Middle · Washington
Pacific Middle School
Free meals for allPacific Middle School, a public middle school in Des Moines, Washington: grades 6–8, 604 students, 18.5 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
- 604
- Teachers (FTE)
- 32.6
- Students per teacher
- 18.5
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
Fewer students per teacher than 59% of middle schools in Washington
Median 19.1 · 378 schools compared
More students per teacher than 80% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Smaller than 52% of middle schools in Washington
Median 613 · 382 schools compared
Larger 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%32%proficient
+1.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 86% of middle schools in Washington
Median 49% · 360 middle schools compared
569 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · SBAC; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Washington: 44%16%proficient
+2.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 94% of middle schools in Washington
Median 36% · 351 middle schools compared
571 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
- 22705 24th Ave S, Des Moines, WA 98198
- Phone
- (206)631-5800
- City or town
- Des Moines
- County
- King 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Evergreen Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 810 | 19.3 | 23% | 15% |
Chinook Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 620 | 17.4 | 34% | 17% |
Mill Creek Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 866 | 18.9 | 16% | 9.5% |
Sylvester Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 582 | 19.3 | 43% | 33% |
Sacajawea Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 668 | 18.3 | 35% | 20% |
Kilo Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 669 | 18.1 | 40% | 29% |
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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