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Libby Center
2900 E 1st Ave, Spokane, WA, 99202-3914 - Map Map

School Overview:
Definition of Terms
Libby Center
School Type Special education school
Grades Offered Grades 3 - 12
County Spokane County, WA
Students & Faculty
Total Students 150 students
% Male / % Female 47%  /  53%
Total Classroom Teachers 18 teachers
Students by Grade
Grade 3 - 5 students
Grade 4 - 3 students
Grade 5 - 33 students
Grade 6 - 32 students
Grade 7 - 28 students
Grade 8 - 25 students
Grade 9 - 2 students
Grade 10 - 2 students
Grade 11 - 6 students
Grade 12 - 14 students
This School
(WA) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:8 1:22
Students by Ethnicity
This School
(WA) School Average
% American Indian 4% 7%
% Asian 2% 4%
% Hispanic 1% 8%
% Black 1% 9%
% White 87% 70%
% Unknown 5 % 4%
Additional Student Information
This School
(WA) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 18% 19%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch 8% 5%
% Migrant Students Enrolled n/a n/a
School Performance:
(WA) Statewide Testing Performance
School Statewide Performance View Education Department Test Scores
School District:
School District Name Spokane 81 School District
This School's Agency
(WA) District Average
Number of Schools Managed 66 8
Number of Students Managed 30,721 students 3,018 students
District Total Revenue $273,684,000 $25,997,000
District Expenditure $278,866,000 $24,781,000
District Revenue / Student $8,909 $8,614
District Expenditure / Student $9,077 $8,211
In the News:
  • Teaching others to thrive - Sat, 07 Nov 2009 PST (The Spokesman-Review)
    posted on November 7, 2009 at 08:11:39 am
    Liz Ulmen is an award-winning teacher for Spokane School District. Her students come to the Libby Center each day from all over the district to participate in Tessera, a program for gifted children. Ulmen, 54, taught in both public and private schools in the Spokane area before specializing in the teaching of gifted children 16 years ago. She remains in awe of the resilience and creativity of ...
  • Wise Words with Liz Ulmen - Sat, 07 Nov 2009 PST (The Spokesman-Review)
    posted on November 7, 2009 at 08:10:08 am
    Liz Ulmen, who has taught gifted children for 16 years, believes children can show us some ways out of the gloom and doom in these tough economic times.
  • Creating, teaching fill artist’s life - Thu, 24 Sep 2009 PST (The Spokesman-Review)
    posted on September 24, 2009 at 07:12:59 am
    Diane Rowen Garmire is an artist who has fully integrated art into her daily life. Though she is fairly obscure in the art “scene,” she has a captured audience – hundreds of them have been enthralled by her artistic prowess and motivated by her creative energy. A teacher and advocate of the arts in education, Rowen Garmire said, “I don’t know how to teach without art. I don’t know how to be an ...
  • Creating, teaching fill artist’s daily life - Sun, 20 Sep 2009 PST (The Spokesman-Review)
    posted on September 20, 2009 at 07:19:45 am
    Diane Rowen Garmire is an artist who has fully integrated art into her daily life. Though she is fairly obscure in the art “scene,” she has a captured audience – hundreds of them have been enthralled by her artistic prowess and motivated by her creative energy. A teacher and advocate of the arts in education, Rowen Garmire said, “I don’t know how to teach without art. I don’t know how to be an ...
  • Doug Clark: This Eagle Scout project rocks - Sun, 22 Mar 2009 PST (The Spokesman-Review)
    posted on March 22, 2009 at 02:36:42 pm
    No bad news today. After a week of writing about the disgraceful Olsen verdict, I went looking for a topic to refresh my faith in humanity.
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School Notes:
 
School Zip Code:
About This Zip Code (99202)
School Zip (99202)
(WA) State Average
Population (Approximate) 19,801 people 5,781,196 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 31% 29%
Population Average Age 30 years old 35 years old
Average Household size 2.3 persons 2.5 persons
Median Household Income $25,053 $46,419
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 4.7 rooms 5.4 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 63 years old 37 years old
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Median Value of Housing Unit
Zipcode (99202)


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Zillow Median Value of Housing Unit
% Owning / % Renting 48% / 52% 64% / 36%
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1. Sheridan Elementary School - 493 students - 0.6 mi. away - view location
2. Franklin Elementary School - 305 students - 1.1 mi. away - view location
3. Grant Elementary School - 477 students - 1.2 mi. away - view location
4. Stevens Elementary School - 468 students - 1.3 mi. away - view location
5. Seth Woodard Elementary School - 330 students - 1.4 mi. away - view location
View all schools in: Spokane, Spokane County, Zip 99202 
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