Olympia School District

Olympia School District
The Olympia School District 111 Esther R. Knox Building. (OSD office)
Address
111 Bethel St NE Olympia , Washington , 98501 United States
District information
Type	Public
Grades	Pre-K through 12
Established	1852;173 years ago (1852) [1]
Superintendent	Dr. Patrick Murphy
NCES District ID	5306180 [2]
Students and staff
Students	9829
Teachers	524 [3]
Student–teacher ratio	17.51 [2]
Other information
Website	osd.wednet.edu

Olympia School District is a school district (Washington school district number 111) serving 9,829 students (as of the 2020-2021 school year) in the city of Olympia in Thurston County, Washington. The school district has approximately 1200 staff members and maintains 19 campuses.

Schools

High Schools (Grades 9-12)

High School	Grade Levels/Type	Established	Enrollment (2020)	Mascot	WIAA Classification	Notes	Principals
Avanti	alternative	1996	142	Boxers	n/a		Michael Velasquez
Capital	comprehensive 9-12	1975	1367	Cougars	3A	Hosts students from Griffin School District.	Lil Hunter
OlympiaW	comprehensive 9-12	1907	1890	Bears	4A	Also known as William Winlock Miller High School	Matt Grant

Middle Schools (Grades 6-8)

Name	Grade Levels/Type	Established	Enrollment (2020)	Mascot	Principal
Jefferson	6-8	1961	467	Jaguars	Jane Allaire
Marshall	6-8	1994	415	Mustangs	Anthony Brock
Reeves	6-8	1970	414	Raiders	Aaron Davis
Washington	6-8		787	Bulldogs	Paul Anders

Elementary Schools (Grades K-5)

Name	Grades	Established	Enrollment (2018)	Mascot	Principal	Remarks
Boston Harbor	K-5	1964*	184	Bruins	Jen Brotherton	*1900s as part of Boston Harbor school district, 1964 as officially part of OSD
Centennial	K-5	1989	484	Stars	Shannon Ritter	Replaced McKinley Elementary
Garfield	K-5	1852*	348	Cheetahs	Brendon Chertok	*1852 as Westside school, 1902 as Garfield School
Julia Butler Hansen	K-5	1994	479	Hawks	William (Billy) Harris	"Hansen". Hosts alternative HAP program.
Leland P. Brown	K-5	1965	331	Eagles	Sean Shaughnessy	"L.P. Brown"
Abraham Lincoln	K-5	1859	270	Lions	Marcela Abadi	Hosts the district's alternative Options Program
James Madison	K-5		243	Lion Cubs	Domenico Spatola-Knoll
Margaret McKenny	K-5		349	Hawks	Michael Havens	Named for local environmentalist, activist and author.
McLane	K-5	1883*	337	Owls	Dannie Clark	Named for pioneer and legislator William McLane. Originally McLane School before integrating with Olympia.
Pioneer	K-5	1969	387	Bear Cubs	Joel Lang
Theodore Roosevelt	K-5	1908	393	Ravens	Chisa Marshall

Name	Grade Levels/Type	Established	Enrollment [3]	Mascot	Administrator
Olympia Regional Learning Academy	K-12 alternative		367	Orcas	Stacey Anderson (K-5) Frank Reed (6-12)

Other facilities

• District Headquarters at 111 Bethel St NE, Olympia, WA 98506.
• Transportation Department at 3000 RW Johnson Blvd SW, Tumwater, WA 98512.
• Support Service Center at 1914 Wilson St SE, Olympia, WA 98501.

Board of directors

The Olympia School Board currently has five voting members. The voting members in 2023 are:

• District 1: Director Maria Flores
• District 2: Director Jess Tourette Palumbo
• District 3: Director Darcy Huffman
• District 4: Director Hilary Seidel (Board President)
• District 5: Director Scott Clifthorne (Board Vice President)

The Olympia School Board also has four student representatives. The students serve in an advisory capacity at board meetings and may cast non-binding, advisory votes on motions before the board. The student representatives for the 2022-2023 school year are:

• Capital HS: Rahma Gaye
• Avanti HS: Ali Owen
• ORLA: Ru'ya Russell
• Olympia HS: Christine Zhang

References

1. History of Olympia School District Accessed online 21 December 2010
2. 1 2 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Olympia School District". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences.
3. Olympia School District 2009-2010 Report Card Accessed online 11 March 2011

External links

• Official website