NCES CCD 2024-25 14 schools WA

Best-Resourced Schools in Tumwater, WA

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14 public K-12 schools in Tumwater from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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14
Schools
6,114
Students
35.6/100
Avg Resource Index
24.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Tumwater has more public-school enrollment than 64% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Tumwater's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

Secondary campuses occupy an unusually large share

5 of the 14 listed Tumwater schools are classified as high schools, a substantial share of the local portfolio. Advanced-course access, counseling, and graduation-stage staffing therefore have more weight in the city Resource Index average than they do in an elementary-heavy system.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 32-point gap between Tumwater Middle School and New Market Skills Center shows the range hidden by Tumwater's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 36%
School count
Top 25%
Resource Index average
27th percentile
Teacher staffing
2nd percentile

Tumwater High School accounts for 18.3% of all Tumwater public-school enrollment

That concentration means Tumwater-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Tumwater school enrollment varies 223× across entities

Tumwater school enrollment ranges from 5 students (lowest) to 1,117 students (highest), a spread of 1,112 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Tumwater student-teacher ratio is 24.6:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Tumwater Middle School 47
2. Peter G Schmidt Elementary 46
3. A G West Black Hills High School 45
4. Tumwater Virtual Academy 44
5. Michael T Simmons Elementary 42
6. Tumwater High School 40
7. George Bush Middle School 40
8. Tumwater Hill Elementary 38
9. Washington Connections Academy - Mary M. Knight 34
10. Thurs Co Juv Det/Tumwater West E 30
11. Cascadia High School 27
12. New Market Skills Center 15
13. New Market High School 15
14. Esd 113 Consortium Reengagement Program -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Tumwater

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Tumwater Hill Elementary 64.3/100
  2. 2 New Market Skills Center 64.2/100
  3. 3 Washington Connections Academy - Mary M. Knight 58.6/100
  4. 4 Peter G Schmidt Elementary 58.3/100
  5. 5 Tumwater Middle School 57.3/100

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Which Tumwater school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Tumwater Middle School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Tumwater schools in this federal-data comparison at 47/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Tumwater, WA? ▼

Tumwater has 14 public schools with a total enrollment of 6,114 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 24.6:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.