Maplewood Parent Cooperative

Maplewood Parent Cooperative is a public school in the Edmonds School District in Edmonds, Washington, serving grades Kindergarten through 8th grade. It currently serves the entire school district, with students being picked in a lottery system. The current principal is Michelle Mathis. The school mascot is the Orca.

Parent volunteering

Maplewood differs from other K-8 schools in the Edmonds School District in that it requires parents to volunteer a portion of their time every week for classroom work. The annual volunteerism at the school exceeds 35,000 hours. [http://www.edmonds.wednet.edu/schools/k8/maplewood.cfm]

Test Scores

Maplewood is currently in the top 1% of Washington state schools for the WASL test in all grades. The seventh grade class of 2000-2001 set the school's personal record with the highest average score. [http://www.greatschools.net/school/rating.page?id=3250&state=WA#from..HeaderLink]

Demographics

In the 2005-2006 school year, Maplewood had a student enrollment of 445. Of these students, 93.9% are White, 2.7% are Asian, 1.6% are Black, 1.3% are Hispanic, and 0.2% are American Indian. The school employs 27 classroom teachers, with an average teacher-student ratio of 1:16.5. [http://reportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us/summary.aspx?schoolId=2495&reportLevel=School]

External links

* [http://school.edmonds.wednet.edu/mw/ School Maintained Website]
* [http://www.edmonds.wednet.edu/schools/k8/maplewood.cfm District Overview]