Fife High School

Fife High School, a well-populated 9-12 campus in Tacoma, Washington, part of Fife School District, works with 885 students, covering grades 10 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 54% bigger than the state mean of about 573.

Fife High School is one of 7 schools operated by Fife School District, a district that instructs 3,983 students overall.

On demographics, Fife High School records that the largest single group is White at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 24% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 10% Asian, 7% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Fife High School has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.8:1. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Fife High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.7%, the actual is 41.8%, a residual of -4.9 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Pierce County indicate median household income runs about $99,564, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Pierce County's 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students), Fife High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Fife Open Doors, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Fife High School. On composite proficiency, Fife High School comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 38.4%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Fife High School's enrollment has climbed 3% since 2018, when it stood at 862 (now 885). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 53% to 39%.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.