Comm Based Trans Program

Located at 601 S 8th St, in Tacoma, Washington, Comm Based Trans Program is an one-room-style 9-12 campus that serves 71 students (grade 12), overseen by Tacoma School District. Enrollment runs roughly 88% smaller than the state mean of about 573.

Within Tacoma School District, which oversees 66 schools and 28,900 students, Comm Based Trans Program is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Comm Based Trans Program lists that the most-represented group is White (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 20% Hispanic, 17% multiracial, 13% Black, 7% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Around the school, Pierce County reports that median household income runs about $99,564, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Comm Based Trans Program is one of 287 public schools in Pierce County (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students).

Special Services is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 72 students in 2018 compared to 71 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 57% to 37%.

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