Vancouver School Of Arts And Academics
3101 Main Street, Vancouver, WA, 98663-2751 - Map Map

School Overview:
Definition of Terms
Vancouver School Of Arts And Academics
Grades Offered Grades 6 - 12
County Clark County, WA
Awards Honored for National Blue Ribbon Award Blue Ribbon School – Selected in 2005  
Students & Faculty
Total Students 561 students
% Male / % Female 28%  /  72%
Total Classroom Teachers 29 teachers
Students by Grade
Grade 6 - 91 students
Grade 7 - 96 students
Grade 8 - 86 students
Grade 9 - 90 students
Grade 10 - 75 students
Grade 11 - 63 students
Grade 12 - 60 students
This School
(WA) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:19 1:22
Students by Ethnicity
This School
(WA) School Average
% American Indian 1% 7%
% Asian 4% 4%
% Hispanic 5% 8%
% Black 4% 9%
% White 85% 70%
% Unknown 1 % 4%
Additional Student Information
This School
(WA) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 12% 19%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch 4% 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 Vancouver School District
This School's Agency
(WA) District Average
Number of Schools Managed 40 8
Number of Students Managed 22,519 students 3,018 students
District Total Revenue $192,412,000 $25,997,000
District Expenditure $197,801,000 $24,781,000
District Revenue / Student $8,544 $8,614
District Expenditure / Student $8,784 $8,211
In the News:
  • Students weigh costs at college fair (The Oregonian)
    posted on October 27, 2009 at 01:20:55 am
    About 14,000 parents, teachers and students swarmed the National College Fair in Portland on Sunday and Monday and many of their questions focused on costs. College recruiters said they were seeing more younger students and more interest among students in staying in Oregon.
  • 4 vie for 2 Vancouver schools seats (The Columbian)
    posted on October 12, 2009 at 08:11:15 am
    Voters in the Vancouver Public Schools district will select two board members from among four candidates, each with a wealth of school and community experience.In the race for Position 2...
  • Teachers oppose capping revenue (The Columbian)
    posted on September 30, 2009 at 08:11:26 am
    The revenue-capping initiative voters will decide Nov. 4 would lock school districts into sharply reduced budgets that have already forced harmful program cuts, crowded classrooms and burdensome...
  • Arts school brings Cuba to Vancouver (The Columbian)
    posted on September 24, 2009 at 07:09:54 pm
    Students immersed in art, dance, music
  • Primary election ballots due today (The Columbian)
    posted on August 18, 2009 at 08:04:35 am
    There's still time to get your ballot in for today's primary.Election officials don't recommend placing them in the mail because they must be postmarked no later than today to be...
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School Notes:
  • The Vancouver School of Arts and Academics (VSAA), located in Vancouver, Washington (Clark County) in the Vancouver School District, is a public arts magnet school for grades 6 to 12. In addition to traditional academic studies, the school's curriculum involves in-depth elective study of the performing, literary, visual arts, as well as film studies (called "moving image arts" at the school). For the 2008-2009 school year, they accepted nearly 100 6th graders. Originally built in 1929 under the name "Shumway", it was remodeled and renamed in 1996 and opened in the fall of that year. The school's vision was to create a unique art-centered learning community where young artists were able to develop their creative skills and connect their creativity to an academic foundation. Teachers are commonly artists themselves, and resident artists of every art form routinely visit to teach workshops.
  • Historically, the school has not just been an artist community; the academics instilled in the students have offered publicly visible results. According to the "2005 Report Card" published in Portland Monthly (September 2005), the Vancouver School of Arts and Academics was rated (within the Vancouver School District) with the best 2007-2008 graduation rate (100%), the best 2003-2004 Grade 10 WASL Reading (89), Writing (87) and Math (71) scores, the lowest student/teacher ratio (13:1, respectively), and was the only school in Clark County serving grades 6 to 12.
  • The school's arts classes include dance, music (vocal, Jazz, and orchestral), theatre, literary arts, moving image arts (film and animation), and visual art. Every student must study each art form in at least one class; they can then choose to either focus in one or two art forms or continue "multimedia study" (studying all art forms). The school's block schedule allows students to take three 100 minute classes a day. An interdisciplinary core class acts as a collaborative foundation for learning across classes and grade levels, further combining arts, academics into experiential learning projects based on a theme usually set by instructors. The Vancouver School of Arts and Academics' 550 students (numbers fluctuate some) are all subjected to an application process that identifies the interest a prospective student has in the arts, which is considered by staff to be the most important qualification for entrance to the public arts magnet, rather than preexisting talent. Riley and Sapphire go here. ;p
  • WASL scores for 2006
  • feature article from the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
  • WA State report card for 2006
  • News coverage from The Columbian.
  • A report from the NEA confirming VSAA's participation in Maya Lin's Confluence Project
  • External links
  • School website
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School Zip Code:
About This Zip Code (98663)
School Zip (98663)
(WA) State Average
Population (Approximate) 14,152 people 5,781,196 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 27% 29%
Population Average Age 36 years old 35 years old
Average Household size 2.4 persons 2.5 persons
Median Household Income $39,022 $46,419
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 5.2 rooms 5.4 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 49 years old 37 years old
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Zipcode (98663)


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% Owning / % Renting 58% / 42% 64% / 36%
School Map:
1. Discovery Middle School - 673 students - 0.6 mi. away - view location
2. Hough Elementary School - 296 students - 0.6 mi. away - view location
3. Lincoln Elementary School - 474 students - 0.6 mi. away - view location
4. Washington Elementary School - 289 students - 0.9 mi. away - view location
5. Clark Co Detention Center - 49 students - 1.0 mi. away - view location
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