Federal Way Public Schools, Washington

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Federal Way Public Schools
District details
School board members: 5
Next election: November 4, 2025
Students: 21,606 (2022-2023)
Schools: 46 (2022-2023)
Website: Link

Federal Way Public Schools is a school district in Washington (King County). During the 2023 school year, 21,606 students attended one of the district's 46 schools.

This page provides information regarding school board members, finances, academics, students, and more details about the district.

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School board

Federal Way Public Schools consists of five members serving four-year terms. To find information about school board meetings, click here.

List of school board members

Name	Seat	Year assumed office	Year term ends
Joan Marie Murphy	District 5	2023	2027
Jennifer Jones	District 2	2019	2027
Luckisha Phillips	District 3	2018	2027
Quentin Morris	District 1	2021	2025
Trudy Davis	District 4	2018	2025

Elections

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Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Revenue
• Expenditures

Revenue, 2020-2021

SOURCE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Federal:	$47,736,000	$2,193	11%
Local:	$71,781,000	$3,298	16%
State:	$318,907,000	$14,652	73%
Total:	$438,424,000	$20,144

Expenditures, 2020-2021

TYPE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Total Expenditures:	$534,360,000	$24,551
Total Current Expenditures:	$342,649,000	$15,743
Instructional Expenditures:	$192,389,000	$8,839	36%
Student and Staff Support:	$71,015,000	$3,262	13%
Administration:	$38,189,000	$1,754	7%
Operations, Food Service, Other:	$41,056,000	$1,886	8%
Total Capital Outlay:	$166,362,000	$7,643
Construction:	$155,114,000	$7,126
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other:	$2,844,000	$130
Interest on Debt:	$16,625,000	$763

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements. To protect student privacy, percentages are reported as ranges for groups of 300 students or fewer. If five or fewer students were included in a data set, the data will display as "PS."

• Mathematics
• Reading/language arts
• Graduation rates

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2018-2019	35	47	20	24	25-29	36	48
2017-2018	35	47	20	25	20-29	36	49
2016-2017	36	49	20	25	20-29	35	49
2015-2016	37	51	21	26	35-39	36	48
2014-2015	39	50	23	28	35-39	36	49
2013-2014	54	64	37	40	45-49	47	66
2012-2013	57	71	40	43	45-49	52	68
2011-2012	59	70	41	44	45-49	54	70
2010-2011	58	68	38	43	50-54	53	68

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2018-2019	47	58	34	38	45-49	50	60
2017-2018	47	58	32	37	50-59	48	61
2016-2017	48	57	32	37	30-39	49	62
2015-2016	53	62	39	41	45-49	50	65
2014-2015	46	56	33	35	40-44	43	59
2013-2014	68	74	56	56	65-69	65	78
2012-2013	69	77	60	55	65-69	65	78
2011-2012	69	75	60	57	60-64	65	79
2010-2011	69	74	59	58	55-59	66	77

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2019-2020	84	90	80-84	82	>=50	80-84	84
2018-2019	87	93	85-89	85	PS	85-89	85
2017-2018	91	92	85-89	90	>=50	>=95	92
2016-2017	83	86	80-84	79	>=50	80-84	85
2015-2016	80	86	75-79	69	>=50	75-79	85
2014-2015	78	84	75-79	68	>=50	80-84	80
2013-2014	76	81	70-74	62	>=50	75-79	81
2012-2013	73	82	70-74	60	>=50	70-74	76
2011-2012	70	75	60-64	58	60-79	70-74	76
2010-2011	72	77	65-69	55-59	40-59	60-79	79

Students

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Enrollment
• Demographics

Year	Enrollment	Year-to-year change (%)
2022-2023	21,606	2.2
2021-2022	21,136	-3.0
2020-2021	21,765	-7.0
2019-2020	23,289	-0.9
2018-2019	23,489	1.6
2017-2018	23,110	0.3
2016-2017	23,043	0.0
2015-2016	23,039	2.3
2014-2015	22,501	0.0
2013-2014	22,499	1.2
2012-2013	22,231	-0.2
2011-2012	22,279	0.1
2010-2011	22,258	3.9
2009-2010	21,390	-4.9
2008-2009	22,440	0.2
2007-2008	22,398	-1.6
2006-2007	22,759	-1.0
2005-2006	22,978	1.6
2004-2005	22,609	0.3
2003-2004	22,538	0.4
2002-2003	22,449	-0.8
2001-2002	22,636	0.1
2000-2001	22,623	0.7
1999-2000	22,472	0.0

Racial Demographics, 2022-2023

RACE	Federal Way Public Schools (%)	Washington K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native	0.5	1.1
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander	13.1	8.7
Black	15.6	4.8
Hispanic	33.4	25.6
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	6.2	1.4
Two or More Races	11.0	8.8
White	20.0	49.1

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Staff

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Teachers
• Administrators
• Other staff

As of the 2022-2023 school year, Federal Way Public Schools had 1,184.37 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 18.24.

Teachers, 2022-2023 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten:	12.00
Kindergarten:	100.02
Elementary:	546.46
Secondary:	525.89
Total:	1,184.37

Federal Way Public Schools employed 21.00 district administrators and 77.88 school administrators as of the 2022-2023 school year.

Administrators, 2022-2023 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators:	21.00
District Administrative Support:	33.00
School Administrators:	77.88
School Administrative Support:	111.43

Other staff, 2022-2023 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides:	199.49
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors:	131.41
Total Guidance Counselors:	46.99
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	21.75
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	25.24
Librarians/Media Specialists:	13.36
Library/Media Support:	0.00
Student Support Services:	98.86
Other Support Services:	388.16

Schools

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

Federal Way Public Schools operates 46 schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.

List of schools

SCHOOL NAME	NUMBER OF STUDENTS	GRADES
Adelaide Elementary School	306	PK-5
Birth To Three Development Center	0	PK-PK
Brigadoon Elementary School	353	PK-5
Camelot Elementary School	325	PK-5
Career Academy At Truman High School	68	9-12
Decatur High School	1,327	9-12
Dynamic Family Services	0	PK-12
Employment Transition Program	51	9-12
Enterprise Elementary School	448	PK-5
Evergreen Middle School	718	6-8
Federal Way High School	1,640	9-12
Federal Way Public Academy	298	6-10
Federal Way Public School Eceap	332	PK-PK
Federal Way Public Schools Headstart	0	PK-PK
Federal Way Running Start Home School	1	11-12
Gateway To College	11	9-12
Green Gables Elementary School	339	PK-5
Illahee Middle School	671	5-8
Internet Academy	515	PK-12
Kilo Middle School	618	6-8
Lake Dolloff Elementary School	469	PK-5
Lake Grove Elementary School	359	PK-5
Lakeland Elementary School	404	PK-5
Lakota Middle School	632	6-8
Mark Twain Elementary School	489	PK-5
Meredith Hill Elementary School	423	PK-5
Mirror Lake Elementary School	455	PK-5
Nautilus K-8 School	440	KG-8
Olympic View Elementary School	423	PK-5
Open Doors Youth Reengagement (1418)	147	9-12
Panther Lake Elementary School	414	PK-5
Rainier View Elementary School	495	PK-5
Sacajawea Middle School	684	6-8
Sequoyah Middle School	535	6-8
Sherwood Forest Elementary School	350	PK-5
Silver Lake Elementary School	373	PK-5
Star Lake Elementary School	360	PK-5
Sunnycrest Elementary School	521	PK-5
Support School	54	PK-12
Technology Access Foundation Academy At Saghalie	539	6-12
Thomas Jefferson High School	1,797	9-12
Todd Beamer High School	1,302	9-12
Twin Lakes Elementary School	394	PK-5
Valhalla Elementary School	523	PK-5
Wildwood Elementary School	564	PK-5
Woodmont K-8 School	439	KG-8

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