Middle · Washington

Glacier Middle School

Free meals for all

Glacier Middle School, a public middle school in SeaTac, Washington: grades 6–8, 803 students, 22.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Highline School District.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 803
Teachers (FTE): 35.3
Students per teacher: 22.7
Grades: 6–8; Middle

More students per teacher than 94% of middle schools in Washington

Median 19.1 · 378 schools compared

More students per teacher than 95% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 80% of middle schools in Washington

Median 613 · 382 schools compared

Larger than 79% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Washington's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Washington: 51%

16%proficient

−5.2 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 99% of middle schools in Washington

Median 49% · 360 middle schools compared

720 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · SBAC; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Washington: 44%

11%proficient

−1.5 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 98% of middle schools in Washington

Median 36% · 351 middle schools compared

719 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · SBAC; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: Middle · Grades 6–8
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large suburb
Run by: Highline School District

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Highline School District.

Location

Address: 2450 South 142nd Street, SeaTac, WA 98168
Phone: (206)631-5300
City or town: SeaTac
County: King County

Quality of life in SeaTac Schools in SeaTac

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Showalter Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	651	20.4	27%	18%	1.2 mi
Sylvester Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	582	19.3	43%	33%	2.3 mi
Rainier PrepCharterFree meals for all	5–8	359	14.7	67%	59%	2.5 mi
Cascade Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	671	16.9	27%	17%	2.8 mi
Chinook Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	620	17.4	34%	17%	3.1 mi
Dimmitt Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	605	17.6	40%	29%	3.3 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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