The Enumclaw Fire Department serves the city of Enumclaw and 89 square miles of unincorporated King County…More surrounding the city. </p> <p>Voters in November 2010 approved the annexation of the Enumclaw Fire Department into King County Fire District 28, meaning that management of the department has now transferred exclusively to the Fire District whereas prior to the election, both the city of Enumclaw and the Fire District managed the Department.</p> <p>Logistically, staffing remains the same and residents should not experience any difference in service.</p> <p>The Department has roughly 45 volunteer firefighters, nine of which are professional firefighters and three of whom are captains. </p> <p>In addition to the station's headquarters on Wells Street, the District also oversees Station 2 located at 35421 Veazie-Cumberland Road in Cumberland and Station 3 at 43404 212th Ave SE in Enumclaw. The latter two stations are not typically staffed but volunteers will respond from these stations when called.</p>

The Enumclaw School District #216 serves both Enumclaw and Black Diamond as well as several unincorporated…More communities. The district also works with Collins Alternative High School in concert with nearby school districts in White River, Orting, Sumner and with the <a href="http://www.muckleshoot.nsn.us/services/department-of-education/tribal-school.aspx">Muckleshoot Tribal School</a><a href="http://www.muckleshoot.nsn.us/services/department-of-education/tribal-school.aspx"></a> through an interlocal agreement. </p> <p>The district has eight schools:</p> <ul> <li>Black Diamond Elementary</li> <li>Byron Kibler Elementary</li> <li>Southwood Elementary</li> <li>Sunrise Elementary</li> <li>Westwood Elementary</li> <li>Enumclaw Middle School</li> <li>Thunder Mountain Middle School</li> <li>Enumclaw High School</li> </ul> <p><a href="http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=1&details=1&InstName=enumclaw&State=53&DistrictType=1&DistrictType=2&DistrictType=3&DistrictType=4&DistrictType=5&DistrictType=6&DistrictType=7&NumOfStudentsRange=more&NumOfSchoolsRange=more&ID2=5300001">As of 2008-2009</a><a href="http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=1&details=1&InstName=enumclaw&State=53&DistrictType=1&DistrictType=2&DistrictType=3&DistrictType=4&DistrictType=5&DistrictType=6&DistrictType=7&NumOfStudentsRange=more&NumOfSchoolsRange=more&ID2=5300001"></a>, 4,394 students were enrolled in the Enumclaw School District. That breaks down to 1,806 children in elementary school, 1,062 middle school students and 1,526 high school students. </p> <p>The district's on-time graduation rate in 2008-09 was 78.7 percent, compared with the state's average of 73.5 percent, according to the <a href="http://reportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us/Summary.aspx?groupLevel=District&schoolId=1&reportLevel=State&orgLinkId=102&yrs=&year=2009-10">Washington State  2009-2010 Report Card</a><a href="http://reportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us/Summary.aspx?groupLevel=District&schoolId=1&reportLevel=State&orgLinkId=102&yrs=&year=2009-10"></a>.</p> <p><a href="http://reportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us/Summary.aspx?groupLevel=District&schoolId=102&reportLevel=District&orgLinkId=102&yrs=2009-10&year=2009-10">View the Enumclaw School District's official state report for the 2009-2010 school year card here</a><a href="http://reportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us/Summary.aspx?groupLevel=District&schoolId=102&reportLevel=District&orgLinkId=102&yrs=2009-10&year=2009-10"></a>. Report cards are also available online for each school.</p> <p>The Enumclaw School Board has five members, elected by Enumclaw School District voters to four-year terms. They must live within the district boundaries in which they serve. The board meets one Monday each month. All board meetings take place at 6:30pm at the district office, 2929 McDougall Ave., Enumclaw, WA, unless <a href="http://www.enumclaw.wednet.edu/board/meetingdates.aspx">otherwise noted</a>. Additional board workshops are also noted on the meeting calendar. By default, no actions are taken at workshops unless indicated on the calendar.</p> <p>Offices of the Superintendent, for curriculum, assessment, staff development, student support services, as well as technology, human resources and the business office are located at the School District Office.</p> <p>The <a href="http://www.enumclawschoolsfoundation.org/index.cfm">Enumclaw Schools Foundation (ESF)</a> was founded in 2004 by community advocates and district staff to enhance and support academic and extracurricular programs in the Enumclaw School District. </p>