Seattle Public Schools

Seattle Public Schools

Every student achieving, everyone accountable[1]
Type and location
Type Public
Grades Pre-K through 12
Established 1867[2]
Country United States of America
Location 2445 3rd Ave. S., Seattle, Washington 98124
District Info
Superintendent Dr. Susan Enfield
Budget $556,194,609
(FY 2008-09)[3]
Students and staff
Students 45,581[4]
Teachers 2,663[5]
Other information
Mission Statement Enabling all students to achieve to their potential through quality instructional programs and a shared commitment to continuous improvement.[1]
Website SeattleSchools.org

Seattle Public Schools is the school district serving Seattle, Washington, USA. Its headquarters are in the John Stanford Center for Educational Excellence.[6]

Contents

List of schools

As of 2007, the district contains 58 elementary schools, eight (8) K-8 schools, 10 middle schools, 12 high schools, and nine (9) Alternative schools and Special programs.[7]

School board

The Board of Directors for Seattle Public Schools is an elected body representing seven geographical regions, known as Districts, within the City of Seattle. The length of the term is four years. Board meetings are generally held twice monthly. For the 2008-09 school year, board meetings are scheduled the second and fourth Wednesday of the month; all others are on the first and third Wednesdays of each month, at 6:00 p.m., with some exceptions.[8] A complete schedule of all meeting for the board meetings for the 2008-09 school year can be found here.

Current school board members

Ref[9]

Director Geographical
District
Term
Expires
Notes
Peter Maier[1] I 2011  
Sherry Carr[2] II 2011 Executive committee member-at-large[10]
Harium Martin-Morris[3] III 2011  
Michael DeBell[4] IV 2009 Board president[10]
Mary Bass[5] V 2009  
Steve Sundquist[6] VI 2011 Board vice-president[10]
Cheryl Chow[7] VII 2009  

History

In 1919 there were 64 grammar schools, six high schools, two parental schools (comparable to today's youth detention centers), a school for the deaf, and nine "special schools... for pupils who do not progress normally in regular classes."[11][12]

In the early 20th century, Seattle Public Schools were "exemplary"[13] under the leadership (1901–1922) of superintendent Frank B. Cooper and a series of "civic-minded progressives" who served on the Seattle school board.[13]

Former schools

Early Seattle public schools

When the University of Washington was founded as the Territorial University in 1861, its initial class offerings were not at a level that would now be considered those of a college or university. Its first class offering was a primary school (elementary school) taught by Asa Mercer, and for some years it was jointly supervised by the newly formed Seattle School Board its own Board of Regents. It functioned as Seattle's first public school.[14]

In 1867, the public school moved to what was then the County Building on Third Avenue between James and Jefferson, the site of today's Prefontaine Fountain. A year later, the school moved to Yesler's Pavilion (later Yesler's Hall) at present-day First and Cherry. A year later the school moved again to a temporary building (called Bacon's Hall after its first teacher, Carrie Bacon) located at the site of the present King County Court House. In 1870 the first "permanent" school building, the Central School, opened on Third Avenue between Madison and Spring Streets. It originally had two classrooms; a third was built in its attic in 1881.[15]

Meanwhile, in 1873 the two-room North School opened at Third and Pine,[16] and in 1875 the school district had purchased 1.4 acres (5,700 m2) at 6th and Madison, where the Sixth Street School, also known as Eastern School, opened promptly in a temporary building and grew into successively larger and better-built buildings in 1877 and 1883. The latter, an "elegant wooden building" with an imposing "French mansard roof, clock tower, and tall central belfry" superseded the old Central School as well as the North School. From 1884, it was known as the Central School. Classes extended through 12th grade, and the first class graduated from 12th grade in 1886. However the school burned in 1888.[17]

The district had, in this period, started a number of other schools, including the even more imposing Denny School on Battery Street between 5th and 6th Avenues in Belltown, opened 1884. Described as "an architectural jewel... the finest schoolhouse on the West Coast," it was demolished in 1928 as part of the Denny Regrade project.[18] When the Central School burned in 1888, its high school and first grade classes were parcelled out to the Denny School,[17] other classes to the former downtown building of the university,[14] with other classes going to temporary facilities, some of which also burned, in the Great Seattle Fire.[17]

A new brick Central School opened in 1889 at Seventh and Madison, and was repeatedly expanded with annexes and extensions. After a separate high school opened in 1902, the Central School was briefly known in 1903 as the Washington School before returning to its older name. The Central School functioned as an elementary school until 1938, and then until 1949 as the Central Branch of the Edison Technical School. The building was fatally damaged by the 1949 earthquake and razed in 1953; its site is now under Interstate 5.[17]

Other former schools

Jr. high schools and middle schools previously included in district:

Elementary schools previously included in district:

Other schools previously included in district

Historic Architecture

Several former Seattle Public Schools buildings are on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP):

Except for Broadway High School, all of these also are official city landmarks, as are the following past and present schools:

Controversy

In June 2007, the United States Supreme Court decided the case of Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1, where they rejected Seattle Public Schools longstanding use of "racial tie-breakers" in assigning students to schools. The decision prohibited assigning students to public schools solely for the purpose of achieving racial integration and declined to recognize racial balancing as a compelling state interest. In a fragmented opinion delivered by Chief Justice John Roberts, five justices held that the School Boards did not present any "compelling state interest" that would justify the assignment of school seats on the basis of race. Chief Justice Roberts wrote that "the way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race." Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy filed a concurrence that presented a more narrow interpretation, stating that schools may use "race conscious" means to achieve diversity in schools but that the schools at issue in this case did not use a sufficient narrow tailoring of their plans to sustain their goals. Four justices dissented from the Court's conclusions.[91][92]

In June 2006, Andrew J. Coulson of the Cato Institute wrote a column in the Seattle Post Intelligencer taking the district to task for a page on "equity and race relations" on its website that indicated, in his words, that "only whites can be racist in America" and which, among other things, stated that "Emphasizing individualism as opposed to a more collective ideology" and that this and preferring a "future time orientation" were forms of "cultural racism."[93] The page[94] was removed from the site the same day.[95]

In 2005, it was revealed that a teacher at Broadview-Thomson Elementary had been serially molesting children at the school for a period spanning several years. The teacher, Laurence E. "Shayne" Hill, had been molesting children for at least four of the twelve years he worked at the school, according to the Seattle Weekly.[96] The article also said that several school officials had known of the inappropriate touching and did nothing to stop it, drawing outrage from concerned parents. Hill is serving his sentence as of 12/02/05 and is facing anywhere from five years to life.

Demographics

Seattle Public Schools is the largest public school district in the state of Washington.[4]

As of October 2007, the enrollment figures[4] for the district are:

Total students: 45,581

By ethnicity:
White: 19,508 (42.8%)
Asian: 10,075 (22.1%)
Black: 9,735 (21.4%)
Hispanic: 5,304 (11.6%)
American Indian: 959 (2.1%)

By gender:
Male: 23,254 (51%)
Female: 22,327 (49%)

As of May 2007, 40.5% of students are on free or reduced price meal programs.[5]

The tables below provide data on the demographics of students in Seattle Public Schools. All data is obtained from the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) of Washington state and is from October 2007.[97]

All schools/programs

School or program Total Amer. Indian Asian Black Hispanic White % Amer. Indian % Asian % Black % Hispanic % White
Adams Elementary 367 9 38 38 61 221 2.5% 10.4% 10.4% 16.6% 60.2%
African American Academy K-8 353 5 1 336 8 3 1.4% 0.3% 95.2% 2.3% 0.8%
Aki Kurose Middle School 463 10 191 195 54 13 2.2% 41.3% 42.1% 11.7% 2.8%
Alki Elementary 348 6 52 39 32 219 1.7% 14.9% 11.2% 9.2% 62.9%
Arbor Heights Elementary 308 5 45 31 54 173 1.6% 14.6% 10.1% 17.5% 56.2%
AS #1 (Pinehurst) K-8 209 15 20 26 17 131 7.2% 9.6% 12.4% 8.1% 62.7%
B.F. Day Elementary 260 10 35 40 36 139 3.8% 13.5% 15.4% 13.8% 53.5%
Ballard High 1649 49 213 125 194 1068 3.0% 12.9% 7.6% 11.8% 64.8%
Beacon Hill Int'l Elementary 382 6 191 39 118 28 1.6% 50.0% 10.2% 30.9% 7.3%
Birth to 3 Contracts 211 4 19 31 25 132 1.9% 9.0% 14.7% 11.8% 62.6%
Brighton Elementary 338 6 139 152 33 8 1.8% 41.1% 45.0% 9.8% 2.4%
Broadview-Thomson K-8 683 13 134 144 105 287 1.9% 19.6% 21.1% 15.4% 42.0%
Bryant Elementary 508 2 107 15 29 355 0.4% 21.1% 3.0% 5.7% 69.9%
Catharine Blaine K-8 499 9 63 26 29 372 1.8% 12.6% 5.2% 5.8% 74.5%
Childhaven 3 0 0 1 0 2 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 66.7%
Cleveland High 664 17 175 366 65 41 2.6% 26.4% 55.1% 9.8% 6.2%
Coe Elementary 454 13 57 15 47 322 2.9% 12.6% 3.3% 10.4% 70.9%
Concord Elementary 302 14 39 25 193 31 4.6% 12.9% 8.3% 63.9% 10.3%
Cooper Elementary 266 1 51 112 54 48 0.4% 19.2% 42.1% 20.3% 18.0%
Daniel Bagley Elementary 330 4 30 39 19 238 1.2% 9.1% 11.8% 5.8% 72.1%
Dearborn Park Elementary 366 4 146 155 48 13 1.1% 39.9% 42.3% 13.1% 3.6%
Denny International Middle 622 28 127 166 143 158 4.5% 20.4% 26.7% 23.0% 25.4%
Dunlap Elementary 379 4 133 191 42 9 1.1% 35.1% 50.4% 11.1% 2.4%
Eckstein Middle School 1211 18 227 97 88 781 1.5% 18.7% 8.0% 7.3% 64.5%
Education Service Centers 144 4 27 70 11 32 2.8% 18.8% 48.6% 7.6% 22.2%
Emerson Elementary 379 7 89 227 43 13 1.8% 23.5% 59.9% 11.3% 3.4%
Experimental Education Unit 73 0 7 9 4 53 0.0% 9.6% 12.3% 5.5% 72.6%
Franklin High 1301 12 666 427 106 90 0.9% 51.2% 32.8% 8.1% 6.9%
Garfield High 1643 14 386 441 88 714 0.9% 23.5% 26.8% 5.4% 43.5%
Gatewood Elementary 290 6 35 39 31 179 2.1% 12.1% 13.4% 10.7% 61.7%
Gatzert Elementary 325 7 75 149 70 24 2.2% 23.1% 45.8% 21.5% 7.4%
Graham Hill Elementary 342 5 110 105 29 93 1.5% 32.2% 30.7% 8.5% 27.2%
Green Lake Elementary 264 8 31 25 23 177 3.0% 11.7% 9.5% 8.7% 67.0%
Greenwood Elementary 309 13 32 42 43 179 4.2% 10.4% 13.6% 13.9% 57.9%
Hamilton International Middle 674 8 244 143 93 186 1.2% 36.2% 21.2% 13.8% 27.6%
Hawthorne Elementary 237 11 49 130 32 15 4.6% 20.7% 54.9% 13.5% 6.3%
Hay Elementary 449 8 54 24 27 336 1.8% 12.0% 5.3% 6.0% 74.8%
Head Start 17 1 1 5 8 2 5.9% 5.9% 29.4% 47.1% 11.8%
Highland Park Elementary 405 10 125 74 129 67 2.5% 30.9% 18.3% 31.9% 16.5%
Home School Resource Center 225 2 22 17 10 174 0.9% 9.8% 7.6% 4.4% 77.3%
Hutch School 11 0 2 1 5 3 0.0% 18.2% 9.1% 45.5% 27.3%
Ingraham High 1191 31 364 257 117 422 2.6% 30.6% 21.6% 9.8% 35.4%
Interagency Programs 513 28 111 212 89 73 5.5% 21.6% 41.3% 17.3% 14.2%
John Marshall High 68 0 7 33 10 18 0.0% 10.3% 48.5% 14.7% 26.5%
John Muir Elementary 312 6 66 189 11 40 1.9% 21.2% 60.6% 3.5% 12.8%
John Rogers Elementary 291 7 33 61 29 161 2.4% 11.3% 21.0% 10.0% 55.3%
John Stanford International School 373 3 83 26 74 187 0.8% 22.3% 7.0% 19.8% 50.1%
Kimball Elementary 506 2 275 84 41 104 0.4% 54.3% 16.6% 8.1% 20.6%
Lafayette Elementary 445 9 71 27 22 316 2.0% 16.0% 6.1% 4.9% 71.0%
Laurelhurst Elementary 448 3 67 15 25 338 0.7% 15.0% 3.3% 5.6% 75.4%
Lawton Elementary 381 7 57 13 35 269 1.8% 15.0% 3.4% 9.2% 70.6%
Leschi Elementary 233 9 6 189 14 15 3.9% 2.6% 81.1% 6.0% 6.4%
Lowell Elementary 494 5 114 18 21 336 1.0% 23.1% 3.6% 4.3% 68.0%
Loyal Heights Elementary 379 2 17 10 27 323 0.5% 4.5% 2.6% 7.1% 85.2%
Madison Middle School 894 18 189 139 137 411 2.0% 21.1% 15.5% 15.3% 46.0%
Madrona K-8 411 15 13 312 31 40 3.6% 3.2% 75.9% 7.5% 9.7%
Maple Elementary 452 5 274 56 77 40 1.1% 60.6% 12.4% 17.0% 8.8%
McClure Middle School 594 19 140 143 60 232 3.2% 23.6% 24.1% 10.1% 39.1%
McGilvra Elementary 253 3 30 23 13 184 1.2% 11.9% 9.1% 5.1% 72.7%
Meany Middle School 434 9 58 249 57 61 2.1% 13.4% 57.4% 13.1% 14.1%
Mercer Middle School 728 14 363 207 98 46 1.9% 49.9% 28.4% 13.5% 6.3%
Middle College High 179 18 27 51 22 61 10.1% 15.1% 28.5% 12.3% 34.1%
Montlake Elementary 234 1 40 24 8 161 0.4% 17.1% 10.3% 3.4% 68.8%
Nathan Hale High 1097 33 162 115 95 692 3.0% 14.8% 10.5% 8.7% 63.1%
North Beach Elementary 308 7 33 7 11 250 2.3% 10.7% 2.3% 3.6% 81.2%
Northgate Elementary 249 7 67 47 97 31 2.8% 26.9% 18.9% 39.0% 12.4%
Nova High 291 15 23 26 32 195 5.2% 7.9% 8.9% 11.0% 67.0%
Olympic Hills Elementary 203 3 39 51 58 52 1.5% 19.2% 25.1% 28.6% 25.6%
Olympic View Elementary 440 14 62 46 41 277 3.2% 14.1% 10.5% 9.3% 63.0%
Orca @ Whitworth 334 8 48 94 24 160 2.4% 14.4% 28.1% 7.2% 47.9%
Pathfinder K-8 373 21 29 33 55 235 5.6% 7.8% 8.8% 14.7% 63.0%
Rainier Beach High 359 5 88 214 34 18 1.4% 24.5% 59.6% 9.5% 5.0%
Residential Consortium 56 6 0 13 1 36 10.7% 0.0% 23.2% 1.8% 64.3%
Roosevelt High 1729 24 385 156 128 1036 1.4% 22.3% 9.0% 7.4% 59.9%
Roxhill Elementary 253 7 57 60 94 35 2.8% 22.5% 23.7% 37.2% 13.8%
Sacajawea Elementary 322 1 51 36 30 204 0.3% 15.8% 11.2% 9.3% 63.4%
Salmon Bay School 610 16 48 34 35 477 2.6% 7.9% 5.6% 5.7% 78.2%
Sanislo Elementary 312 6 86 50 37 133 1.9% 27.6% 16.0% 11.9% 42.6%
Schmitz Park Elementary 326 9 30 12 14 261 2.8% 9.2% 3.7% 4.3% 80.1%
Chief Sealth International High 913 33 194 266 201 219 3.6% 21.2% 29.1% 22.0% 24.0%
Secondary Bilingual Orientation Center 247 0 51 110 86 0 0.0% 20.6% 44.5% 34.8% 0.0%
South Lake High 80 3 20 42 6 9 3.8% 25.0% 52.5% 7.5% 11.3%
Special Education Home Instruction 21 0 1 4 2 14 0.0% 4.8% 19.0% 9.5% 66.7%
Special Education Service School 133 1 14 12 9 97 0.8% 10.5% 9.0% 6.8% 72.9%
Stevens Elementary 347 4 35 61 61 186 1.2% 10.1% 17.6% 17.6% 53.6%
Summit K-12 588 37 60 126 62 303 6.3% 10.2% 21.4% 10.5% 51.5%
T T Minor Elementary 233 6 15 171 15 26 2.6% 6.4% 73.4% 6.4% 11.2%
The Center School 278 10 21 25 26 196 3.6% 7.6% 9.0% 9.4% 70.5%
South Shore School 301 3 93 138 20 47 1.0% 30.9% 45.8% 6.6% 15.6%
Thornton Creek @ Decatur 315 2 38 10 12 253 0.6% 12.1% 3.2% 3.8% 80.3%
Thurgood Marshall Elementary 292 0 48 162 68 14 0.0% 16.4% 55.5% 23.3% 4.8%
TOPS K-8 526 3 143 104 43 233 0.6% 27.2% 19.8% 8.2% 44.3%
Van Asselt Elementary 505 4 322 94 73 12 0.8% 63.8% 18.6% 14.5% 2.4%
View Ridge Elementary 444 3 79 14 10 338 0.7% 17.8% 3.2% 2.3% 76.1%
Washington Middle School 1037 5 323 189 105 415 0.5% 31.1% 18.2% 10.1% 40.0%
Wedgwood Elementary 418 4 112 18 33 251 1.0% 26.8% 4.3% 7.9% 60.0%
West Seattle Elementary 271 11 59 91 63 47 4.1% 21.8% 33.6% 23.2% 17.3%
West Seattle High 1240 31 275 199 192 543 2.5% 22.2% 16.0% 15.5% 43.8%
West Woodland Elementary 380 3 28 27 20 302 0.8% 7.4% 7.1% 5.3% 79.5%
Whitman Middle School 927 30 126 89 95 587 3.2% 13.6% 9.6% 10.2% 63.3%
Whittier Elementary 428 0 44 13 18 353 0.0% 10.3% 3.0% 4.2% 82.5%
Wing Luke Elementary 319 2 173 106 34 4 0.6% 54.2% 33.2% 10.7% 1.3%
Totals: 45581 959 10075 9735 5304 19508 2.1% 22.1% 21.4% 11.6% 42.8%

Grouped by grade level

Note: since several programs fall within more than one category, the totals of the break-out tables below to not aggregate to the table above.

High schools

including Summit K-12

School or program Total Amer. Indian Asian Black Hispanic White % Amer. Indian % Asian % Black % Hispanic % White
Ballard High 1649 49 213 125 194 1068 3.0% 12.9% 7.6% 11.8% 64.8%
Cleveland High 664 17 175 366 65 41 2.6% 26.4% 55.1% 9.8% 6.2%
Franklin High 1301 12 666 427 106 90 0.9% 51.2% 32.8% 8.1% 6.9%
Garfield High 1643 14 386 441 88 714 0.9% 23.5% 26.8% 5.4% 43.5%
Ingraham High 1191 31 364 257 117 422 2.6% 30.6% 21.6% 9.8% 35.4%
John Marshall High 68 0 7 33 10 18 0.0% 10.3% 48.5% 14.7% 26.5%
Middle College High 179 18 27 51 22 61 10.1% 15.1% 28.5% 12.3% 34.1%
Nathan Hale High 1097 33 162 115 95 692 3.0% 14.8% 10.5% 8.7% 63.1%
Nova High 291 15 23 26 32 195 5.2% 7.9% 8.9% 11.0% 67.0%
Rainier Beach High 359 5 88 214 34 18 1.4% 24.5% 59.6% 9.5% 5.0%
Roosevelt High 1729 24 385 156 128 1036 1.4% 22.3% 9.0% 7.4% 59.9%
Sealth High 913 33 194 266 201 219 3.6% 21.2% 29.1% 22.0% 24.0%
South Lake High 80 3 20 42 6 9 3.8% 25.0% 52.5% 7.5% 11.3%
Summit K-12 588 37 60 126 62 303 6.3% 10.2% 21.4% 10.5% 51.5%
The Center School 278 10 21 25 26 196 3.6% 7.6% 9.0% 9.4% 70.5%
West Seattle High 1240 31 275 199 192 543 2.5% 22.2% 16.0% 15.5% 43.8%
Totals: 13270 332 3066 2869 1378 5625 2.5% 23.1% 21.6% 10.4% 42.4%

Middle schools

including K-8 and K-12 schools

School or program Total Amer. Indian Asian Black Hispanic White % American Indian % Asian % Black % Hispanic % White
African American Academy K-8 353 5 1 336 8 3 1.4% 0.3% 95.2% 2.3% 0.8%
Aki Kurose Middle School 463 10 191 195 54 13 2.2% 41.3% 42.1% 11.7% 2.8%
AS #1 (Pinehurst) K-8 209 15 20 26 17 131 7.2% 9.6% 12.4% 8.1% 62.7%
Broadview-Thomson K-8 (K-6 only in '07-'08) 683 13 134 144 105 287 1.9% 19.6% 21.1% 15.4% 42.0%
Catharine Blaine K-8 499 9 63 26 29 372 1.8% 12.6% 5.2% 5.8% 74.5%
Denny International Middle School 622 28 127 166 143 158 4.5% 20.4% 26.7% 23.0% 25.4%
Eckstein Middle School 1211 18 227 97 88 781 1.5% 18.7% 8.0% 7.3% 64.5%
Hamilton International Middle 674 8 244 143 93 186 1.2% 36.2% 21.2% 13.8% 27.6%
Madison Middle School 894 18 189 139 137 411 2.0% 21.1% 15.5% 15.3% 46.0%
Madrona K-8 411 15 13 312 31 40 3.6% 3.2% 75.9% 7.5% 9.7%
McClure Middle School 594 19 140 143 60 232 3.2% 23.6% 24.1% 10.1% 39.1%
Meany Middle School 434 9 58 249 57 61 2.1% 13.4% 57.4% 13.1% 14.1%
Mercer Middle School 728 14 363 207 98 46 1.9% 49.9% 28.4% 13.5% 6.3%
Orca @ Whitworth (K-6 only in '07-08) 334 8 48 94 24 160 2.4% 14.4% 28.1% 7.2% 47.9%
Pathfinder K-8 373 21 29 33 55 235 5.6% 7.8% 8.8% 14.7% 63.0%
Salmon Bay School 610 16 48 34 35 477 2.6% 7.9% 5.6% 5.7% 78.2%
Summit K-12 588 37 60 126 62 303 6.3% 10.2% 21.4% 10.5% 51.5%
TOPS K-8 526 3 143 104 43 233 0.6% 27.2% 19.8% 8.2% 44.3%
Washington Middle School 1037 5 323 189 105 415 0.5% 31.1% 18.2% 10.1% 40.0%
Whitman Middle School 927 30 126 89 95 587 3.2% 13.6% 9.6% 10.2% 63.3%
Totals: 12170 301 2547 2852 1339 5131 2.5% 20.9% 23.4% 11.0% 42.2%

Elementary schools

including K-8 and K-12 schools

School or program Total Amer. Indian Asian Black Hispanic White % Amer. Indian % Asian % Black % Hispanic % White
Adams Elementary 367 9 38 38 61 221 2.5% 10.4% 10.4% 16.6% 60.2%
African American Academy K-8 353 5 1 336 8 3 1.4% 0.3% 95.2% 2.3% 0.8%
Alki Elementary 348 6 52 39 32 219 1.7% 14.9% 11.2% 9.2% 62.9%
Arbor Heights Elementary 308 5 45 31 54 173 1.6% 14.6% 10.1% 17.5% 56.2%
AS #1 (Pinehurst) K-8 209 15 20 26 17 131 7.2% 9.6% 12.4% 8.1% 62.7%
B.F. Day Elementary 260 10 35 40 36 139 3.8% 13.5% 15.4% 13.8% 53.5%
Beacon Hill Int'l Elementary 382 6 191 39 118 28 1.6% 50.0% 10.2% 30.9% 7.3%
Brighton Elementary 338 6 139 152 33 8 1.8% 41.1% 45.0% 9.8% 2.4%
Broadview-Thomson K-8 (K-6 only in '07-'08) 683 13 134 144 105 287 1.9% 19.6% 21.1% 15.4% 42.0%
Bryant Elementary 508 2 107 15 29 355 0.4% 21.1% 3.0% 5.7% 69.9%
Catharine Blaine K-8 499 9 63 26 29 372 1.8% 12.6% 5.2% 5.8% 74.5%
Coe Elementary 454 13 57 15 47 322 2.9% 12.6% 3.3% 10.4% 70.9%
Concord Elementary 302 14 39 25 193 31 4.6% 12.9% 8.3% 63.9% 10.3%
Cooper Elementary 266 1 51 112 54 48 0.4% 19.2% 42.1% 20.3% 18.0%
Daniel Bagley Elementary 330 4 30 39 19 238 1.2% 9.1% 11.8% 5.8% 72.1%
Dearborn Park Elementary 366 4 146 155 48 13 1.1% 39.9% 42.3% 13.1% 3.6%
Dunlap Elementary 379 4 133 191 42 9 1.1% 35.1% 50.4% 11.1% 2.4%
Emerson Elementary 379 7 89 227 43 13 1.8% 23.5% 59.9% 11.3% 3.4%
Gatewood Elementary 290 6 35 39 31 179 2.1% 12.1% 13.4% 10.7% 61.7%
Gatzert Elementary 325 7 75 149 70 24 2.2% 23.1% 45.8% 21.5% 7.4%
Graham Hill Elementary 342 5 110 105 29 93 1.5% 32.2% 30.7% 8.5% 27.2%
Green Lake Elementary 264 8 31 25 23 177 3.0% 11.7% 9.5% 8.7% 67.0%
Greenwood Elementary 309 13 32 42 43 179 4.2% 10.4% 13.6% 13.9% 57.9%
Hawthorne Elementary 237 11 49 130 32 15 4.6% 20.7% 54.9% 13.5% 6.3%
Hay Elementary 449 8 54 24 27 336 1.8% 12.0% 5.3% 6.0% 74.8%
Highland Park Elementary 405 10 125 74 129 67 2.5% 30.9% 18.3% 31.9% 16.5%
Jane Addams K-8 (new in 09-10) na na na na na na na na na na na
John Muir Elementary 312 6 66 189 11 40 1.9% 21.2% 60.6% 3.5% 12.8%
John Rogers Elementary 291 7 33 61 29 161 2.4% 11.3% 21.0% 10.0% 55.3%
John Stanford International School 373 3 83 26 74 187 0.8% 22.3% 7.0% 19.8% 50.1%
Kimball Elementary 506 2 275 84 41 104 0.4% 54.3% 16.6% 8.1% 20.6%
Lafayette Elementary 445 9 71 27 22 316 2.0% 16.0% 6.1% 4.9% 71.0%
Laurelhurst Elementary 448 3 67 15 25 338 0.7% 15.0% 3.3% 5.6% 75.4%
Lawton Elementary 381 7 57 13 35 269 1.8% 15.0% 3.4% 9.2% 70.6%
Leschi Elementary 233 9 6 189 14 15 3.9% 2.6% 81.1% 6.0% 6.4%
Lowell Elementary 494 5 114 18 21 336 1.0% 23.1% 3.6% 4.3% 68.0%
Loyal Heights Elementary 379 2 17 10 27 323 0.5% 4.5% 2.6% 7.1% 85.2%
Madrona K-8 411 15 13 312 31 40 3.6% 3.2% 75.9% 7.5% 9.7%
Maple Elementary 452 5 274 56 77 40 1.1% 60.6% 12.4% 17.0% 8.8%
McGilvra Elementary 253 3 30 23 13 184 1.2% 11.9% 9.1% 5.1% 72.7%
Montlake Elementary 234 1 40 24 8 161 0.4% 17.1% 10.3% 3.4% 68.8%
North Beach Elementary 308 7 33 7 11 250 2.3% 10.7% 2.3% 3.6% 81.2%
Northgate Elementary 249 7 67 47 97 31 2.8% 26.9% 18.9% 39.0% 12.4%
Olympic Hills Elementary 203 3 39 51 58 52 1.5% 19.2% 25.1% 28.6% 25.6%
Olympic View Elementary 440 14 62 46 41 277 3.2% 14.1% 10.5% 9.3% 63.0%
Orca @ Whitworth (K-6 only in '07-08) 334 8 48 94 24 160 2.4% 14.4% 28.1% 7.2% 47.9%
Pathfinder K-8 373 21 29 33 55 235 5.6% 7.8% 8.8% 14.7% 63.0%
Roxhill Elementary 253 7 57 60 94 35 2.8% 22.5% 23.7% 37.2% 13.8%
Sacajawea Elementary 322 1 51 36 30 204 0.3% 15.8% 11.2% 9.3% 63.4%
Salmon Bay School 610 16 48 34 35 477 2.6% 7.9% 5.6% 5.7% 78.2%
Sanislo Elementary 312 6 86 50 37 133 1.9% 27.6% 16.0% 11.9% 42.6%
Schmitz Park Elementary 326 9 30 12 14 261 2.8% 9.2% 3.7% 4.3% 80.1%
Stevens Elementary 347 4 35 61 61 186 1.2% 10.1% 17.6% 17.6% 53.6%
T T Minor Elementary 233 6 15 171 15 26 2.6% 6.4% 73.4% 6.4% 11.2%
The New School at South Shore 301 3 93 138 20 47 1.0% 30.9% 45.8% 6.6% 15.6%
Thornton Creek @ Decatur 315 2 38 10 12 253 0.6% 12.1% 3.2% 3.8% 80.3%
Thurgood Marshall Elementary 292 0 48 162 68 14 0.0% 16.4% 55.5% 23.3% 4.8%
TOPS K-8 526 3 143 104 43 233 0.6% 27.2% 19.8% 8.2% 44.3%
Van Asselt Elementary 505 4 322 94 73 12 0.8% 63.8% 18.6% 14.5% 2.4%
View Ridge Elementary 444 3 79 14 10 338 0.7% 17.8% 3.2% 2.3% 76.1%
Wedgwood Elementary 418 4 112 18 33 251 1.0% 26.8% 4.3% 7.9% 60.0%
West Seattle Elementary 271 11 59 91 63 47 4.1% 21.8% 33.6% 23.2% 17.3%
West Woodland Elementary 380 3 28 27 20 302 0.8% 7.4% 7.1% 5.3% 79.5%
Whittier Elementary 428 0 44 13 18 353 0.0% 10.3% 3.0% 4.2% 82.5%
Wing Luke Elementary 319 2 173 106 34 4 0.6% 54.2% 33.2% 10.7% 1.3%
Totals: 23939 469 4847 4915 2834 10874 2.0% 20.2% 20.5% 11.8% 45.4%

Other schools/programs

School or program Total Amer. Indian Asian Black Hispanic White % Amer. Indian % Asian % Black % Hispanic % White
Birth to 3 Contracts 211 4 19 31 25 132 1.9% 9.0% 14.7% 11.8% 62.6%
Childhaven 3 0 0 1 0 2 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 66.7%
Education Service Centers 144 4 27 70 11 32 2.8% 18.8% 48.6% 7.6% 22.2%
Experimental Education Unit 73 0 7 9 4 53 0.0% 9.6% 12.3% 5.5% 72.6%
Head Start 17 1 1 5 8 2 5.9% 5.9% 29.4% 47.1% 11.8%
Home School Resource Center 225 2 22 17 10 174 0.9% 9.8% 7.6% 4.4% 77.3%
Hutch School 11 0 2 1 5 3 0.0% 18.2% 9.1% 45.5% 27.3%
Interagency Programs 513 28 111 212 89 73 5.5% 21.6% 41.3% 17.3% 14.2%
Residential Consortium 56 6 0 13 1 36 10.7% 0.0% 23.2% 1.8% 64.3%
Secondary Bilingual Orientation Center 247 0 51 110 86 0 0.0% 20.6% 44.5% 34.8% 0.0%
Special Education Home Instruction 21 0 1 4 2 14 0.0% 4.8% 19.0% 9.5% 66.7%
Special Education Service School 133 1 14 12 9 97 0.8% 10.5% 9.0% 6.8% 72.9%
Totals: 1654 46 255 485 250 618 2.8% 15.4% 29.3% 15.1% 37.4%

Notes

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  2. ^ Hazard, Joseph T., Early History of the Seattle Public Schools, Seattle Retired Teachers Association, 1955. Accessed online 2008-06-02.
  3. ^ Seattle Public Schools, FY 2008-09 Operating Budget, Seattle Public Schools, June 18, 2008. Accessed online 2008-09-16.
  4. ^ a b c Washington State Office of the Superintendent for Public Instruction, Total Enrollment Gender & Ethnicity Report, Washington State OSPI, January 25, 2008. Accessed online 30 May 2008.
  5. ^ a b Washington State Office of the Superintendent for Public Instruction, Washington State Report Card 2007-08, Washington State OSPI, August 26, 2008. Accessed online 2008-09-16.
  6. ^ "Contact Us." Seattle Public Schools. Retrieved on March 27, 2011. "Seattle Public Schools John Stanford Center for Educational Excellence 2445 3rd Avenue South Seattle, WA 98134"
  7. ^ Seattle Public Schools, SPS website FAQ list, Seattle Public Schools, date unknown. Accessed online 8 July 2008.
  8. ^ Seattle Public Schools, School Board, Seattle Public Schools, Date unknown. Accessed online 2008-09-16.
  9. ^ "School Board Districts". Seattle Public Schools. December 3, 2009. http://www.seattleschools.org/area/board/districts.xml. Retrieved 2011-04-23. 
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  12. ^ Digest of pages 283-295 of Polk's Seattle City Directory 1919, accessed online 9 December 2007. This is the source for ther being 9 special schools.
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  14. ^ a b (Thompson & Marr 2002): University; archived 3 June 2009.
  15. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Central I; archived 3 June 2009.
  16. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): North; archived 3 June 2009.
  17. ^ a b c d (Thompson & Marr 2002): Central II; archived 3 June 2009.
  18. ^ a b (Thompson & Marr 2002): Denny; archived 3 June 2009.
  19. ^ a b (Thompson & Marr 2002): Rainier; archived 3 June 2009.
  20. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Addams; archived 3 June 2009.
  21. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Boren; archived 3 June 2009.
  22. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): South Shore; archived 3 June 2009.
  23. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Broadview-Thomson; archived 3 June 2009.
  24. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Wilson; archived 3 June 2009.
  25. ^ Louis Fiset, Seattle Neighborhoods: Phinney – Thumbnail History, HistoryLink, August 29, 2001. Accessed online 9 December 2007.
  26. ^ David Wilma, Seattle Neighborhoods: Beacon Hill – Thumbnail History, HistoryLink, February 21, 2001. Accessed online 9 December 2007.
  27. ^ a b c (Thompson & Marr 2002): Briarcliff; archived 3 June 2009.
  28. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Broadview; archived 3 June 2009.
  29. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Cascade; archived 3 June 2009.
  30. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Cedar Park; archived 3 June 2009.
  31. ^ Richard Seven, Life Imitates Art In This Old School, Pacific Northwest (Seattle Times magazine), October 17, 2004. Accessed online 10 December 2007.
  32. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Crown Hill; archived 3 June 2009.
  33. ^ Louis Fiset, Seattle Neighborhoods: Crown Hill – Thumbnail History, HistoryLink, July 20, 2001. Accessed 9 December 2007.
  34. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Holgate; archived 3 June 2009.
  35. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Holgate Aircraft; archived 3 June 2009.
  36. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Fairmount Park; archived 3 June 2009.
  37. ^ a b c d e School Board OKs closure plan, Seattle Post-Intelligencer (July 26, 2006).
  38. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Fairview; archived 3 June 2009.
  39. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Fauntleroy; archived 3 June 2009.
  40. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Genesee Hill; archived 3 June 2009, and officially named the Frank B. Cooper School (retaining the name of the earlier building down the hill in Youngstown).
  41. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Georgetown; archived 3 June 2009.
  42. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Goodhue; archived 3 June 2009.
  43. ^ Exhibit item, part of Parents Organize, Disability Rights Exhibit, Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Accessed online 20 December 2007.
  44. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Haller Lake; archived 3 June 2009.
  45. ^ a b (Thompson & Marr 2002): South Seattle; archived 3 June 2009.
  46. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Hughes; archived 3 June 2009.
  47. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Interbay; archived 3 June 2009.
  48. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Interlake; archived 3 June 2009.
  49. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Irving; archived 3 June 2009.
  50. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Jefferson; archived 3 June 2009.
  51. ^ a b (Thompson & Marr 2002): King; archived 3 June 2009.
  52. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Lake City; archived 3 June 2009.
  53. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Magnolia; archived 3 June 2009.
  54. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Maple Leaf; archived 3 June 2009.
  55. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Mann; archived 3 June 2009.
  56. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): McDonald; archived 3 June 2009.
  57. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Mercer; archived 3 June 2009.
  58. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): North Queen Anne; archived 3 June 2009.
  59. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Pacific; archived 3 June 2009.
  60. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Pinehurst; archived 3 June 2009.
  61. ^ a b (Thompson & Marr 2002): Sand Point; archived 3 June 2009.
  62. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): West Queen Anne; archived 3 June 2009.
  63. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Rainier View; archived 3 June 2009.
  64. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Columbia Annex; archived 3 June 2009.
  65. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Ravenna; archived 3 June 2009.
  66. ^ Ravenna-Eckstein Community Center, Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation. Accessed 20 December 2007.
  67. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Cooper; archived 3 June 2009.
  68. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Madrona; archived 3 June 2009.
  69. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Ross; archived 3 June 2009.
  70. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Salmon Bay; archived 3 June 2009.
  71. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Seward; archived 3 June 2009.
  72. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Gatzert; archived 3 June 2009. An annex at 307 Sixth Avenue survives and is considered a city landmark.
  73. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Concord; archived 3 June 2009.
  74. ^ a b (Thompson & Marr 2002): Summit; archived 3 June 2009.
  75. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): University Heights; archived 3 June 2009.
  76. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Viewlands; archived 3 June 2009.
  77. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Warren Avenue; archived 3 June 2009.
  78. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Webster; archived 3 June 2009.
  79. ^ Make a Donation, Nordic Heritage Museum. Accessed 10 December 2007.
  80. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Muir; archived 3 June 2009.
  81. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Whitworth; archived 3 June 2009.
  82. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Bryant; archived 3 June 2009.
  83. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Martha Washington; archived 3 June 2009.
  84. ^ David Wilma, Martha Washington School, HistoryLink, March 20, 2001. Accessed online 9 December 2007.
  85. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Burbank; archived 3 June 2009.
  86. ^ The Association Review, American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf, volume 9 (1907), p. 503.
  87. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Washington; archived 3 June 2009.
  88. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Minor; archived 3 June 2009.
  89. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): John Marshall; archived 3 June 2009.
  90. ^ (Thompson & Marr 2002): Eckstein; archived 3 June 2009.
  91. ^ High court rejects JCPS student assignment plan, Associated Press, July 5, 2007, on site of WAVE 3 TV, Louisville, Kentucky. Accessed online 10 December 2007.
  92. ^ Linda Shaw, U.S. Supreme Court rejects Seattle's racial criteria, Seattle Times, June 29, 2007. Accessed online 10 December 2007.
  93. ^ Andrew J. Coulson, Planning ahead is considered racist?, Seattle Post Intelligencer, June 1, 2006. Accessed online 10 December 2007.
  94. ^ Equity and Race Relations: Definitions of Racism, Seattle Public Schools, archived June 22, 2006 on the Internet Archive.
  95. ^ Debera Carlton Harrell, School district pulls Web site after examples of racism spark controversy, June 2, 2006. Accessed online 10 December 2007.
  96. ^ http://www.seattleweekly.com/2005-11-23/news/teacher-pets.php
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