Curtis Senior High School is the only high school in the University Place School District (Pierce County), serving roughly 1,321 students in grades 10–12 — the district uses a 7–9 junior-high model. The school posts standout academic results among Pierce County publics: about 51% math and 82% reading proficiency, an average GPA near 3.46, a 95% four-year graduation rate, and an average SAT around 1260.
Curtis offers Advanced Placement, Project Lead The Way engineering, and Gifted & Talented programming alongside athletics, music, and AP-driven college prep. The school is recognized in PolarisList's Washington Harvard/Princeton/MIT placement rankings, and its enrollment is roughly 56% non-white with about 39% economically disadvantaged students — a profile shaped by University Place's position between Tacoma and the Puget Sound shoreline.
Source: WA ERDC Graduate Outcomes.
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