Jim Tangeman Center

Jim Tangeman Center is a school serving multiple grade levels with a street address in VANCOUVER, Washington. The school runs kindergarten through 12 and enrolls 72 students. Combined schools in Washington have about 204 students on average; enrollment here is 65% lower.

Jim Tangeman Center is part of a district of 43 schools: Vancouver School District, with 21,783 students.

White students are 53% of those enrolled at Jim Tangeman Center. Next come 17% Hispanic, 17% multiracial, and 13% Black. That compares with about 75% White among all Clark County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 65%.

Jim Tangeman Center reports a ratio of 7.9 students per teacher, from 9.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 7.9:1 compares with an average of 33.2:1 for combined schools in Washington. Lunch program data show 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 43% average for public schools in Clark County is 25 points lower.

For the population of Clark County, median household income comes to about $97,536, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Clark County counts 151 public schools with about 74,406 students.

Gate Work Study Program is less than a tenth of a mile from Jim Tangeman Center, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

The school's federal locale classification is City: Mid-size.

The 2020-21 count was 49 students and the 2024-25 count was 72. A difference that large may reflect a change in which grades the school serves. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 5.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 7.9:1.

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