Special Services
Tacoma · WA · Tacoma School District · Public · K-12 combined
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Comm Based Trans Program → Tacoma Pierce County Education Center → Tacoma School of the Arts → Bates Technical High School → Bates Technical College - Open Doors → Stadium High School → Tacoma Open Doors → Maritime 253 Skills Center →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Special Services compares for families
What families should know about Special Services.
- ▸ 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: Comm Based Trans Program, Tacoma Pierce County Education Center, Tacoma School of the Arts and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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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.
📊 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.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Mixed-income school
Below Title I eligibility threshold (FRPL < 35%)
25-34% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Below the federal Title I threshold but a meaningful share of the population is income-eligible for free lunch.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -27.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 9 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comm Based Trans Program Tacoma |
Public | 0.0 | 71 | +10.9% |
| Tacoma Pierce County Education Center Tacoma |
Public | 0.1 | — | — |
| Tacoma School of the Arts Tacoma |
Public | 0.2 | 658 | +6.5% |
| Bates Technical High School Tacoma |
Public | 0.3 | 343 | -15.3% |
| Bates Technical College - Open Doors Tacoma |
Public | 0.3 | — | — |
| Stadium High School Tacoma |
Public | 0.7 | 1,700 | +10.3% |
| Tacoma Open Doors Tacoma |
Public | 0.8 | 392 | +23.7% |
| Maritime 253 Skills Center Tacoma |
Public | 0.8 | — | — |