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The highest-poverty public middle schools in Pierce County, Washington

This ranking covers the highest-poverty public middle schools in Pierce County, Washington, drawn from 45 qualifying public middle schools. Lochburn Middle School leads the list at 82.7%, against a median of 48.4% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Pierce County, Washington

Top % FRL

82.7%

Median % FRL

48.4%

HIGHEST POVERTY · PIERCE COUNTY, WASHINGTON

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Lochburn Middle School	Lakewood, WA	Clover Park School District	Middle	497	82.7%
2	First Creek Middle School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	Middle	584	78.1%
3	Hudtloff Middle School	Lakewood, WA	Clover Park School District	Middle	555	76.0%
4	Gray Middle School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	Middle	510	73.7%
5	Angelo Giaudrone Middle School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	Middle	449	71.9%
6	Baker Middle School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	Middle	687	71.5%
7	Stewart Middle School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	Middle	650	70.3%
8	Perry G Keithley Middle School	TACOMA, WA	Franklin Pierce School District	Middle	804	68.8%
9	Spanaway Middle School	Tacoma, WA	Bethel School District	Middle	766	67.8%
10	Morris Ford Middle School	Tacoma, WA	Franklin Pierce School District	Middle	831	64.6%
11	Thomas Middle School	Lakewood, WA	Clover Park School District	Middle	934	63.6%
12	Bethel Middle School	Spanaway, WA	Bethel School District	Middle	661	63.5%
13	Cedarcrest Middle School	Spanaway, WA	Bethel School District	Middle	765	62.6%
14	Hilltop Heritage Middle School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	Middle	447	62.4%
15	Wainwright Intermediate School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	Middle	368	59.5%
16	Surprise Lake Middle School	Milton, WA	Fife School District	Middle	613	55.5%
17	Liberty Middle School	Spanaway, WA	Bethel School District	Middle	857	54.0%
18	Cougar Mountain Middle School	Graham, WA	Bethel School District	Middle	605	50.4%
19	Ferrucci Jr High	Puyallup, WA	Puyallup School District	Middle	815	50.3%
20	Truman Middle School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	Middle	438	49.5%
21	Ballou Jr High	Puyallup, WA	Puyallup School District	Middle	852	49.4%
22	Frontier Middle School	Graham, WA	Bethel School District	Middle	620	49.0%
23	Hunt Middle School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	Middle	519	48.4%
24	Bryant Montessori Middle School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	Middle	135	48.1%
25	Eatonville Middle School	Eatonville, WA	Eatonville School District	Middle	425	46.4%
26	Doris Stahl Junior High	Puyallup, WA	Puyallup School District	Middle	846	45.9%
27	Glacier View Junior High	Puyallup, WA	Puyallup School District	Middle	843	45.2%
28	Edgemont Jr High	Edgewood, WA	Puyallup School District	Middle	590	43.9%
29	Aylen Jr High	Puyallup, WA	Puyallup School District	Middle	720	43.9%
30	Sumner Middle School	Sumner, WA	Sumner-Bonney Lake School District	Middle	674	43.6%
31	Meeker Middle School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	Middle	567	43.6%
32	Drum Intermediate	UNIVERSITY PLA, WA	University Place School District	Middle	639	43.0%
33	Narrows View Intermediate	UNIVERSITY PLA, WA	University Place School District	Middle	692	42.1%
34	Key Peninsula Middle School	Lakebay, WA	Peninsula School District	Middle	444	41.9%
35	Kalles Junior High	Puyallup, WA	Puyallup School District	Middle	762	40.2%
36	Orting Middle School	Orting, WA	Orting School District	Middle	643	40.0%
37	Lakeridge Middle School	Bonney Lake, WA	Sumner-Bonney Lake School District	Middle	763	37.7%
38	Glacier Middle School	Buckley, WA	White River School District	Middle	999	36.9%
39	Pioneer Middle	DuPont, WA	Steilacoom Hist. School District	Middle	758	30.6%
40	Mason Middle School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	Middle	639	29.6%
41	Mountain View Middle School	Bonney Lake, WA	Sumner-Bonney Lake School District	Middle	937	29.5%
42	North Tapps Middle School	Lake Tapps, WA	Dieringer School District	Middle	523	22.0%
43	Goodman Middle School	Gig Harbor, WA	Peninsula School District	Middle	519	21.0%
44	Harbor Ridge Middle School	Gig Harbor, WA	Peninsula School District	Middle	627	18.5%
45	Kopachuck Middle School	Gig Harbor, WA	Peninsula School District	Middle	516	17.1%

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