Support School

Support School sits in Federal Way, Washington, and is classified as a combined-grade school. The school serves 55 students in pre-K through 12 in 2024-25. For comparison, combined schools in Washington average about 204 students.

Federal Way School District is responsible for 43 schools, Support School included, with 22,250 students in all.

White students form the largest group at Support School, 33% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 25% Hispanic, 16% Black, 13% Asian, and 9% multiracial. In King County overall, about 55% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Support School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 78%.

Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 47%. The gap from the 38% average for public schools in King County is 9 points.

Recent Census Bureau figures for King County show that median household income is about $124,746, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 544 public schools in King County, with a combined enrollment of about 278,492.

Gateway to College is located less than a tenth of a mile from Support School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools.

Support School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Support School saw enrollment fall 36% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.

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