WashingtonSchoolsOakland High School

Oakland High School

PublicAlternative/other
Tacoma, Washington · Tacoma School District
Teachers9.0FTE
Ratio12.7:1students per teacher
Students114enrolled
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students114
Grade Span9–12
Student:Teacher12.7:1
Free/Reduced Lunch92%
Title INo
SectorPublic
Student : Teacher
28.0:1
120%vs prior yrUS avg 15.4:1
Teacher FTE
4
55.6%vs prior yr
Enrollment
112
1.8%vs prior yr
Avg Experience
13
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

5.5:110.4:115.2:120.0:124.8:129.7:12020202120222023202412.0:17.2:110.9:112.7:128.0:1Oakland High SchoolUS public-school avg

Enrollment & Teacher FTE

90102113125136148357101214202020212022202320241449414211411212131394EnrollmentTeacher FTE

Year-by-year workforce

Metric20202021202220232024Nat Avg
Enrollment14494142114112
Teacher FTE12131394
Pupil : Teacher ratio12.0:17.2:110.9:112.7:128.0:115.4:1

Teacher Experience & Qualifications (2024)

Average years of experience12.6 yrs
Novice teachers (< 3 yrs)0%
Hold advanced degree60%
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.