North Thurston Public Schools
“Committed to Excellence: Providing every student the academic and life skills necessary to succeed in a diverse world."
Budget	$112,817,500
Established	1953
Grades	PK - 12
Superintendent	Raj Manhas
Students	13,500
Teachers	856
Location	305 College Street, Lacey, WA, 98516-5390 United States of America
Website	www.nthurston.k12.wa.us

North Thurston Public Schools, District No. 3 (NTPS) is a school district, providing educational services for Lacey and parts of unincorporated Thurston County, Washington, including students from the Nisqually Tribe Reservation. It is the 22nd largest school district in the state of Washington.

It is the largest school district in the county with 19 schools, more than 13,000 students and 1,600 employees as of 2006. Enrollment is forecast to increase to 20,000 students by 2021.

Contents 1 Location 2 Schools 3 Closed Schools 4 Student Demographics 5 Sources 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Location

NTPS covers 74 square miles (191.7 km²) of land ([map]) in northeastern Thurston county.

[edit] Schools

High Schools (Grades 9-12)

High School	Type	Established	Enrollment	Mascot	WIAA Classification
North Thurston	comprehensive	1955	1371	Rams	3A
River Ridge	comprehensive	1993	1153	Hawks	2A
South Sound	alternative	2001	176	Bulldogs	N/A
Timberline High School	comprehensive	1970	1428	Blazers	3A

Middle Schools

Name	Type	Established	Enrollment	Mascot
Chinook	7-8	1961	730	Warriors
Komachin	7-8	1992	817	Wolves
Nisqually	7-8	1967	564	Totems
Aspire	6-8 magnet	2009	TBD	Firebirds

Elementary Schools

Name	Grade Levels	Established	Enrollment	Mascot	Remarks
Chamber's Prairie	K-6	2009	TBD	TBA
Evergreen Forest	P,K-6	1978	467	Bobcats	Serves students from living within the Nisqually reservation
Horizons	K-6	1992	973	Hawks	Divided into a school within a school system
Lacey	K-6	1953-1967, 1968-	540	Husky pups	"The Round School"
Lakes	K-6		540	Leopards	""
Lydia Hawk	P,K-6	1959	467	Pioneers	Located in Tanglewilde
Meadows	K-6	1986	484	Mustangs
Mountain View	P,K-6	1957	681	Bobcats
Olympic View	K-6	1970	567	Eagles	Located in Thompson Place
Pleasant Glade	P,K-6	1987	571	Panthers
Seven Oaks	P,K-6	1990	642	Bulldogs	Serves students living in Mushroom Corner
South Bay	K-6	1953	722	Bruins
Woodland	K-6	1981	517	Wildcats

[edit] Closed Schools

• New Century High School - An experimental school that ran on an evening/nighttime schedule.
• Puget Sound High School - An alternative school that combined with New Century to form South Sound High School.

[edit] Student Demographics

2007 Student Diversity^[1]

Ethnicity	Percent
African American	9%
Hispanic	10%
White	61%
Native American	4%
Asian/Pacific Islander	13%
other	3%

[edit] Sources

• [2]

[edit] References

1. ^ [1]

[edit] External links

• North Thurston Public Schools
• North Thurston Education Foundation, local non-profit foundation
• North Thurston Citizens for Schools, local non-profit promoting bond/levy issues
• Washington State Report Card
• SchoolTree.org
• GreatSchools.net