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Pasco Senior High School

1108 N 10th Avenue, Pasco, WA, 99301-4100 -

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Definition of Terms

Pasco Senior High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 8 - 12

County

Franklin County, WA

Students & Faculty

Total Students

2997 students

% Male / % Female

53% / 47%

Total Classroom Teachers

154 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 8 - 1 students

Grade 9 - 1245 students

Grade 10 - 749 students

Grade 11 - 532 students

Grade 12 - 470 students

This School

(WA) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:19

1:21

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(WA) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	6%
% Asian	2%	6%
% Hispanic	67%	12%
% Black	3%	5%
% White	28%	69%

Additional Student Information

This School

(WA) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

56%

22%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

(WA) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Pasco School District

This School's Agency

(WA) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	17	5
Number of Students Managed	11,968 students	1,985 students
District Total Revenue	$90,476,000	$16,541,000
District Expenditure	$101,299,000	$16,470,000
District Revenue / Student	$7,560	$8,333
District Expenditure / Student	$8,464	$8,297
District Graduation Rates	69%	88%

Area students named Washington Scholars (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin)
posted on May 15, 2009 at 09:19:14 pm
Three area students are being honored as part of the Washington Scholars program, which recognizes students from each of the state's legislative districts and helps them secure money for college.

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Pasco High School, located at 1108 N. 10th Avenue in Pasco, Washington, is the largest high school in the Tri-Cities of Washington. Its mascot is the Bulldog and its colors are purple and white. Pasco High has a very diverse student body and a strong football program, but is challenged by low tax revenues and overcrowding, due to it being, until the opening of Chiawana High School, the only public high school in Pasco.
In 2006, the voters of Pasco approved a $90 million+ bond to construct a new high school on Argent and Road 84 to ease the overcrowding of Pasco High. The new school, Chiawana High, was scheduled to be completed in 2009 along Argent Street, leaving the current students to remain in an overcrowded building. In the meantime, the school has turned the old Captain Gray Elementary School, located at 1102 N. 10th Avenue into an annex, where a majority of freshman classes are held. Additionally, the school makes use of over 50 portable classrooms.
Student Demographics
Gender (October 2007)
Male 52.4%
Female 47.6%
Ethnicity (October 2007)
American Indian/Alaskan Native 0.5%
Asian 1.4%
Pacific Islander 0.1%
Asian/Pacific Islander 1.5%
Black 3.2%
Hispanic 68.4%
White 26.3%
Special Programs
Free or Reduced-Price Meals (May 2008) 63.4%
Special Education (May 2008) 10.7%
Transitional Bilingual (May 2008) 21.7%
Migrant (May 2008) 10.7%
Other Information (more info)
Annual Dropout Rate (2006-07) 8.1%
On-Time Graduation Rate (2006-07) 66.4%
Extended Graduation Rate (2006-07) 71.9%
Teacher Information (2007-08)
Classroom Teachers 193
Average Years of Teacher Experience 11.4
Teachers with at least a Master's Degree 64.2%
Total number of teachers who teach core academic classes 124
Total number of core academic classes 541
Academics
Due to the quantity of relatively poor families in Pasco, college is a difficult option for some students and Pasco High School has programs to train these students in various occupational areas. One of these is the "Bulldog House" where students help build a house in the community and sell it, with the proceeds going towards next year's house and various scholarships. Still, students have consistently been accepted to top tier schools such as Harvard, Columbia University, West Point, Cornell, and The Johns Hopkins University.
One avenue pursued to overcome prejudice and inequity in the Hispanic community has been the pursuit of academic excellence and participation in the Hispanic Academic Achievers Program (HAAP) where students and families are recognized annually for the student maintaining a 3.0 or greater GPA. Senior HAAP members also apply for substantial scholarships to college and act as role models to younger siblings making it possible for the next generation to be even more competitive in America.
"*June 9, 2009
Pasco High School has once again been named one of the top 1,500 public high schools in the United States by Newsweek magazine in the annual “Newsweek’s Best American High Schools” list. This marks the fourth time PHS has made the list in the last five years. This year the school claimed the 853rd spot after being at 876, 905, and 913 in 2004, 2005, and 2007, respectively. Newsweek sums up the results by saying that all schools on the list are in the top 6% of schools measured this way.
Public high schools earn their ranking according to the Challenge Index. “The Washington Post Challenge Index measures a public high school’s effort to challenge its students. The formula is simple: divide the number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate or Cambridge tests a school gave by the number of seniors who graduated in June. Tests taken by all students, not just seniors, are counted.”
Thirty-four public high schools in Washington State are on the list.
Read the entire Newsweek story here: [1]"
Source: Pasco School District Website[2]
Athletics
The football team won the state championship in 1998, 2000, and 2003, and followed it up with a conference championship the following year. The Bulldogs were ranked 27th in the nation and had a twenty-seven game win streak during this period before losing in 2001 in the state championship versus cross-state rival Kentwood High School. Football in Pasco has been a sport of unity in the community. Games at Edgar Brown Memorial Stadium are viewed as social and community building events. Other Pasco sports teams have seen great success as well, including recent state championships in golf and men's soccer. The men's and women's basketball teams have seen success as well.
Pasco High School's Boys Soccer Team has also been extremely successful. They have won two state championships in 1999 and 2007. The team has been ranked as high as 3rd in the nation (1999) and 4th in 2007. They have made the playoffs for 14 straight years. in 2009 they were set to be first in the nation but lost the State Champ game 1-2 and dropped to 15th in the nation.
Boys Basketball won a state title in 1947. [3]
Performing arts
The marching band at Pasco continues to be one of the best in Washington State. In 2006 they won sweepstakes in both Everett and Yakima. In 2007 They won Sweepstakes along with every single caption award in their division in Yakima, and they won first in their division (3rd Overall) in Spokane and 1st in their Division (2nd overall) in Wennache. Most Recently in 2008 they got 2nd in their division(3rd overall) at Spokane and 4th overall in Everett. The marching band considers themselves to have only two rivals, both being from the Spokane area. They are Central Vally and Mead. They also have an on going rivalry with Kamiak, after some racist comments from some of their members during the 2006 season.
The Jazz and concert bands continue to win Superior ratings in their competitions with a few people going to State as part of solo and ensemble. And more recently they beat Mead High School at the CBC jazz unlimited festival taking first place and took 2nd place at the Bellevue Jazz Festival in April 2009.
Other activities include the 10th Avenue Singers who, under the direction of Mel Haug, recently took first place at the CBC Jazz Festival. 10th Avenue has put on yearly shows since Haug came to the school. These shows have included A Radio Show, Beach Party, The U.S.O. Show, A Tribute to Motown, 10th Avenue Idol (a spinoff of the popular American Idol), The British Invasion, and most recently, A Tribute to American Bandstand. The group has also toured in Hawaii several times over the years. They have become moderatly famous throughout Pasco and the wider Tricities.
The drama department recently went to Scotland to participate in the American High School Theatre Festival, which showcases the top high school theater productions in the United States. They have performed:
The Hobbit (Fall 2001)
Anne Frank & Me (Winter 2002)
Clue (Spring 2002)
The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe (Fall 2002)
The Odd Couple - female version (Spring 2003)
Fiddler On The Roof (Fall 2003)
Peter Pan (Winter 2004)
Beauty & The Beast - non musical (Spring 2004)
The Sound of Music (Winter 2005)
Rumors (Spring 2005)
Charlie & The Chocolate Factory (Fall 2005)
Dancing At Lughnasa (Winter 2006)
I Hate Hamlet (Spring 2006)
Charlotte's Web (Fall 2006)
Pinocchio (Winter 2007)
Reindeer Soup - Scotland Show (Spring & Summer 2007)
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Winter 2007)
CLUE (Spring 2008)
The Hobbit (Fall 2008)
Jungle Book (Spring 2009)
Alumni
Jeremy Bonderman, Detroit Tigers pitcher
The only player ever drafted as a junior in high school
Tyler Brayton - Carolina Panthers defensive end
Anthony Davis - Kansas City Chiefs linebacker
Michael Jackson - Football
Karen Murray-Hodgins - Basketball
Ron Howard - Football
Bruce Kison - Baseball
Duke Washington - Football
Doc Hastings United States Congressman
Joseph Santos American Painter/Artist
External links
Pasco High School website

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