| Definition of Terms |
Vancouver School Of Arts And Academics |
| Grades Offered |
Grades 6 - 12 |
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| County |
Clark County, WA |
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| Awards |
 Blue Ribbon School – Selected in
2005 |
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| Total Students |
561 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
28% /
72% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
29 teachers |
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| 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 |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:19 |
1:22 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
1% |
7% |
| % Asian |
4% |
4% |
| % Hispanic |
5% |
8% |
| % Black |
4% |
9% |
| % White |
85% |
70% |
| % Unknown |
1 % |
4% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
12% |
19% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
4% |
5% |
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| % Migrant Students Enrolled |
n/a |
n/a |
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| School District Name |
Vancouver School District |
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| 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 |
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- 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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| About This Zip Code (98663) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
14,152 people |
5,781,196 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
27% |
29% |
| Population Average Age |
36 years old
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35 years old |
| Average Household size |
2.4 persons
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2.5 persons |
| Median Household Income |
$39,022
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$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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| % Owning / % Renting |
58% / 42% |
64% / 36% |
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