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Fife Public Schools is located in west Washington. Fife Public Schools has 11.82 square miles of land area and 0.25 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Fife Public Schools population is 21,518. Fife Public Schools median household income is $65,488 in 2010-2014. Fife Public Schools median house value is $249,200 in 2010-2014. On average, Fife Public Schools is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (111 out of 238, top 47%) Elementary/Middle School: (147 out of 274, bottom 46%)* Rank: #161
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	7
Population	21,518 (2010-2014), rank #74
Population Growth	19.07% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	1,783.85/sq mi, rank #24
Median Household Income:	$65,488 at 2010-2014—11.36% increase since 2005-2009, rank #51
Median House Price:	$249,200 at 2010-2014—-15.18% increase since 2005-2009, rank #76
Time Zone:	Pacific GMT -8:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	11.82 sq mi, rank #285
Water Area:	0.25 sq mi (2.03%), rank #248
State:	Washington
County:	King County, Pierce County
City:	Lakeland South, Milton, Pacific, Edgewood, Fife, Fife Heights, Tacoma
Zip:	98003, 98001, 98354, 98372, 98371, 98424, 98422, 98421
Area:	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

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Fife Public Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

5802 20th St East

Tacoma WA, 98424, Pierce County

Phone: 253-284-1000

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	3,582	3,578	3,560	3,499	3,548	3,554	3,496
English Language Learner Students:	375	353	345	351	292	342	342
Total Teachers:	181.21	175.31	170.50	169.41	168.83	172.20	173.00
Prekindergarten:	4.00	4.00	3.70	1.20	0.00	0.00	0.00
Kindergarten:	9.74	9.80	10.23	7.56	8.44	10.70	8.10
Elementary:	89.85	82.66	74.87	76.36	70.72	75.20	80.30
Secondary:	77.62	71.85	70.41	72.92	69.46	77.20	75.50
Ungraded:	0.00	7.00	11.29	11.37	20.21	9.10	9.10
Total Other Staff:	158.95	155.89	151.47	155.65	154.08	145.80	151.80
Instructional Aides:	30.90	31.17	30.62	30.08	25.78	22.00	25.40
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.90	1.12	0.87	0.87	1.87	1.00	0.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	7.00	7.00	7.00	6.07	5.60	5.50	5.50
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	2.50	3.49	3.49	2.58	2.13	2.10	2.10
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	4.50	3.51	3.51	3.49	3.47	3.40	3.40
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	0.00	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	3.50	2.79	3.06	6.00	6.00	5.50	6.00
Library/Media Support:	2.05	2.05	1.37	2.05	2.07	2.00	2.70
District Administrators:	12.31	12.00	11.00	11.00	6.00	5.50	6.80
District Administrative Support:	5.39	5.00	6.00	6.00	6.33	6.30	7.30
School Administrators:	13.00	11.14	11.00	11.00	10.00	9.50	10.00
School Administrative Support:	12.03	12.56	12.59	12.60	12.66	12.60	12.60
Student Support Services:	9.17	10.17	8.82	8.83	9.00	8.90	8.50
Other Support Services:	62.70	60.89	59.14	61.15	68.77	67.00	67.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.77	20.41	20.88	20.65	21.02	20.64	20.21

Schools

Columbia Junior High School	Grade 8 to Grade 9	2901 54th Ave East, Tacoma WA 98424
Discovery Primary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 1	1205 19th Ave, Milton WA 98354
Endeavour Intermediate	Grade 2 to Grade 5	1304 17th Ave, Milton WA 98354
Fife High School	Grade 10 to Grade 12	5616 20th St East, Tacoma WA 98424
Hedden Elementary School	Grade 2 to Grade 5	11313 8th St East, Puyallup WA 98372
Learning Opportunity Center	Grade 10 to Grade 12	5802 20th St East, Tacoma WA 98424
Surprise Lake Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 7	2001 Milton Way, Milton WA 98354

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
EOC Test
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	57%	64.1%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	78.3%	81.7%
2011	Math Year 1	End of course	% met std	69.1%	62.4%
2012	Math Year 1	End of course	% met std	72.5%	71%
2013	Math Year 1	End of course	% met std	80.3%	80.7%
2011	Math Year 2	End of course	% met std	82.4%	72.9%
2012	Math Year 2	End of course	% met std	85.4%	79.1%
2013	Math Year 2	End of course	% met std	90.6%	89.4%
HSPE Test
2010	Math	10th Grade	% met std	45.2%	41.6%
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	78.6%	78.8%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	83.3%	82.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	79.7%	81.1%
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	81.7%	83.5%
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	37.4%	44.7%
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	49.1%	49.7%
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	86.7%	85.9%
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	84.9%	86%
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	92.7%	85.2%
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	87.4%	84.9%
MSP Test
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	61.2%	61.7%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	44.6%	61.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	52%	65.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	52.5%	65.2%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.9%	72%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.5%	73.1%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	61.3%	68.7%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67.4%	73.0%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	42.8%	53.6%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	58.7%	59.3%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	50.6%	59.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	51.2%	62.5%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	62.6%	67.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.1%	67.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.3%	71.4%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.8%	72.4%
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	66.9%	61%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	58.7%	61.4%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	50.6%	61.3%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	62.3%	62.1%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	48.3%	53.6%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	55.6%	61.2%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	57%	63.7%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	56.6%	62.6%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.7%	69.5%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.3%	67.6%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.9%	71%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.1%	72.6%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	26.7%	34%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	49.8%	55.6%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	58.4%	66.1%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	60.3%	66.5%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	29.7%	51.8%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	41.5%	58.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	36.6%	61.4%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	52.4%	59.3%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	43.5%	64.5%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63.7%	70.6%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	53%	70.6%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.0%	71.4%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	37.1%	55.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	43.5%	56.9%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	45.7%	59.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	61.7%	63.7%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.7%	63.3%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	53.8%	56.4%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.3%	71.2%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61.4%	68.7%
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	73.6%	70.2%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	74.3%	71%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	74.6%	71%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	67.2%	71.0%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	45.8%	51.5%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	43.8%	50.3%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	42.3%	55.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	42.3%	53.2%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65%	69.2%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.5%	68.6%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	51.8%	67.2%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.6%	66.2%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	53.3%	54.4%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	61.9%	61.5%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	56.8%	66.3%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	58.7%	64.9%
WASL Test
2004	Math	10th Grade	% met std	44.6%	43.9%
2005	Math	10th Grade	% met std	47.7%	47.5%
2006	Math	10th Grade	% met std	56.8%	51%
2007	Math	10th Grade	% met std	44.7%	50.2%
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	45.6%	49.3%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	43.1%	45.2%
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	66.9%	64.5%
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	77.5%	72.9%
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	86.9%	81.9%
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	77.5%	80.6%
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	75.2%	81.3%
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	79.9%	80.9%
2004	Science	10th Grade	% met std	31.1%	32.2%
2005	Science	10th Grade	% met std	33.3%	35.8%
2006	Science	10th Grade	% met std	34.3%	34.9%
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	28.5%	36.3%
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	33.1%	39.7%
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	33.8%	38.6%
2004	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	68.9%	65.2%
2005	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	72.7%	65.2%
2006	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	85.6%	79.7%
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	86.6%	83.6%
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	80.3%	86.2%
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	86.6%	86.3%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	67.3%	64.2%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	69.4%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	61.4%	68.3%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	55.1%	66.3%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67.8%	68.2%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.6%	70.7%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67.7%	70.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66.8%	71.3%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% met std	63.5%	59.9%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	59.6%	60.8%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	59.6%	58.9%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	55%	57.9%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	55.9%	53.4%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	48.1%	52.3%
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.5%	74.4%
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80%	79.5%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.1%	81.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.8%	76.4%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.2%	72.3%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.9%	73.5%
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	61.9%	55.8%
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	68.9%	57.7%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	68.4%	60.3%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	58.4%	60.1%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	63.8%	62.1%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	55.2%	60.3%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	53.5%	55.8%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	64.6%	59.3%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.9%	61%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	51.1%	61.9%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.4%	76.2%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.7%	71.7%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.6%	75.3%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.3%	73.9%
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	28.3%	28.2%
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	35.3%	35.6%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	37.3%	35.7%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	34.1%	36.4%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	48.3%	42.9%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	33.8%	44.9%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	44.5%	49.4%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	48.8%	49.5%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	49.8%	48.9%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	41.4%	50.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	60.8%	66.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	54.9%	67.8%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.4%	68.6%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.8%	72%
2004	Math	7th Grade	% met std	45.9%	46.3%
2005	Math	7th Grade	% met std	51.5%	50.8%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	48.6%	48.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	51.5%	54.4%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	45.8%	50.3%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	51.6%	51.8%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.8%	60.4%
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.3%	69%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.4%	61.5%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.6%	68.5%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70%	62.8%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	57.4%	59.3%
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	60.6%	57.9%
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	62.5%	61.2%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	73.6%	64.5%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	68%	68.1%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	77.7%	69.7%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	72.1%	69.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	38.6%	48.8%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	47.3%	49.5%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	57.7%	51.5%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	48.6%	50.8%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.2%	70.1%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.9%	64.7%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	63.6%	65.9%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	51.8%	67.5%
2004	Science	8th Grade	% met std	34.3%	39.4%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% met std	39.2%	36.4%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	28.3%	42.9%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	40%	44.4%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	52.4%	47.9%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	42.2%	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:	$36,862,000	$10,354		$35,951,000	$10,275		$35,688,000	$10,059
Federal:	$2,607,000	$732	7.1%	$3,688,000	$1,054	10.3%	$3,119,000	$879	8.7%
State:	$20,926,000	$5,878	56.8%	$19,970,000	$5,707	55.5%	$21,334,000	$6,013	59.8%
Local:	$13,329,000	$3,744	36.2%	$12,293,000	$3,513	34.2%	$11,235,000	$3,167	31.5%
Total Expenditures:	$34,269,000	$9,626		$34,754,000	$9,933		$34,064,000	$9,601
Total Current Expenditures:	$32,002,000	$8,989		$32,861,000	$9,392		$31,621,000	$8,912
Instructional Expenditures:	$18,264,000	$5,130	57.1%	$18,829,000	$5,381	57.3%	$18,207,000	$5,132	57.6%
Student and Staff Support:	$3,808,000	$1,070	11.9%	$3,763,000	$1,075	11.5%	$3,776,000	$1,064	11.9%
Administration:	$3,078,000	$865	9.6%	$3,204,000	$916	9.8%	$3,098,000	$873	9.8%
Operations, Food, Other:	$6,852,000	$1,925	21.4%	$7,065,000	$2,019	21.5%	$6,540,000	$1,843	20.7%
Total Capital Outlay:	$704,000	$198		$242,000	$69		$764,000	$215
Construction:	$328,000	$92		$19,000	$5		$256,000	$72
Total Other:	$32,000	$9		$29,000	$8		$32,000	$9
Interest on Debt:	$1,319,000	$371		$1,406,000	$402		$1,343,000	$379

Total Salary:	$19,339,000	$5,432		$19,621,000	$5,608		$19,447,000	$5,481
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$12,435,000	$3,493	64.3%	$12,576,000	$3,594	64.1%	$12,511,000	$3,526	64.3%
Other Salary:	$6,904,000	$1,939	35.7%	$7,045,000	$2,013	35.9%	$6,936,000	$1,955	35.7%
Total Benefit:	$6,578,000	$1,848		$6,261,000	$1,789		$6,081,000	$1,714
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$4,066,000	$1,142	61.8%	$3,807,000	$1,088	60.8%	$3,722,000	$1,049	61.2%
Other Benefit:	$2,512,000	$706	38.2%	$2,454,000	$701	39.2%	$2,359,000	$665	38.8%

* Fife Public Schools was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.