Puyallup Open Doors/POD
Puyallup · WA · Puyallup School District · Public
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Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie → Summit Public School: Olympus → Open Doors Youth Reengagement (1418) → Cascade Public Schools → Auburn Opportunity Project → Maritime High School → Career Academy at Truman High School → Big Picture School →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Puyallup Open Doors/POD compares for families
What families should know about Puyallup Open Doors/POD.
- ▸ LocallyWA sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie, Summit Public School: Olympus, Open Doors Youth Reengagement (1418) and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of Washington-Seattle Campus
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $14,091/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +5.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 124 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie Federal Way |
Public | 10.0 | 121 | -3.2% |
| Summit Public School: Olympus Tacoma |
Public · charter | 8.1 | 110 | -38.5% |
| Open Doors Youth Reengagement (1418) Federal Way |
Public | 11.3 | 154 | +11.6% |
| Cascade Public Schools Des Moines |
Public · charter | 16.9 | 126 | +26.0% |
| Auburn Opportunity Project Auburn |
Public | 11.2 | 92 | +53.3% |
| Maritime High School Des Moines |
Public | 18.4 | 126 | — |
| Career Academy at Truman High School Federal Way |
Public | 11.3 | 83 | — |
| Big Picture School Burien |
Public | 19.5 | 129 | -2.3% |