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The public high schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios in Tacoma, Washington

12 public high schools in Tacoma, Washington appear in this ranking of the public high schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios, ranked by the fewest students per teacher, a proxy for class size and staffing. Industrial Design Engineering and Arts leads the list at 17.6:1, against a median of 20.5:1 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Tacoma, Washington

Best Students/teacher

17.6:1

Median Students/teacher

20.5:1

LOWEST RATIO · TACOMA, WASHINGTON

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	Ratio
1	Industrial Design Engineering and Arts	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	392	17.6:1
2	Washington High School	Tacoma, WA	Franklin Pierce School District	High	989	17.6:1
3	Franklin Pierce High School	TACOMA, WA	Franklin Pierce School District	High	977	17.9:1
4	Foss High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	599	19.2:1
5	Tacoma School of the Arts	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	658	19.6:1
6	Science and Math Institute	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	597	20.5:1
7	Lincoln High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	1,556	20.5:1
8	Columbia Junior High School	Tacoma, WA	Fife School District	High	619	20.8:1
9	Mount Tahoma High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	1,410	21.4:1
10	Fife High School	Tacoma, WA	Fife School District	High	885	22.8:1
11	Dr. Dolores Silas High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	1,160	23.0:1
12	Stadium High School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	High	1,700	23.5:1

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