Mount Adams School District

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Mount Adams School District
Address
621 Signal Peak Road
White Swan
, Washington, 98952
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesPreK–12 [1]
NCES District ID 5305280 [1]
Students and staff
Students857 [1]
Teachers53.27 [1]
Staff31.08 [1]
Student–teacher ratio16.09 [1]
Other information
Website www.masd209.org

Mount Adams School District 209 (MASD) is a school district headquartered in White Swan, Washington. [2]

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In 1997 it had 1,274 students, with over 60% of them being Native American. [3] In 2019 it had about 900 students. [4]

Its service area includes White Swan and Harrah. [5] It is the second largest school district in Washington State by land area. [4]

In 2019 Janella Retka of the Yakima Herald wrote that the district has a low tax base. The portions in the Yakama Reservation do not have to pay taxes, and that reduces potential revenue going to MASD. [4]

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References

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  2. "Home". Mount Adams School District. Retrieved July 13, 2021. 621 Signal Peak Rd., White Swan, WA 98952
  3. Tucker, Rob (August 23, 1998). "Refocus called for at Chief Leschi". The News Tribune . pp. C1, C4. - Clipping of first and of second page at Newspapers.com.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Retka, Janelle (March 9, 2019). "After 82 years, Mt. Adams School District poised to finally build new elementary school". Yakima Herald . Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  5. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Yakima County, WA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved July 13, 2021.