Mount Adams School District

Mount Adams School District
Address
621 Signal Peak Road
White Swan
, Washington, 98952
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesPreK–12[1]
NCES District ID5305280[1]
Students and staff
Students857[1]
Teachers53.27[1]
Staff31.08[1]
Student–teacher ratio16.09[1]
Other information
Websitewww.masd209.org

Mount Adams School District 209 (MASD) is a school district headquartered in White Swan, Washington.[2]

In 1997 it had 1,274 students, with over 60% of them being Native American.[3] In 2019 it had about 900 students.[4]

Its service area includes White Swan and Harrah.[5] It is the second largest school district in Washington State by land area.[4]

In 2019 Janella Retka of the Yakima Herald wrote that the district has a low tax base. The portions in the Yakama Reservation do not have to pay taxes, and that reduces potential revenue going to MASD.[4]

Schools

  • White Swan High School (9-12) (White Swan)
  • Mount Adams Middle School (7-8) (White Swan)
  • Harrah Elementary School (K-6) (Harrah)
    • The original building was built circa 1937. Attempts to have a new building dated back to circa 1979-1989. Construction of the current facility was scheduled to begin in 2019 on 70 acres (28 ha) of former farmland.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Mount Adams School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  2. ^ "Home". Mount Adams School District. Retrieved July 13, 2021. 621 Signal Peak Rd., White Swan, WA 98952
  3. ^ Tucker, Rob (August 23, 1998). "Refocus called for at Chief Leschi". The News Tribune. pp. C1, C4. - Clipping of first and of second page at Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ a b c d Retka, Janelle (March 9, 2019). "After 82 years, Mt. Adams School District poised to finally build new elementary school". Yakima Herald. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  5. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Yakima County, WA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 13, 2021.


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