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Schools in Ruston · Tacoma Public Schools

Ruston’s public schools score below 56% of Washington districts on tests and graduation

Math proficiency in Ruston’s districts is 31%, below the Washington average (40%). The grade covers the public school district serving Ruston, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Washington, not nationally.

K–12Where will my kid go?

From Washington state tests taken in spring 2022, when 86% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency

47%

▼ 6 pts vs WA 53%

2021–22

Math proficiency

31%

▼ 9 pts vs WA 40%

2021–22

Graduate on time

83%

▼ 1 pts vs WA 84%

class of 2023

Spent per student

$19.6K

▲ 6% vs WA $18.4K

FY2024

Students per teacher

18.5

WA 17.7 · larger classes

Schools in town

27,431 students on the public path

In brief

Ruston’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Among the 218 Washington towns with household incomes within a quarter of Ruston’s, its schools beat 28%, lower than their 44% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Results trail the state

In spring 2022, 47% of tested students were proficient in reading and 31% in math, against 53% and 40% statewide; 86% of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓

Graduation

83% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 84% across Washington. Districts ↓

Spending and class size

The district spends $19,619 per student, against $18,444 across Washington (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓

35 elementary schools, then 13 middle and nine high schools

Which school depends on the address at every step. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

The School Grade

What’s behind Ruston’s grade

C⁺ Test scoresC⁺ Graduation

C+: better than 44% of Washington school districts. Both inputs trail the Washington average; graduation is the closer of the two to typical.

Washington school districts we grade (289)Better than 44%

Lower resultsHigher results

Washington towns with similar household incomes (218)Better than 28%

C⁺B⁻A fairly firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 12,812 test results and a graduating class of 2,068 could put Ruston anywhere from C+ to B−. The tests are from spring 2022, when 86% of Ruston’s students in the tested grades sat them (12,793 in math, 12,832 in reading).

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Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Ruston, with each school’s own grade.

35 schools teach K in Ruston’s district. Which one depends on your address.

Ruston’s public schools score below 56% of Washington districts on tests and graduation

Ruston’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Results trail the state

Graduation

Spending and class size

35 elementary schools, then 13 middle and nine high schools

What’s behind Ruston’s grade

Where will my kid go?

The district

Well below the state in reading

Ruston vs. its neighbors

Every school in Ruston

Questions about Ruston’s schools

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