Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie

Summary:

Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie is a public magnet high school serving grades 6-12 in the Federal Way School District, with a diverse student population of 539 and a high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds.

Despite the school's relatively high spending per student, ranging from $11,193 to $21,636 in recent years, its academic performance has consistently underperformed compared to the district and state averages. In the 2023-2024 school year, the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts (24.02%) and Math (16.24%) were significantly lower than the Federal Way School District (35.31% and 23.51%, respectively) and the state of Washington (52.63% and 41.68%, respectively). The school's statewide ranking has also declined, from a high of 88th out of 417 Washington high schools in 2018-2019 to 177th out of 437 in 2023-2024, with a rating of 3 out of 5 stars from SchoolDigger.

The school's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups, with Hispanic students and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds performing relatively well compared to their peers in the state, while female, male, and White students have struggled. When compared to other high schools in the Federal Way School District, such as Federal Way High School, Todd Beamer High School, and Decatur High School, Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie generally underperforms in terms of academic proficiency, graduation rates, and dropout rates.


Detail:

Public, Magnet 6-12

 33914 19th Ave SW
       Federal Way, WA  98023


(253) 945-5000

District: Federal Way School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
177th of 437 Washington High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $21,636 Help


Feeder schools for Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie:

Elementary:    Brigadoon Elementary School
    Olympic View Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio:  14.7 Help
Number of students:  539

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
35.8%
White:
16.1%
African American:
15.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  74.6% Help


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Compare Details Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie ranks worse than 96.8% of middle schools in Washington. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 7.63. (See more...)
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Compare Details Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie ranks better than 59.5% of high schools in Washington. It also ranks first among 6 ranked high schools in the Federal Way School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 55.73. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (35.8%), White (16.1%), African American (15%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 74.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie is 14.7, which is the lowest among 10 high schools in the Federal Way School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie is $21,636, which is the 3rd highest among 6 high schools in the Federal Way School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie:

SchoolDigger ranks Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie 518th of 535 Washington public middle schools. (See Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie 177th of 437 Washington public high schools. (See Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie in the ranking list.)

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Federal Way School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Federal Way School District 213th of 247 Washington school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie

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Rank History for all middle school students at Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 15.37 456th 512 10.9%
2021 13.77 481st 529 9.1%
2022 14.27 485th 541 10.4%
2023 14.20 477th 539 11.5%
2024 7.63 518th 535 3.2%
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Rank History for middle school Multi-racial students at Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 19.50 210th 246 14.6%
2021 20.96 209th 250 16.4%
2022 24.19 206th 257 19.8%
2023 21.98 204th 244 16.4%
2024 12.49 225th 243 7.4%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 22.75 375th 448 16.3%
2021 23.73 384th 458 16.2%
2022 23.24 404th 475 14.9%
2023 17.69 405th 463 12.5%
2024 7.58 450th 455 1.1%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 12.53 409th 452 9.5%
2021 13.96 426th 469 9.2%
2022 13.43 433rd 479 9.6%
2023 12.52 417th 464 10.1%
2024 9.28 439th 464 5.4%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 19.05 389th 453 14.1%
2021 14.16 426th 476 10.5%
2022 15.31 425th 480 11.5%
2023 15.32 412th 470 12.3%
2024 6.51 458th 466 1.7%
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Rank History for middle school Asian students at Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 37.20 99th 152 34.9%
2021 20.79 120th 149 19.5%
2022 25.02 121st 161 24.8%
2023 20.76 114th 145 21.4%
2024 11.89 136th 148 8.1%
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Rank History for middle school African American students at Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 30.35 82nd 111 26.1%
2021 33.32 74th 106 30.2%
2022 24.81 86th 104 17.3%
2023 45.85 50th 96 47.9%
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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 22.04 284th 344 17.4%
2021 16.77 328th 353 7.1%
2022 19.74 310th 360 13.9%
2023 18.01 293rd 336 12.8%
2024 10.89 333rd 344 3.2%
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Rank History for middle school White students at Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 22.62 388th 470 17.4%
2021 18.11 422nd 480 12.1%
2022 21.63 405th 488 17.0%
2023 22.30 394th 488 19.3%
2024 11.46 458th 486 5.8%
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Data source: test scores: Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie

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Rank History for all high school students at Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 74.57 88th 417 78.9%
2021 27.72 333rd 455 26.8%
2022 25.02 331st 434 23.7%
2023 24.56 335th 442 24.2%
2024 55.73 177th 437 59.5%
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Rank History for high school Low Socio Economic Status students at Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 74.87 55th 344 84.0%
2021 49.35 178th 392 54.6%
2022 35.00 248th 370 33.0%
2023 24.59 292nd 362 19.3%
2024 64.68 92nd 356 74.2%
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Rank History for high school Female students at Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 75.88 72nd 358 79.9%
2021 12.71 362nd 390 7.2%
2024 50.27 168th 347 51.6%
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Rank History for high school Male students at Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 65.94 111th 355 68.7%
2021 36.46 261st 395 33.9%
2022 31.02 260th 363 28.4%
2024 43.96 202nd 362 44.2%
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Rank History for high school Hispanic students at Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 64.80 77th 278 72.3%
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Rank History for high school White students at Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 81.71 51st 382 86.6%
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Data source: test scores: Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
2018 167 98 66 233 4 42 85 0 695
2019 153 81 66 212 3 33 82 1 631
2020 134 81 75 223 6 36 78 0 633
2021 123 84 64 193 3 28 76 0 571
2022 96 73 63 194 5 31 65 3 530
2023 87 81 62 193 2 37 74 3 539

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2018 695 46.6 14.9 61.4
2019 631 42.6 14.8 62.8
2020 633 39.1 16.1 64.8
2021 571 36.2 15.7 63.6
2022 530 36.1 14.6 66.4
2023 539 36.5 14.7 74.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2018 695 46.6 14.9 61.4
2019 631 42.6 14.8 62.8
2020 633 39.1 16.1 64.8
2021 571 36.2 15.7 63.6
2022 530 36.1 14.6 66.4
2023 539 36.5 14.7 74.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $224 (1.4%) $15,628 (98.6%) $15,852
2020 $194 (1.7%) $10,999 (98.3%) $11,193
2021 $785 (4.1%) $18,220 (95.9%) $19,005
2022 $4,460 (20.6%) $17,176 (79.4%) $21,636

Data source: Washington Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 456th of 512 Middle schoolsRanks 477th of 539 Middle schools
 0.6%
Ranks 88th of 417 High schoolsRanks 335th of 442 High schools
 54.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie)41.827.1
 14.7%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Federal Way School District)43.429.9
 13.5%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Washington)57.847.9
 9.9%
6th Grade Math (Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie)24.815.8
 9%
   6th Grade Math (Federal Way School District)29.920.9
 9%
   6th Grade Math (Washington)47.738.1
 9.6%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie)44.614.4
 30.2%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Federal Way School District)49.534.1
 15.4%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Washington)6252.1
 9.9%
7th Grade Math (Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie)33.812.2
 21.6%
   7th Grade Math (Federal Way School District)33.421.6
 11.8%
   7th Grade Math (Washington)49.938.6
 11.2%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie)42.842
 0.8%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Federal Way School District)47.737.3
 10.4%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Washington)59.651.3
 8.3%
8th Grade Math (Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie)27.720.5
 7.1%
   8th Grade Math (Federal Way School District)30.119.6
 10.5%
   8th Grade Math (Washington)47.234.4
 12.8%
8th Grade Science (Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie)32.226.8
 5.4%
   8th Grade Science (Federal Way School District)39.227.7
 11.6%
   8th Grade Science (Washington)53.143.9
 9.3%
10th Grade English Language Arts (Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie)90.644.4
 46.2%
   10th Grade English Language Arts (Federal Way School District)62.951.6
 11.2%
   10th Grade English Language Arts (Washington)72.865.9
 6.9%
10th Grade Math (Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie)66.722.2
 44.5%
   10th Grade Math (Federal Way School District)26.919.1
 7.8%
   10th Grade Math (Washington)42.433.3
 9.1%
11th Grade Science (Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie)45.239.1
 6%
   11th Grade Science (Federal Way School District)3230.3
 1.7%
   11th Grade Science (Washington)5050.5
 0.5%
All Grades English Language Arts (Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie)46.228
 18.2%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Federal Way School District)47.436.7
 10.7%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Washington)6152.9
 8.1%
All Grades Math (Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie)31.416.3
 15.1%
   All Grades Math (Federal Way School District)34.624
 10.6%
   All Grades Math (Washington)50.141
 9%
All Grades Science (Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie)34.228.9
 5.3%
   All Grades Science (Federal Way School District)35.829.7
 6.1%
   All Grades Science (Washington)52.748.8
 4%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students631539
 14.6%
African American8181
American Indian32
 33.3%
Asian6662
 6.1%
Hispanic212193
 9%
Pacific Islander3337
 12.1%
White15387
 43.1%
Two or More Races8274
 9.8%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients62.8%74.6%
 11.8%


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Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Brigadoon Elementary School
Elementary : Olympic View Elementary School

Students at Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie are 36% Hispanic, 16% White, 15% African American, 14% Two or more races, 12% Asian, 7% Pacific Islander.

Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie ranks 177th of 437 Washington high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 539 students attended Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie.


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