Number of schools - 6
Number of students – 2056
Percentage of students in poverty – 45%
Percentage students of color – 20%
Percentage students who are English Learners – 5%
Teachers – 94 FTE
New Teachers 2005-06 – 9
Teacher Experience – 15.6 years

Rochester School District is committed to the education of the community's youth. They
have an enrollment of approximately 2100 students in six schools: 1 primary school
(grades K-2), 1 elementary school (grades 2-5), 1 middle school (grades 6-8) and 2 high
schools (grades 9-12).

Rochester School District is located in Thurston County, approximately 20 miles south of
Olympia. The district takes great pride in developing educational programs that prepare
students for a successful adult life. As a result of this pride and commitment, each member
of Rochester's educational family sets high self-performance expectations. When the
occasion necessitates, the district searches for committed, quality professionals to add to
its staff. Their mission is to provide a quality education that will empower our individual
students to become caring, competent, responsible citizens who value education as a
lifelong process.

For Rochester, the profile of the teacher workforce by experience is similar to the state, but
reveals considerably higher retention rates across all experience levels. However, it is
important to note that with the exception of the most experienced teachers, teacher
retention has declined across all experience levels, most dramatically for novice teachers.