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North Thurston Public Schools

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Grades
  
PK - 12

Superintendent
  
Raj Manhas

Website
  
Nthurston.k12.wa.us

Founded
  
1953

Established
  
1953

Teachers
  
804

Budget
  
128 million USD

Number of students
  
14,177

North Thurston Public Schools httpswwwnthurstonk12wauscmslibWA01001371

Motto
  
Providing every student the academic and life skills necessary to succeed in a diverse world." (“Committed to Excellence)

North Thurston Public Schools, District No. 3 (NTPS) is a school district, providing educational services for Lacey and parts of unincorporated Thurston County, Washington, including the Nisqually Tribe Reservation. It is the 23rd largest school district in the state of Washington.

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Map of North Thurston Public Schools, WA, USA

It is the most diverse and largest school district in the county with 21 schools, more than 14,000 students and 1,700 employees as of 2006. Enrollment is forecast to increase to 20,000 students by 2030.

Location

NTPS covers 74 square miles (191.7 km2) of land ([map]) in northeastern Thurston county.

Closed Schools

  • New Century High School - An experimental school that ran on an evening/nighttime schedule.
  • Puget Sound High School - An alternative school that combined with New Century to form South Sound High School.

    • References

    North Thurston Public Schools Wikipedia
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