Bates Technical High School
Tacoma · WA · Bates Technical College · Public
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Bates Technical College - Open Doors → Tacoma Pierce County Education Center → Comm Based Trans Program → Special Services → Tacoma School of the Arts → Tacoma Open Doors → Maritime 253 Skills Center → Stadium High School →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🔢 1 calculus classes
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 33% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Bates Technical High School compares for families
What families should know about Bates Technical High School.
- ▸ LocallyWA sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Bates Technical College - Open Doors, Tacoma Pierce County Education Center, Comm Based Trans Program and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Moderate — some AP / advanced course access
Bottom 33% of US high schools
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
📊 State assessment · WA Smarter Balanced · grade 10
SBAC grade 10 — met or exceeded standard
School year 2024-25. Levels 3 + 4 combined ("at or above grade level"). Cells suppressed by the state when sample is small.
Source: WA state DOE Smarter Balanced results. Levels 1–2 = below standard, 3 = met, 4 = exceeded. Headline = level 3 + level 4 combined.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -5.4%/year, projecting from 2024's 343 students:
≈ 83 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bates Technical College - Open Doors Tacoma |
Public | 0.0 | — | — |
| Tacoma Pierce County Education Center Tacoma |
Public | 0.2 | — | — |
| Comm Based Trans Program Tacoma |
Public | 0.3 | 71 | +10.9% |
| Special Services Tacoma |
Public | 0.3 | 7 | — |
| Tacoma School of the Arts Tacoma |
Public | 0.3 | 658 | +6.5% |
| Tacoma Open Doors Tacoma |
Public | 0.5 | 392 | +23.7% |
| Maritime 253 Skills Center Tacoma |
Public | 0.8 | — | — |
| Stadium High School Tacoma |
Public | 1.0 | 1,700 | +10.3% |