DID YOU KNOW?
Charles Wright students come from 74 different zip codes, and from as far away as Silverdale, Olympia, Renton and Puyallup.
Charles Wright students start taking foreign language, art and lab science in Kindergarten and continue to do so throughout their time at Charles Wright.
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Our School's Mission
Charles Wright Academy provides a rigorous liberal arts program guided by an ethos of excellence and compassion. Within a diverse learning community, we foster self-reliance, integrity, social responsibility, and humor, empowering our students to achieve their personal best in mind, body, and spirit.
Our School's Mission
Charles Wright Academy provides a rigorous liberal arts program guided by an ethos of excellence and compassion. Within a diverse learning community, we foster self-reliance, integrity, social responsibility, and humor, empowering our students to achieve their personal best in mind, body, and spirit.
Our School's Philosophy
Charles Wright is a demanding college preparatory school that is committed to a curriculum that prepares its students to meet the entrance requirements of four-year colleges by developing the academic skills, ability to think critically, and enthusiasm for learning that will enable them to succeed in college and beyond. Charles Wright students accept responsibility for succeeding in an academically challenging environment. They are lively, creative individuals who possess an increasing sense of their abilities and self-worth and act with respect and responsibility toward others.
A Few Facts
- Founded in 1957
- 700 Students
- 235 Lower School (BGS–5)
- 180 Middle School (6–8)
- 285 Upper School (9–12)
- Class size is targeted at 18 students (grades 1–12)
- Beginning School and Kindergarten class size of 16
- 100% college bound
- More than half of the faculty hold either master’s degrees or doctorates
- 25% of our students are people of color
- Accredited by Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges and approved by the Washington State Board of Education
- 18% of our students receive more than $1,000,000 in need-based financial aid
- Charles Wright students attend our school from communities within a 50-mile radius of the Academy
- Transportation is offered from a variety of locations: North End Tacoma, Point Defiance ferry dock, Redondo, Federal Way, Dash Point, Auburn, Puyallup, Sumner, Parkland, Silverdale, Bremerton, Port Orchard, Purdy, Gig Harbor, Tumwater, Olympia, Lacey, Fort Lewis, and Steilacoom
- AP courses in English Literature, Calculus (AB and BC), Statistics, US and European History, Economics, Chemistry, Physics, Art, Computer Science, and Foreign Languages
- Interscholastic varsity and junior varsity opportunities in grades 7–12
