The Clover Park School District (CPSD) is the fourth largest school district in
Pierce County, Washington
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, United States, and the 28th largest public school district in the state.
Location
The Clover Park School District is located directly south of
Tacoma, Washington
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in the city of
Lakewood. The district includes within the western area of
Pierce County.
CPSD serves the majority of Lakewood,
North Fort Lewis, the
Joint Base Lewis-McChord
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community (the district boundary includes almost all of the boundary of
Fort Lewis and much of the
McChord Field
McChord Field is a United States Air Force base in the northwest United States, in Pierce County, Washington. South of Tacoma, McChord Field is the home of the 62d Airlift Wing, Air Mobility Command, the field's primary mission being worldw ...
territory), and portions of
Parkland and
Tacoma.
Schools
Clover Park is composed of 17 elementary schools, four middle schools, two high schools, one alternative high school and Harrison Preparatory School (grades 6-12). The district also serves two specialty schools within
Western State Hospital.
Starting with the 2009-2010 school year, Harrison Prep offered grades 6 through 12 only, to allow for an
International Baccalaureate (Middle Years Program).
Demographics
On average, the CPSD student body is approximately 39.66% Caucasian, 13.05% African American, 27.85% Hispanic, 4.53% Asian American, and .83% Native American.
Racial discipline policy
Data from Washington schools indicated that black students were disciplined more often than white students.
"Are you dispersing discipline across the ethnicities, the racial groups, equitably", asked a district superintendent, "are you disciplining African-American boys more than you're disciplining white boys?"
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Military influence
There has been a significant military influence within the district due to its proximity to Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Each of its two senior high schools are home to two Junior
Reserve Officers' Training Corps
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Overview
While ROTC graduate officers serve in all ...
(JROTC) programs. Clover Park High School has an Air Force JROTC program, and Lakes High School has an Army JROTC program.
About 31% of students within the district live on a military base while 40% are funded military dependents. From 1985 to 2011, there have been 90 appointments to military academies from CPSD.
References
External links
Clover Park School District website
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School districts in Washington (state)
Lakewood, Washington
Education in Pierce County, Washington