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Kalama School District

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Kalama School District is located in southwest Washington. Kalama School District has 213.40 square miles of land area and 1.95 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Kalama School District population is 6,850. Kalama School District median household income is $56,176 in 2010-2014. Kalama School District median house value is $208,600 in 2010-2014. On average, Kalama School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (122 out of 238, bottom 49%) Elementary/Middle School: (130 out of 274, top 47%)* Rank: #158
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	2
Population	6,850 (2010-2014), rank #146
Population Growth	35.51% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	31.81/sq mi, rank #152
Median Household Income:	$56,176 at 2010-2014—-10.79% increase since 2005-2009, rank #111
Median House Price:	$208,600 at 2010-2014—-13.48% increase since 2005-2009, rank #124
Time Zone:	Pacific GMT -8:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	213.40 sq mi, rank #111
Water Area:	1.95 sq mi (0.91%), rank #178
State:	Washington
County:	Cowlitz County
City:	Kalama, Kelso, Woodland
Zip:	98625, 98626, 98674
Area:	Longview, WA

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Kalama School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

548 China Garden Rd

Kalama WA, 98625, Cowlitz County

Phone: 360-673-5282

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	943	990	1,006	1,051	1,051	1,009	1,010
English Language Learner Students:	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total Teachers:	47.34	46.37	48.34	47.84	46.69	48.20	48.80
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Kindergarten:	1.98	1.92	2.04	2.47	2.25	1.80	2.00
Elementary:	22.05	21.58	23.43	22.87	23.02	23.70	24.10
Secondary:	20.31	21.37	21.37	21.83	21.42	22.70	22.70
Ungraded:	3.00	1.50	1.50	0.67	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total Other Staff:	26.51	24.40	26.31	28.32	27.52	28.70	28.00
Instructional Aides:	0.99	2.06	2.18	3.95	3.88	4.00	5.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	2.00	1.50	1.00	0.99	1.00	2.00	2.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.15	0.64	0.00	0.17	0.00	1.00	1.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	0.85	0.86	1.00	0.82	1.00	1.00	1.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	0.00	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.60	1.00
Library/Media Support:	1.02	1.02	1.01	1.01	1.01	1.00	0.70
District Administrators:	3.00	2.87	2.87	2.87	0.87	1.20	1.00
District Administrative Support:	1.12	1.12	1.11	1.11	1.40	1.40	1.40
School Administrators:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	2.80
School Administrative Support:	2.08	2.12	2.11	2.11	2.11	2.10	2.20
Student Support Services:	0.40	0.40	0.40	0.40	0.00	0.00	0.00
Other Support Services:	12.90	10.31	12.63	12.88	14.25	13.40	11.90
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.92	21.35	20.81	21.97	22.51	20.93	20.70

Schools

Kalama Elementary School		Kindergarten to Grade 5	548 China Garden Rd, Kalama WA 98625
Kalama Jr Sr High		Grade 6 to Grade 12	548 China Garden Rd, Kalama WA 98625

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
EOC Test
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	63.3%	64.1%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	80.6%	81.7%
2011	Math Year 1	End of course	% met std	58.6%	62.4%
2012	Math Year 1	End of course	% met std	65.1%	71%
2013	Math Year 1	End of course	% met std	87.3%	80.7%
2011	Math Year 2	End of course	% met std	59.2%	72.9%
2012	Math Year 2	End of course	% met std	85.2%	79.1%
2013	Math Year 2	End of course	% met std	90.3%	89.4%
HSPE Test
2010	Math	10th Grade	% met std	33.7%	41.6%
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	78.2%	78.8%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	93.8%	82.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	81.7%	81.1%
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	86.1%	83.5%
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	44.2%	44.7%
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	58.9%	49.7%
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	90.8%	85.9%
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	94.8%	86%
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	82.7%	85.2%
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	87.5%	84.9%
MSP Test
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	42.6%	61.7%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	51.7%	61.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	59.6%	65.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	59.7%	65.2%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.1%	72%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	65.5%	73.1%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	59.6%	68.7%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	63.6%	73.0%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	41.4%	53.6%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	40.8%	59.3%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	53%	59.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	38.2%	62.5%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.7%	67.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	52.1%	67.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	53%	71.4%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65.5%	72.4%
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	56.3%	61%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	59.2%	61.4%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	38.6%	61.3%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	41.8%	62.1%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	35.5%	53.6%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	45.1%	61.2%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	48.5%	63.7%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	29.3%	62.6%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.3%	69.5%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.1%	67.6%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.8%	71%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.0%	72.6%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	36.8%	34%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	53.8%	55.6%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	67.6%	66.1%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	63.4%	66.5%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.3%	51.8%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	54.8%	58.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	44.8%	61.4%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	48.4%	59.3%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.8%	64.5%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.9%	70.6%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	59.8%	70.6%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	56.3%	71.4%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	65.7%	55.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	67.1%	56.9%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	43.9%	59.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	59.3%	63.7%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.2%	63.3%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.4%	56.4%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.7%	71.2%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.7%	68.7%
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	89.9%	70.2%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	75%	71%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	71.2%	71%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	79.0%	71.0%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	38.6%	51.5%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	45.1%	50.3%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	46.6%	55.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	42.0%	53.2%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.9%	69.2%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69%	68.6%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.9%	67.2%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.0%	66.2%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	44.3%	54.4%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	57.7%	61.5%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	75.3%	66.3%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	75.4%	64.9%
WASL Test
2004	Math	10th Grade	% met std	38.3%	43.9%
2005	Math	10th Grade	% met std	54.8%	47.5%
2006	Math	10th Grade	% met std	71.9%	51%
2007	Math	10th Grade	% met std	46.8%	50.2%
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	38.2%	49.3%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	37%	45.2%
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	65%	64.5%
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	69.9%	72.9%
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	87.4%	81.9%
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	76.6%	80.6%
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	74.1%	81.3%
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	84.5%	80.9%
2004	Science	10th Grade	% met std	28.4%	32.2%
2005	Science	10th Grade	% met std	31.5%	35.8%
2006	Science	10th Grade	% met std	19.8%	34.9%
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	31.2%	36.3%
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	25.6%	39.7%
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	43.8%	38.6%
2004	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	72.5%	65.2%
2005	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	76.7%	65.2%
2006	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	79.6%	79.7%
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	85.7%	83.6%
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	79.8%	86.2%
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	93%	86.3%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	71.4%	64.2%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	71.6%	69.4%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	71.9%	68.3%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	66.3%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.9%	68.2%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	70.7%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.4%	70.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.8%	71.3%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% met std	36%	59.9%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77.8%	60.8%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	59.7%	58.9%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	68.7%	57.9%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	60.3%	53.4%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	50%	52.3%
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	57%	74.4%
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.4%	79.5%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.8%	81.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.6%	76.4%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.9%	72.3%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.9%	73.5%
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	38.4%	55.8%
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	44.4%	57.7%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	72.1%	60.3%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	60.3%	60.1%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	65.4%	62.1%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	68.1%	60.3%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59.3%	55.8%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	50%	59.3%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.1%	61%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67.1%	61.9%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.7%	76.2%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.1%	71.7%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.3%	75.3%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78%	73.9%
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	29.2%	35.6%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	44.2%	35.7%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	34.3%	36.4%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	50.7%	42.9%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	56.1%	44.9%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	38.4%	49.4%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	50.6%	49.5%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	35.3%	48.9%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	50%	50.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	61.2%	66.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	59.6%	67.8%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.2%	68.6%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.1%	72%
2004	Math	7th Grade	% met std	54.8%	46.3%
2005	Math	7th Grade	% met std	47.1%	50.8%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	52.4%	48.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	46.2%	54.4%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	48.9%	50.3%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	34.5%	51.8%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	54.8%	60.4%
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.9%	69%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61%	61.5%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72%	68.5%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	58.5%	62.8%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	60.9%	59.3%
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	45.2%	57.9%
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	59.3%	61.2%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	74.4%	64.5%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	63.4%	68.1%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	45.7%	69.7%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	55.2%	69.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	45.1%	48.8%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	36.4%	49.5%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	38%	51.5%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51.5%	50.8%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	59.8%	70.1%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	57.1%	64.7%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	56.5%	65.9%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66%	67.5%
2004	Science	8th Grade	% met std	28.4%	39.4%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% met std	39.5%	36.4%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	29.6%	42.9%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	42.1%	44.4%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	42.4%	47.9%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	57.7%	51.1%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$8,313,000	$8,263		$8,393,000	$7,986		$8,415,000	$8,007
Federal:	$387,000	$385	4.7%	$679,000	$646	8.1%	$540,000	$514	6.4%
State:	$5,370,000	$5,338	64.6%	$5,366,000	$5,106	63.9%	$5,604,000	$5,332	66.6%
Local:	$2,556,000	$2,541	30.7%	$2,348,000	$2,234	28.0%	$2,271,000	$2,161	27.0%
Total Expenditures:	$8,528,000	$8,477		$8,086,000	$7,694		$7,126,000	$6,780
Total Current Expenditures:	$7,206,000	$7,163		$7,216,000	$6,866		$6,871,000	$6,538
Instructional Expenditures:	$4,600,000	$4,573	63.8%	$4,607,000	$4,383	63.8%	$4,287,000	$4,079	62.4%
Student and Staff Support:	$340,000	$338	4.7%	$341,000	$324	4.7%	$355,000	$338	5.2%
Administration:	$849,000	$844	11.8%	$846,000	$805	11.7%	$799,000	$760	11.6%
Operations, Food, Other:	$1,417,000	$1,409	19.7%	$1,422,000	$1,353	19.7%	$1,430,000	$1,361	20.8%
Total Capital Outlay:	$503,000	$500		$126,000	$120		$199,000	$189
Construction:	$395,000	$393		$0	$0		$0	$0
Total Other:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Interest on Debt:	$27,000	$27		$42,000	$40		$56,000	$53

Total Salary:	$4,053,000	$4,029		$4,065,000	$3,868		$3,901,000	$3,712
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$3,036,000	$3,018	74.9%	$3,059,000	$2,911	75.3%	$2,902,000	$2,761	74.4%
Other Salary:	$1,017,000	$1,011	25.1%	$1,006,000	$957	24.7%	$999,000	$951	25.6%
Total Benefit:	$1,384,000	$1,376		$1,347,000	$1,282		$1,273,000	$1,211
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$978,000	$972	70.7%	$945,000	$899	70.2%	$885,000	$842	69.5%
Other Benefit:	$406,000	$404	29.3%	$402,000	$382	29.8%	$388,000	$369	30.5%

* Kalama School District was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.