Federal Way Public Academy
School Profile
School Website: http://www.fwps.org/pa/
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What is Special About Our School?
Federal Way Public Academy is a 6th-10th grade school that students, together with their families, choose to attend. The school’s program emphasizes a challenging, “traditional” academic curriculum for every student in every subject. Students who attend Public Academy want and receive rigorous academic instruction that will help them prepare for the college or university of their choice.
Public Academy strives to create optimum conditions for highly motivated students to perform at their best in a challenging setting. They receive individual attention and guidance within a friendly, small-school environment. The faculty understands and truly enjoys working with adolescents and they believe an academic community that shares and communicates desire for highexpectations will uphold a setting for high achievement.
Federal Way Public Academy opened in September 1999 with 120 - 7th and 8th grader students. With the addition of 6th, 9th, and 10th grades, the school is now at 300 students.
The Public Academy program is distinguished by the depth of course content, the intensity of instruction, the engagement and motivation of students through the Socratic seminar style, the access to technology as a tool for communication, and the faculty’s high expectations of all students. Students are expected to complete assignments at a high level of quality and depth and to produce significant research projects. They learn to write and speak with skill, clarity, and purpose and to read with appreciation and insight. All are expected to perform at their best, and they do: Academy students ranked among the highest in the state on recent standardized tests.
Test scores are only one demonstration of excellence. Anyone interested in learning more about Federal Way Public Academy, is invited to visit the school’s website.
Federal Way Public Academy offers a full range of academic and extracurricular activities. Students completing the Public Academy program go on to the Advanced Placement program, the International Baccalaureate program; Puget Sound Early College; Running Start; the Cambridge Program; one of the district high schools' regular 11th grade programs, or another program available.
No Child Left Behind Report Card
The No Child Left Behind Act requires all schools and school districts in the United States to prepare annual reports for parents and the public detailing their academic achievement. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction’s web site makes this information available on-line at http://reportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us/ Click on Federal Way in the “Summary” box, then choose your school from the list. You may also request a paper copy of the report card at your school’s office. For more information about the NCLB Act, go to http://www.nclb.gov/index.html.
Academic and Student Programs
| Advanced Placement/Pre-AP | Odyssey of the Mind |
| Associated Student Body (ASB) & Leadership | Orchestra |
| Band | PTSA |
| Breakfast & Lunch | Robotics Club |
| Chess Club | School Newspaper |
| Debate/Speech | Spirit Committee |
| Golf Club | Sports |
| Intramurals | Summer School/classes |
| Knowledge Bowl | Technology Lab |
| Junior Honor Society | Venturing |
| Math Team/Club | Yearbook/Annual |
Student Characteristics
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Distribution of Student Ethnicity |
2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| African American | 7.51 | 8.80 | 6.67 |
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Asian American |
37.88 | 36.40 | 33.00 |
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Hispanic |
4.44 | 5.40 | 8.00 |
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Native American |
1.02 | .30 | .33 |
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White |
47.78 | 46.80 | 49.00 |
| Pac Islander | .00 | .00 | .67 |
| Multi-Racial | 1.37 | 2.00 | 2.33 |
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Other Student Characteristics |
2006 |
2007 | 2008 |
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Number of Students (Oct.) |
295 |
297 | 296 |
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Free/Reduced Meals |
13.9% |
15.1% | 18.6% |
How Are We Using Our Financial Resources?
| Our District | Our School | ||
| “Per Pupil” Expenditures for 2007-08 | Funding | ||
Total Expenditure |
$8,902.00 | Building Expenditures |
$99,292.26 |
Supplies & Instructional Materials |
$512.00 | ASB (Associated Student Body) Expenditures |
$16,841.00 |
Equipment |
$51.00 | ||
School resources were used for curriculum materials, staff in-service time, workshops, conferences, photocopying of student materials and computer supplies.
How Are Our Students Doing on Required Tests?
Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL)
*Beginning in spring of 2006, the state of Washington requires that the WASL be given at sixth grade.
Percentage Meeting Standard in:
| Grade 6 |
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Math |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 | 2008 |
School |
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90.0 |
88.7 | 85.9 |
District |
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69.0 |
48.3 | 50.0 |
Reading |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 | 2008 |
School |
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86.0 |
95.2 | 91.0 |
District |
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49.0 |
68.5 | 70.0 |
| Grade 7 |
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Math |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 | 2008 |
School |
90.0 |
95.0 |
88.1 | 95.0 |
District |
53.0 |
51.0 |
54.0 | 52.0 |
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Reading |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 | 2008 |
School |
94.0 |
94.0 |
97.0 | 91.0 |
District |
75.0 |
66.0 |
72.4 | 67.0 |
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Writing |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 | 2008 |
School |
94.0 |
91.0 |
95.5 | 98.0 |
District |
66.0 |
67.0 |
70.7 | 73.0 |
| Grade 8 |
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Reading |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 | 2008 |
School |
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93.0 |
89.0 | 88.0 |
District |
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76.0 |
69.0 | 70.0 |
| Math | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| School | 91.0 | 93.8 | 89.0 | |
| District | 48.0 | 50.0 | 53.0 | |
| Science | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| School | 69.0 | 83.0 | 69.0 | 80.0 |
| District | 33.0 | 42.0 | 40.0 | 43.0 |
| Grade 10 |
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Reading |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 | 2008 |
School |
100.0 |
100.0 |
97.0 | 98.0 |
District |
79.0 |
87.0 |
87.0 | 87.0 |
Math |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 | 2008 |
School |
87.0 |
91.0 |
89.0 | 92.0 |
District |
51.0 |
54.0 |
53.0 | 51.0 |
Writing |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 | 2008 |
School |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 | 100.0 |
District |
75.0 |
84.0 |
87.0 | 92.0 |
Science |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 | 2008 |
School |
57.0 |
78.0 |
86.0 | 86.0 |
District |
33.0 |
36.0 |
38.0 | 45.0 |