The Snoqualmie Valley School District is located in

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about from

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at the foothills of

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. It encompasses over , making it geographically one of the largest school districts in

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. The district has an enrollment of approximately 6,000 students.

History

Prior to 1945 there were three schools districts covering the area of present-day

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School District. They were the North Bend District, Snoqualmie District, and the

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District. These were consolidated into one large district in 1944. In the last decade, the total student population in this district has increased by 25%.

Attendance boundary

It includes Snoqualmie,

, most of Ames Lake, a section of Union Hill-Novelty Hill, and a small section of

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Schools

The Snoqualmie Valley School District contains six

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Secondary schools

Mount Si High School Mount Si High School is a high school located in the Snoqualmie Valley in Snoqualmie, Washington Snoqualmie ( ) is a city next to Snoqualmie Falls in King County, Washington, United States. It is east of Seattle. Snoqualmie city is home to ...

, built between 1952 and 1953 and remodeled in 1955, 1968, 1977, 1991, 2005 and 2019. It serves grades 9-12. * Two Rivers School is an alternative school. It serves grades 9-12.

Primary schools

* Cascade View Elementary School, located on Snoqualmie Ridge. It opened in 2005 and serves grades K-5. * Timber Ridge Elementary School, located on Snoqualmie Ridge. It opened officially for the Fall 2016 school season and serves grades K-5. * Fall City Elementary School, built in 1909 and remodeled in 1968, 1982, and 1999. The original gymnasium remains standing. It serves grades K-5. * North Bend Elementary School, built in 1962 and remodeled in 1967, 1968, and 1999. It serves K-5. * Opstad Elementary School, located in North Bend. It was built in 1988 and remodeled in 1989 and 1999. It serves grades P-5. * Snoqualmie Elementary School, built in 1968 and was remodeled in 1985, 2000, and 2018. It serves grades P-5 and has 2 gymnasiums. * Chief Kanim Middle School, located in Fall City. It was built in 1991 and expanded in 2005. It serves grades 6-8. * Snoqualmie Middle School, built in 1972 and remodeled in 1977 and 2000. It serves grades 6-8. The campus was repurposed in 2013 as the ninth grade campus of Mt. Si High School and the middle-schoolers were transferred to either Chief Kanim or Twin Falls Middle Schools. It reopened for middle schoolers in 2019. * Twin Falls Middle School, located a few miles east of North Bend. It opened in 2008 and serves grades 6-8.

References

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