North Thurston Public Schools

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North Thurston Public Schools
“Committed to Excellence: Providing every student the academic and life skills necessary to succeed in a diverse world."
Budget	$112,817,500
Established	1953
Grades	PK - 12
Superintendent	Dr. James E. Koval
Teachers	856
Students	13,500
Location	305 College Street, Lacey, WA, 98516-5390 United States of America
Website	www.nthurston.k12.wa.us

North Thurston Public Schools, District No. 3 (NTPS) is a school district, providing educational services for Lacey and parts of unincorporated Thurston County, Washington, including students from the Nisqually Tribe Reservation. It is the 22nd largest school district in the state of Washington.

It is the largest school district in the county with 19 schools, more than 13,000 students and 1,600 employees as of 2006. Enrollment is forecast to increase to 20,000 students by 2021.

Contents 1 Location 2 Schools 2.1 High Schools 2.2 Middle schools 2.3 Elementary schools 3 Closed Schools 4 Student Demographics 5 Sources 6 External links

[edit] Location

NTPS covers 74 square miles (191.7 km²) of land ([map]) in northeastern Thurston county.

[edit] Schools

[edit] High Schools

• North Thurston
  • grades 9-12
• River Ridge
  • grades 9-12
• South Sound High School
  • Alternative secondary school
  • grades 9-12
• Timberline,
  • grades 9-12

[edit] Middle schools

• Chinook Middle School — grades 7-8, includes Middle School Challenge Academy
• Komachin Middle School — grades 7-8
• Nisqually Middle School [1] — grades 7-8

[edit] Elementary schools

• Evergreen Forest ES site, grades PK-6
• Horizons Primary & Intermediate Schools, grades K-4, 5-6
  • Divided inito a school within a school system
• Lacey, grades K-6
  • The "Round School"
• Lakes,grades PK-6
• Lydia Hawk, grades PK-6
• Meadows, grades K-6
• Mountain View, grades PK-6
• Olympic View, grades K-6
• Pleasant Glade, grades PK-6
• Seven Oaks, grades PK-6
• South Bay, grades K-6
• Woodland, grades K-6

[edit] Closed Schools

• New Century High School - An experimental school that ran on an evening/nighttime schedule.
• Puget Sound High School - An alternative school that combined with New Century to form South Sound High School.

[edit] Student Demographics

2007 Student Diversity^[1]

Ethnicity	Percent
African American	9%
Hispanic	10%
White	61%
Native American	4%
Asian/Pacific Islander	13%
other	3%

[edit] Sources

• [2]

[edit] External links

• North Thurston Public Schools
• North Thurston Education Foundation, local non-profit foundation
• North Thurston Citizens for Schools, local non-profit promoting bond/levy issues
• Washington State Report Card
• SchoolTree.org
• GreatSchools.net