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A Tacoma where every child succeeds in school, career, and life.

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Our Story

In 2010, just over half of Tacoma students (55%) were graduating. USA Today featured Tacoma schools under the shameful headline of "Dropout Factories." That's when the Tacoma community came together like never before. Together, we demanded a better way forward.

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Our Mission

Build and strengthen Graduate Tacoma's community-wide movement to help every child achieve success from cradle to college and career. We align resources, data, goals, and partners

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Our Community

Today, the community-wide movement is more than 300 community partners strong from every neighborhood in our city. We are parents and educators, early learning and higher education, youth and community service, business and labor, civic and philanthropic, local government and communities of faith.