Maple Valley is a scenic rural residential community with the majority of residents living in single family homes. Tahoma School District's approximately 5,700 students live within a 90 square mile area and are transported by district-owned buses.
All students are eligible to ride buses to and from schools.
The district is bordered by Kent, Enumclaw, Issaquah, and Renton school districts. There are approximately 327 full-time certificated employees 266 full and part time education support personnel serving students in Tahoma. The district operates four elementary schools, one middle school for grade 7 and half of grade 8, a junior high for half of grade 8 and all of grade 9, and senior high school for grades 10 - 12. The district operates an alternative high school for students who do not fit in the traditional high school setting. The district will add a ninth-grade school in 2001.