Middle · Washington
Hilltop Heritage Middle School
Free meals for allHilltop Heritage Middle School, a public middle school in Tacoma, Washington: grades 6–8, 447 students, 20.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Tacoma 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
- 447
- Teachers (FTE)
- 22.3
- Students per teacher
- 20.1
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
More students per teacher than 65% of middle schools in Washington
Median 19.1 · 378 schools compared
More students per teacher than 88% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Smaller than 72% of middle schools in Washington
Median 613 · 382 schools compared
Smaller than 59% 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%42%proficient
+2.2 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 69% of middle schools in Washington
Median 49% · 360 middle schools compared
315 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · SBAC; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Washington: 44%25%proficient
+0.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 77% of middle schools in Washington
Median 36% · 351 middle schools compared
312 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
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Midsize city
- Run by
- Tacoma School District
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Tacoma School District.
Location
- Address
- 602 N Sprague Ave, Tacoma, WA 98403
- Phone
- (253)571-7700
- City or town
- Tacoma
- County
- Pierce County
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6–8 | 135 | 6.0 | — | — | |
Mason Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 639 | 20.7 | 69% | 49% |
Wainwright Intermediate SchoolFree meals for all | 4–8 | 368 | 17.8 | 48% | 31% |
Hunt Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 519 | 17.8 | 55% | 38% |
Truman Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 438 | 20.8 | 49% | 36% |
Tacoma Online Middle SchoolFully virtual | 6–8 | 170 | 13.8 | 56% | — |
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.
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.
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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