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Tacoma Online High School
Virtual schools are not graded, because they enroll students from across the state rather than a local area. How grades work
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 119 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 154 | 31% |
| Grade 12 | 150 | 30% |
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardWhat this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 2 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Washington average is about 58 of 100. Reading and writing scores are down about 16 points since 2022.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1.9% | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 7.7% | 1.8% |
| 2022-23 | 17.4% | 3.5% |
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 497 | 31.5 | 15.8:1 | 67% (335) |
| 2023-24 | 506 | 27.9 | 18.1:1 | 72% (366) |
| 2022-23 | 493 | 24.5 | 20.1:1 | 66% (323) |
About Tacoma Online High School
Tacoma Online High School is a public high school in Tacoma, Washington. The school reports 497 students in grades 9 through 12.
The district, Tacoma School District, has 28,900 students enrolled across 66 schools.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Tacoma Online High School. The largest is White students, at 35%. Other students are 22% Hispanic, 20% multiracial, 12% Black, and 5% Asian. That is lower than the 64% White share among all Pierce County residents. The school's diversity index is 77%, meaning two students picked at random have a 77% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 15.8:1 comes from the school's 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 5.8 students per teacher below the 21.6:1 average for high schools in Washington. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 67% in 2024-25. The gap from the 50% average for public schools in Pierce County is 17 points.
Federal survey data for Pierce County show that the median household income is $99,564, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Pierce County is home to 287 public schools and about 138,462 public school students.
The nearest public school is Tacoma Online Middle School, at less than a tenth of a mile. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Mid-size. The school's NCES record marks it as virtual.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Tacoma Online High School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Pierce County at a glance
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