Vancouver School Of Arts And Academics - Vancouver, Washington/WA

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Vancouver School Of Arts And Academics

3101 Main Street, Vancouver, WA, 98663-2751 -

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Definition of Terms

Vancouver School Of Arts And Academics

School Type

Other/alternative school

Grades Offered

Grades 6 - 12

County

Clark County, WA

Awards

Blue Ribbon School – Selected in 2005

Students & Faculty

Total Students

552 students

% Male / % Female

32% / 68%

Total Classroom Teachers

29 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 6 - 87 students

Grade 7 - 94 students

Grade 8 - 89 students

Grade 9 - 85 students

Grade 10 - 65 students

Grade 11 - 69 students

Grade 12 - 63 students

This School

( WA ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:19

1:19

Students by Ethnicity

This School

( WA ) School Average

% American Indian	1%	3%
% Asian	5%	8%
% Hispanic	3%	14%
% Black	4%	6%
% White	88%	68%

Additional Student Information

This School

( WA ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

10%

31%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

( WA ) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Vancouver School District

This School's Agency

( WA ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	40	4
Number of Students Managed	21,057 students	1,022 students
District Total Revenue	$192,412,000	$9,156,000
District Expenditure	$197,801,000	$9,145,000
District Revenue / Student	$9,138	$7,649
District Expenditure / Student	$9,394	$7,215

Vancouver School of Arts and Academics (VSAA) is located in Vancouver, Washington (Clark County, Washington), in the Vancouver School District, and is a public arts magnet school for grades 6 to 12. Opened in the fall of 1996, 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 VSAA was rated (within the Vancouver School District) with the best graduation rate (98%), 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.
In addition to english, math, science, and social studies - all classes in the general education requirements are based on art form integrations - the students also take classes in dance, music (vocal and instrumental), theatre/drama, literary arts, moving image arts (film/video), 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 interdisiplinary core class acts as a collaborative foundation for learning across classes and grade levels, further combining arts, academics and peer-based experiential learning. The VSAA's 550 students are all talented artists, and there is an application process that identifies the interest a prospective student has in the arts, the most important aspect of being a student here.
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About This Zip Code (98663)

School Zip (98663)

(WA) State Average

Population (Approximate)

14,152 people

5,743,367 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

27%

29%

Population Average Age

36 years old

35.3 years old

Average Household size

2.4 persons

2.4 persons

Median Household Income

$39,022

$46,465

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

5.2 rooms

5.4 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

48 years old

36 years old

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% Owning / % Renting

58% / 42%

64% / 36%

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