Olympia School District

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Olympia School District
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The Olympia School District 111 Esther R. Knox Building. (OSD office)
Address
111 Bethel St NE
, Washington , 98501
United States
District information
Type Public
Grades Pre-K through 12
Established1852;171 years ago (1852) [1]
SuperintendentDr. Patrick Murphy
NCES District ID 5306180 [2]
Students and staff
Students9829
Teachers524 [3]
Student–teacher ratio17.51 [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.

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Schools

High Schools (Grades 9-12)
High SchoolGrade Levels/TypeEstablishedEnrollment (2020)Mascot WIAA ClassificationNotesPrincipals
Avantialternative1996142Boxersn/aMichael Velasquez
Capital comprehensive 9-1219751367Cougars3AHosts students from Griffin School District.Lil Hunter
OlympiaWcomprehensive 9-1219071890Bears4AAlso known as William Winlock Miller High SchoolMatt Grant
Middle Schools (Grades 6-8)
NameGrade Levels/TypeEstablishedEnrollment (2020)MascotPrincipal
Jefferson6-81961467JaguarsJane Allaire
Marshall6-81994415MustangsAnthony Brock
Reeves6-81970414RaidersAaron Davis
Washington6-8787BulldogsPaul Anders
Elementary Schools (Grades K-5)
NameGradesEstablishedEnrollment

(2018)

MascotPrincipalRemarks
Boston HarborK-51964*184BruinsJen Brotherton*1900s as part of Boston Harbor school district, 1964 as officially part of OSD
CentennialK-51989484StarsShannon RitterReplaced McKinley Elementary
GarfieldK-51852*348CheetahsBrendon Chertok*1852 as Westside school, 1902 as Garfield School
Julia Butler HansenK-51994479HawksWilliam (Billy) Harris"Hansen". Hosts alternative HAP program.
Leland P. BrownK-51965331EaglesSean Shaughnessy"L.P. Brown"
Abraham LincolnK-51859270LionsMarcela AbadiHosts the district's alternative Options Program
James MadisonK-5243Lion CubsDomenico Spatola-Knoll
Margaret McKenny K-5349HawksMichael HavensNamed for local environmentalist, activist and author.
McLaneK-51883*337OwlsDannie ClarkNamed for pioneer and legislator William McLane. Originally McLane School before integrating with Olympia.
PioneerK-51969387Bear CubsJoel Lang
Theodore RooseveltK-51908393RavensChisa Marshall
NameGrade Levels/TypeEstablishedEnrollment [3] MascotAdministrator
Olympia Regional Learning AcademyK-12 alternative367OrcasStacey Anderson (K-5)

Frank Reed (6-12)

Other facilities

Board of directors

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

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:

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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. 1 2 Olympia School District 2009-2010 Report Card Accessed online 11 March 2011