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Mead Learning Options
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Mead Learning Options
Mead Learning Options is a sizable multi-level school in SPOKANE, Washington, run under Mead School District. The school serves 790 students in grades K through 12. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 204 students each, so Mead Learning Options sits 287% larger than that benchmark.
Mead Learning Options is one of 17 schools operated by Mead School District, a district that serves 10,657 students overall.
Demographically, Mead Learning Options logs that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% multiracial, 6% Hispanic.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 29.7:1. The state averages around 33.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Spokane County (around 52%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Spokane County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $78,582 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Mead Learning Options is one of 187 public schools in Spokane County (combined enrollment of about 76,588 students).
The closest other public school is Prairie View Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The school occupies a residential site.
Looking at the recent track record. Mead Learning Options's enrollment has expanded 77% since 2018, when it stood at 447 (now 790). Class-load math has narrowed: from 37.9:1 in 2018 to 29.7:1 in 2025.
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