District Profile
At A Glance...
Student enrollment is over 9,000, and includes two 4A high schools, one alternative
high school, two middle schools, seven elementary schools and a Homeschool Resource Center alternative school. Construction is underway for a new elementary school that is to open in the fall of 2007.
Current Information...
This information is provided by the Office of Superintendent for Public Instruction. The Summary information is for the school district. Use the pull down arrow to select a school site. All Mead schools are listed.
Did you know that the Mead School District…
- Has an $81 million operating budget, 85% of which pays for staff salaries and benefits
- Employs 576 Certificated Staff. Average teaching experience is 15 years and 76% of those teachers have Masters/Doctorate degrees
- Employs 459 Classified Staff
- Typically receives in excess of 100 applications for each teaching position vacancy
- Serves 1.1 million meals annually
- Covers approximately 165 square miles
- Maintains 1.2 million square feet of building space and approximately 300 acres of fields and grounds
- Operates a fleet of 93 school buses, traveling an average of 6100 miles each day and 1.1 million miles annually (the equivalent of 4.6 trips per year to the moon!)
- Serves 9,338 total students including 985 Special Education students, 136 Bi-Lingual Education students and 340 students in Alternative Education
- 256 course offerings in Mead’s two high schools
- High schools have 65% of students participating in co-curricular and extra-curricular programs
- Educates students for 8% less per pupil than the statewide average
(Information from Mead Matters October 2008)
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