WashingtonSchoolsMount Tahoma High School

Mount Tahoma High School

PublicRegular
Tacoma, Washington · Tacoma School District
Teachers70.0FTE
Ratio20.2:1students per teacher
Students1,416enrolled
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students1,416
Grade Span9–12
Student:Teacher20.2:1
Free/Reduced Lunch76%
Title INo
SectorPublic
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
5.9%vs prior yrUS avg 15.4:1
Teacher FTE
66
5.7%vs prior yr
Enrollment
1,410
0.4%vs prior yr
Avg Experience
15
years
Counselors
ASCA max 1:250
Nurses
NASN max 1:750
Psychologists
NASP max 1:500
Social Workers
SSWAA max 1:250
Trends & 5-year history below

Pupil : Teacher Ratio — 5-Year Trend

14.9:116.4:117.9:119.3:120.8:122.3:12020202120222023202421.1:121.8:120.4:120.2:121.4:1Mount Tahoma High SchoolUS public-school avg

Enrollment & Teacher FTE

1,3471,3651,3831,4001,4181,436626466676971202020212022202320241,3531,3761,4301,4161,4106463707066EnrollmentTeacher FTE

Year-by-year workforce

Metric20202021202220232024Nat Avg
Enrollment1,3531,3761,4301,4161,410
Teacher FTE6463707066
Pupil : Teacher ratio21.1:121.8:120.4:120.2:121.4:115.4:1

Teacher Experience & Qualifications (2024)

Average years of experience15.0 yrs
Novice teachers (< 3 yrs)0%
Hold advanced degree70%
Source: State Department of Education teacher workforce reports.

What These Numbers Mean

Teacher FTE

Full-Time Equivalent counts part-time teachers proportionally. One full-time teacher = 1.0 FTE; two half-time teachers also = 1.0 FTE. This is the standard federal reporting unit.

Pupil : Teacher ratio

NCES-reported ratio divides total enrollment by teacher FTE. It is NOT the same as average class size — schools with specialists, coaches, and resource teachers will show lower ratios than typical class sizes.

How to read the trend

A falling pupil:teacher ratio (line going down) means more staffing per student — generally a positive signal. A rising line can indicate budget pressure or fast enrollment growth outpacing hiring. Always compare to the US average (dashed grey).

Historical data spans 20202024 from NCES CCD.

Student Support & Wellbeing

Counselor, nurse, psychologist and social-worker staffing data will appear here once the latest CRDC (Civil Rights Data Collection) ingestion completes for this school.

Source: US Dept of Education — CRDC.