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The highest-performing public middle schools in reading in Pierce County, Washington

This ranking covers the highest-performing public middle schools in reading in Pierce County, Washington, drawn from 45 qualifying public middle schools. Narrows View Intermediate leads the list at 76.4%, against a median of 47.8% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Pierce County, Washington

Top % Proficient (Reading)

76.4%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

47.8%

BEST IN READING · PIERCE COUNTY, WASHINGTON

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Narrows View Intermediate	UNIVERSITY PLA, WA	University Place School District	Middle	692	76.4%
2	Lakeridge Middle School	Bonney Lake, WA	Sumner-Bonney Lake School District	Middle	763	75.1%
3	North Tapps Middle School	Lake Tapps, WA	Dieringer School District	Middle	523	73.9%
4	Kopachuck Middle School	Gig Harbor, WA	Peninsula School District	Middle	516	72.2%
5	Drum Intermediate	UNIVERSITY PLA, WA	University Place School District	Middle	639	69.8%
6	Goodman Middle School	Gig Harbor, WA	Peninsula School District	Middle	519	69.4%
7	Sumner Middle School	Sumner, WA	Sumner-Bonney Lake School District	Middle	674	69.3%
8	Harbor Ridge Middle School	Gig Harbor, WA	Peninsula School District	Middle	627	66.9%
9	Mason Middle School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	Middle	639	66.9%
10	Mountain View Middle School	Bonney Lake, WA	Sumner-Bonney Lake School District	Middle	937	65.8%
11	Glacier Middle School	Buckley, WA	White River School District	Middle	999	61.5%
12	Kalles Junior High	Puyallup, WA	Puyallup School District	Middle	762	60.9%
13	Pioneer Middle	DuPont, WA	Steilacoom Hist. School District	Middle	758	60.2%
14	Ballou Jr High	Puyallup, WA	Puyallup School District	Middle	852	59.0%
15	Doris Stahl Junior High	Puyallup, WA	Puyallup School District	Middle	846	54.2%
16	Ferrucci Jr High	Puyallup, WA	Puyallup School District	Middle	815	53.9%
17	Hunt Middle School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	Middle	519	53.8%
18	Aylen Jr High	Puyallup, WA	Puyallup School District	Middle	720	52.7%
19	Edgemont Jr High	Edgewood, WA	Puyallup School District	Middle	590	51.2%
20	Cougar Mountain Middle School	Graham, WA	Bethel School District	Middle	605	50.1%
21	Meeker Middle School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	Middle	567	50.0%
22	Glacier View Junior High	Puyallup, WA	Puyallup School District	Middle	843	48.9%
23	Bethel Middle School	Spanaway, WA	Bethel School District	Middle	661	47.8%
24	Wainwright Intermediate School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	Middle	368	47.1%
25	Frontier Middle School	Graham, WA	Bethel School District	Middle	620	45.6%
26	Truman Middle School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	Middle	438	44.9%
27	Spanaway Middle School	Tacoma, WA	Bethel School District	Middle	766	44.6%
28	Liberty Middle School	Spanaway, WA	Bethel School District	Middle	857	44.0%
29	Orting Middle School	Orting, WA	Orting School District	Middle	643	43.0%
30	Key Peninsula Middle School	Lakebay, WA	Peninsula School District	Middle	444	42.7%
31	Surprise Lake Middle School	Milton, WA	Fife School District	Middle	613	41.4%
32	Eatonville Middle School	Eatonville, WA	Eatonville School District	Middle	425	41.2%
33	Thomas Middle School	Lakewood, WA	Clover Park School District	Middle	934	41.0%
34	Bryant Montessori Middle School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	Middle	135	39.9%
35	Cedarcrest Middle School	Spanaway, WA	Bethel School District	Middle	765	39.1%
36	Baker Middle School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	Middle	687	37.9%
37	Morris Ford Middle School	Tacoma, WA	Franklin Pierce School District	Middle	831	36.1%
38	Stewart Middle School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	Middle	650	33.1%
39	Hilltop Heritage Middle School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	Middle	447	31.1%
40	Angelo Giaudrone Middle School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	Middle	449	30.9%
41	First Creek Middle School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	Middle	584	25.6%
42	Gray Middle School	Tacoma, WA	Tacoma School District	Middle	510	24.0%
43	Perry G Keithley Middle School	TACOMA, WA	Franklin Pierce School District	Middle	804	23.5%
44	Hudtloff Middle School	Lakewood, WA	Clover Park School District	Middle	555	21.7%
45	Lochburn Middle School	Lakewood, WA	Clover Park School District	Middle	497	13.5%

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