Spokane Public Schools (District No. 81) is a public

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Spokane County, Washington Spokane County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, its population was 539,339, making it the fourth-most populous county in Washington. The largest city and county seat is Spokane, the second largest cit ...

, and serves the city of

Spokane Spokane ( ) is the largest city and county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States. It is in eastern Washington, along the Spokane River, adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains, and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, south of the Ca ...

. The district includes oversight and administration of seven high schools, six middle schools, and 34 elementary schools. Specialized programming focuses on alternative learning opportunities for intelligently gifted children, as well as those that experience moderate to severe emotional and/or physical disabilities, are homeless, or experiencing the Spokane Public Schools system through the Foreign Exchange Program.

Demographics

In 2012 the largest groups of students who spoke languages other than English were Russian (530), Marshallese (370), and Spanish (360)-speakers, respectively. In 2006 the school district began receiving large numbers of ethnic Marshallese. The school system created the Marshallese 101 outreach and training program to combat truancy and address issues related to frequent address changes, staying with extended family, and other issues related to Marshallese culture.

Schools

High schools

Joel E. Ferris High School Joel E. Ferris High School (also known as Ferris High School) is a four-year public high school in Spokane, Washington, part of Spokane Public Schools. In southeast Spokane's Southgate neighborhood, it was built at a cost of $3,235,861 and opened o ...

Lewis and Clark High School Lewis and Clark High School is a four-year public secondary school in Spokane, Washington, United States. Opened in 1912, it is located at 521 W. Fourth Ave. in the Cliff/Cannon neighborhood of downtown Spokane, bounded by I-90 to the north and ...

* North Central High School *

John R. Rogers High School John R. Rogers High School is a four-year public secondary school in Bemiss, Spokane, Bemiss, Spokane, Washington, part of Spokane Public Schools (District No. 81). Opened in 1932 in northeast Spokane, the school is named after John Rankin Roge ...

Shadle Park High School Shadle Park High School is a four-year public secondary school in the northwest United States, located in the Audubon/Downriver neighborhood of Spokane, Washington. Northwest of downtown Spokane, Shadle Park was the first new high school in the ci ...

* NEWTech Skills Center * The Community School * On Track Academy

Middle schools

* The Libby Center * Chase Middle School * Garry Middle School * Glover Middle School * Sacajawea Middle School * Salk Middle School * Shaw Middle School * Yasuhara Middle School * Flett Middle School

Elementary schools

* Adams Elementary School * Arlington Elementary School * Audubon Elementary School * Balboa Elementary School * Bemiss Elementary School * Browne Elementary School * Cooper Elementary School * Finch Elementary School * Frances Scott Elementary School (formerly Sheridan Elementary School) * Franklin Elementary School * Garfield Elementary School * Grant Elementary School * Hamblen Elementary School * Holmes Elementary School * Hutton Elementary School * Indian Trail Elementary School * Jefferson Elementary School * Libby Center Elementary School * Lidgerwood Elementary School * Lincoln Heights Elementary School * Linwood Elementary School * Logan Elementary School * Longfellow Elementary School * Madison Elementary School * Moran Prairie Elementary School * Mullan Road Elementary School * Regal Elementary School * Ridgeview Elementary School * Roosevelt Elementary School * Stevens Elementary School * Westview Elementary School * Whitman Elementary School * Willard Elementary School * Wilson Elementary School * Woodridge Elementary School

Special programs

* APPLE * Career and Technical Education (CTE) * Childcare: Express * Early Learning (

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) * English Language Development (ELD) * Envision program: Community Service * Family Connections * HEART – Homeless Education and Resource Team * IMAGES *

Junior ROTC The Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC -- commonly pronounced "JAY-rotsee") is a federal program sponsored by the United States Armed Forces in high schools and also in some middle schools across the United States and at US military ...

* LAP * Spokane Public

Montessori The Montessori method of education involves children's natural interests and activities rather than formal teaching methods. A Montessori classroom places an emphasis on hands-on learning and developing real-world skills. It emphasizes indepen ...

* Spanish Immersion Program K-8 (currently only K-3rd grade) * Oddessy Program *

Special education Special education (known as special-needs education, aided education, exceptional education, alternative provision, exceptional student education, special ed., SDC, or SPED) is the practice of educating students in a way that accommodates th ...

* Spokane

Virtual Learning A virtual learning environment (VLE) in educational technology is a web-based platform for the digital aspects of courses of study, usually within educational institutions. They present resources, activities, and interactions within a course stru ...

* SPRINT (7–8 Parent Participation) * Tessera Program * The Enrichment Cooperative (TEC) *

Title 1 The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was passed by the 89th United States Congress and signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on April 11, 1965. Part of Johnson's "War on Poverty", the act has been one of the most far-rea ...

* Work Study Program

References

External links

* {{official website, http://www.spokaneschools.org
Spokane School District Report Card
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