9%
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	87%	80.6%
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	84.5%	81.3%
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	88.4%	80.9%
2004	Science	10th Grade	% met std	35.8%	32.2%
2005	Science	10th Grade	% met std	38.1%	35.8%
2006	Science	10th Grade	% met std	31.9%	34.9%
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	43.2%	36.3%
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	43.1%	39.7%
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	47.5%	38.6%
2004	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	74.1%	65.2%
2005	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	72.4%	65.2%
2006	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	84.9%	79.7%
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	89.1%	83.6%
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	89.3%	86.2%
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	89.8%	86.3%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	64.2%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.7%	69.4%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77.2%	68.3%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	66.3%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.6%	68.2%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	70.7%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.3%	70.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.1%	71.3%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% met std	68.6%	59.9%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	68.5%	60.8%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	65.6%	58.9%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	70.5%	57.9%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	70.1%	53.4%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	59.8%	52.3%
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.3%	74.4%
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.8%	79.5%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.7%	81.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.1%	76.4%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.8%	72.3%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.8%	73.5%
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	70.6%	55.8%
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	68.6%	57.7%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	71.1%	60.3%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	69.4%	60.1%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	78.3%	62.1%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	61%	60.3%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.8%	55.8%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67.3%	59.3%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.8%	61%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.6%	61.9%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.6%	76.2%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.5%	71.7%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.9%	75.3%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.2%	73.9%
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	36.5%	28.2%
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	46.3%	35.6%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	42.7%	35.7%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	42.1%	36.4%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	49%	42.9%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	59.5%	44.9%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	60.3%	49.4%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	66.3%	49.5%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	61.4%	48.9%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	66.4%	50.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.4%	66.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.4%	67.8%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79.2%	68.6%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88%	72%
2004	Math	7th Grade	% met std	57.1%	46.3%
2005	Math	7th Grade	% met std	62.8%	50.8%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	63.7%	48.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	62.9%	54.4%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	65.4%	50.3%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	62%	51.8%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.1%	60.4%
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.5%	69%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.3%	61.5%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80.1%	68.5%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.3%	62.8%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.7%	59.3%
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	68%	57.9%
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	74.2%	61.2%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	85.6%	64.5%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	85.3%	68.1%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	88.8%	69.7%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	85.9%	69.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51.8%	48.8%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	53.8%	49.5%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	53.2%	51.5%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	53.3%	50.8%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.9%	70.1%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.2%	64.7%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.2%	65.9%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.8%	67.5%
2004	Science	8th Grade	% met std	37.8%	39.4%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% met std	35.4%	36.4%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	40.1%	42.9%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	47.5%	44.4%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	50.9%	47.9%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	47.3%	51.1%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$59,970,000	$10,667		$61,542,000	$10,988		$65,870,000	$11,696
Federal:	$3,573,000	$636	6.0%	$4,936,000	$881	8.0%	$5,737,000	$1,019	8.7%
State:	$35,144,000	$6,251	58.6%	$35,349,000	$6,311	57.4%	$39,630,000	$7,037	60.2%
Local:	$21,253,000	$3,780	35.4%	$21,257,000	$3,795	34.5%	$20,503,000	$3,640	31.1%
Total Expenditures:	$60,033,000	$10,678		$65,168,000	$11,635		$68,209,000	$12,111
Total Current Expenditures:	$49,583,000	$8,819		$48,844,000	$8,721		$48,690,000	$8,645
Instructional Expenditures:	$28,916,000	$5,143	58.3%	$28,817,000	$5,145	59.0%	$29,149,000	$5,176	59.9%
Student and Staff Support:	$6,484,000	$1,153	13.1%	$6,180,000	$1,103	12.7%	$6,027,000	$1,070	12.4%
Administration:	$5,270,000	$937	10.6%	$5,175,000	$924	10.6%	$5,123,000	$910	10.5%
Operations, Food, Other:	$8,913,000	$1,585	18.0%	$8,672,000	$1,548	17.8%	$8,391,000	$1,490	17.2%
Total Capital Outlay:	$6,098,000	$1,085		$11,550,000	$2,062		$14,948,000	$2,654
Construction:	$3,140,000	$559		$11,058,000	$1,974		$12,708,000	$2,256
Total Other:	$407,000	$72		$285,000	$51		$272,000	$48
Interest on Debt:	$3,787,000	$674		$4,283,000	$765		$4,169,000	$740

Total Salary:	$31,498,000	$5,603		$31,678,000	$5,656		$31,613,000	$5,613
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$20,096,000	$3,575	63.8%	$20,487,000	$3,658	64.7%	$20,542,000	$3,647	65.0%
Other Salary:	$11,402,000	$2,028	36.2%	$11,191,000	$1,998	35.3%	$11,071,000	$1,966	35.0%
Total Benefit:	$10,311,000	$1,834		$9,836,000	$1,756		$9,612,000	$1,707
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$6,441,000	$1,146	62.5%	$6,190,000	$1,105	62.9%	$6,081,000	$1,080	63.3%
Other Benefit:	$3,870,000	$688	37.5%	$3,646,000	$651	37.1%	$3,531,000	$627	36.7%

* University Place School District was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.