📍 16117 Canyon Rd E, Puyallup, Pierce County, 98375
Pierce County Skills Center is a Technical/Vocational serving high age pupils, located in Puyallup, Pierce County. The school has 279 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Bethel School District school district. It serves grades 8–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 25.4:1. The school offers a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Pierce County Skills Center enrolls 279 students across grades 8–12. The student body is 65% male and 33% female. A teaching staff of 11 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 25.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 61% White, 23% Hispanic or Latino and 7.3% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 169 | 61% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 64 | 23% |
| Two or more races | 20 | 7.3% |
| Black or African American | 7 | 2.5% |
| Asian | 7 | 2.5% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 6 | 2.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
68 of the school's 279 students (24%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 57 qualify for free lunch and 11 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Pierce County Skills Center is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district WA At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 2, state house district 2.
Pierce County Skills Center is one of 34 schools in Bethel School District, based in Spanaway, Washington. The district serves 21,450 students district-wide and employs 1,139 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 279 students, Pierce County Skills Center is smaller than the district average of about 631 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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