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CTE · Grades 8–12 · 355 students
GATES Secondary School
4608 128th St E, Tacoma, WA 98446
Grades
10–12
High
Students
104
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
7.6 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Franklin Pierce School District
Pierce County
Not graded
Alternative schools serve students whose needs a regular school could not meet, and states hold them to separate accountability rules, so we don't rank them against regular schools. How we grade
About GATES Secondary School
GATES Secondary School is an alternative high school in Tacoma, Washington, serving grades 10–12. It is part of Franklin Pierce School District. The school is located in a large suburb in Pierce County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 104 students were enrolled, with about 7.6 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical Washington high school (19.2 students per teacher).
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 10–12
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Alternative School · What this means
- Level
- High
- Grades offered
- 10–12
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 104 students
- Students per teacher
- 7.6 to 1
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Virtual learning
- Offers virtual courses
- Locale
- Suburb — Large
- School district
- Franklin Pierce School District
- County
- Pierce County
- NCES school ID
- 530294001769
Schools near GATES Secondary School
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Spanaway Lake High School
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Evergreen Lutheran High School
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.