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Todd Beamer High School is a four-year secondary school located in Federal Way, Washington within the Federal Way School District. The school was built in 2003 and was named after Todd Morgan Beamer, a passenger aboard United Airlines Flight 93 during the September 11, 2001 attacks. He was one of the passengers who attempted to foil the hijacking and reclaim the aircraft, which crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The school was opened in September 2003.Todd Beamer Campus received a $675,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for staff development during the school's first three years.

Federal Way Public Academy (FWPA) is a co-educational college preparatory school for students in grades 6–10 in Federal Way, Washington. It is part of the Federal Way School District. Charles "Ray" Griffin conceived of Federal Way Public Academy when he was a doctoral candidate at the University of Washington. After he became an administrator at the Annie Wright School, he approached the Federal Way School District to consider his idea to start a public academy for gifted education. In 1998, the school was approved by the board to open in a 3–2 vote. The main arguments against the school were that it was snobbish and that the school district should improve its current honors curriculum in its existing six junior high schools. The school opened on September 1, 1999, with 120 seventh and eighth graders. The school was located in the Illahee Middle School parking lot in three double portables (six classrooms) from its founding until October 2003 when it moved to a warehouse building formerly owned by Deluxe Check Printing Co. The school admits students through a lottery. About 60% of applicants are turned away owing to the demand. In 2013, the Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Washington State Board of Education gave Federal Way Public Academy an award that honored them for having an "overall two-year test score average puts them in the top 5 percent of schools statewide". After graduation from FWPA, roughly 50% of the students enroll in Thomas Jefferson High School's International Baccalaureate program and 30% participate in Running Start.

The Rhododendron Species Foundation and Botanical Garden (RSBG) on 22–24 acres is a nonprofit botanical garden specializing in rhododendrons in Federal Way, Washington. As of 2006 the Foundation's mission is devoted to the conservation, research, acquisition, evaluation, cultivation, public display, and distribution of rhododendron species. The gardens contain over 10,000 rhododendrons, set out as a woodland garden among native conifers. It is adjacent to the Pacific Bonsai Museum.

Lake Killarney is a lake in King County, Washington. It is located on the city line of Federal Way, Washington and the Lakeland South, Washington census designated place. It is popular for recreation, with fishing opportunities and a public park. The lake has suffered from arsenic pollution. Lake Killarney is one of several lakes in Lakeland South, including Lake Geneva, Fivemile Lake, and Trout Lake.

Milton is a city in King and Pierce counties in the U.S. state of Washington. The population was 8,697 at the time of the 2020 census. Milton borders the larger but newer town of Edgewood.

Fivemile Lake is located in southern King County, Washington in the Lakeland South census-designated place. It has a popular park on its eastern bank.

The Weyerhaeuser Corporate Headquarters is a modernist building in Federal Way, Washington and the former home of timberland company Weyerhaeuser. The campus was designed by architect Edward Charles Bassett and landscape architect Peter Walker. The campus was sold by Weyerhaeuser in 2016 when the company moved to a new office in Seattle's Pioneer Square. The property was purchased by Industrial Realty Group and renamed to Woodbridge Corporate Park.

Washington's 30th legislative district is one of forty-nine districts in Washington state for representation in the state legislature. It is mostly in King County with a small section in Pierce County. It covers the cities of Federal Way, Des Moines, Auburn, Algona, Pacific, and Milton, as well as unincorporated parts of King County. The district's legislators are state senator Claire Wilson and state representatives Jamila Taylor (position 1) and Jesse Johnson (position 2), all Democrats.

Lakeland South is a census-designated place (CDP) in King County, Washington, United States. The population was 11,574 at the 2010 census.Based on per capita income, one of the more reliable measures of affluence, Lakeland South ranks 65th of 522 areas in the state of Washington to be ranked.

Surprise Lake is located next to the Surprise Lake Apartment complex at Milton, Washington, United States. It is in the small city of Milton, near the slightly larger city of Fife, about 7 miles (11 km) from Tacoma.

Trout Lake is a small lake in King County, Washington in the Lakeland South census designated place. Trout Lake is one of several lakes in Lakeland South, including Fivemile Lake, Lake Killarney and Lake Geneva.

Federal Way Public Schools is a school district in King County, Washington covering all of Federal Way and portions of Kent, Des Moines, Auburn, and unincorporated census-designated places Lakeland North and Lakeland South, encompassing 35 square miles (91 km2). There are 37 schools in the district, consisting of 21 elementary schools, 2 K-8 schools, 6 middle schools, 4 high schools, 3 specialized schools, and one online school. Federal Way Public Schools is the most diverse school district in Washington state, and the 5th most diverse in the nation. The class of 2018 continued a six-year trend of increasing graduation rates, reaching 86.2 percent. The classes of 2017 and 2018 had the highest graduate rate in the Road Map region. 71 percent of high school students in the district have taken an advanced course. This is higher than average, and third highest in the Road Map region. 92 percent of students taking an advanced course are earning a passing grade. The class of 2021 and beyond is required to earn 24 hours of community service as a graduation requirement. Since 2017, Federal Way Public Schools has hosted an annual STEM Exploration Night, with thousands of students and their families in attendance. In 2018, Federal Way Public Schools launched Scholar Art in the City, an initiative that displays student art and writing in businesses and organizations across the city of Federal Way. 63 percent of students enrolled in a two or four year college program. 81 percent of scholars who attended a four-year postsecondary institution were continuously enrolled.The current Superintendent is Dr. Danielle Pfeiffer.Between the 2002–2003 and 2003–2004 the school district transitioned from Junior High Schools to Middle Schools.