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Enrollment
817
Middle
DISTRICT 754 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1·NCES 530771001249
Aki Kurose Middle School
3928 S GRAHAM ST, Seattle, WA 98118 · (206) 252-7700 · King County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL817 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% of Washington public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
464 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 51%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 287 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 255 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 275 | 34% |
Student demographics
78%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 68% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
46.8%
WA avg 58.4% . +2.1pp since 2014
Math
35.5%
WA avg 51.2% . -7.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.8% | 35.5% |
| 2023-24 | 43.7% | 35.9% |
| 2022-23 | 42.0% | 31.5% |
| 2021-22 | 39.6% | 24.8% |
| 2018-19 | 44.8% | 42.7% |
| 2017-18 | 46.6% | 48.1% |
| 2016-17 | 43.5% | 48.7% |
| 2015-16 | 50.2% | 49.1% |
| 2014-15 | 44.7% | 42.9% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
38.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Washington's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Aki Kurose Middle School
Aki Kurose Middle School's state test result (38.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aki Kurose Middle School this school | 817 | 56.8% | 38.9% |
| Dimmitt Middle School Seattle | 605 | 62.3% | 27.7% |
| Washington Middle School SEATTLE | 566 | 57.2% | 43.2% |
| David T. Denny International Middle School SEATTLE | 722 | 58.3% | 34.4% |
| Edmonds S. Meany Middle School Seattle | 504 | 48.4% | 38.6% |
| Meridian Middle School Kent | 647 | 55.6% | 45.6% |
Matched among Washington middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Aki Kurose Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #161 of 294 | #51 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #163 of 357 ▼ 17 | #50 of 76 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #181 of 357 ▲ 20 | #50 of 76 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.9pp | #28 of 290 | #9 of 75 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 817 | #63 of 377 | #27 of 80 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #98 of 340 | #12 of 76 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 78.0% | #16 of 340 | #9 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.8% | #138 of 359 | #25 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.4% | #27 of 130 | #9 of 33 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
817
+98 (+14%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 701
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 16.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 817 | 45.3 | 18.0:1 | 57% (464) |
| 2023-24 | 783 | 47.8 | 16.4:1 | 61% (481) |
| 2022-23 | 772 | 47 | 16.4:1 | 66% (507) |
| 2020-21 | 719 | 45 | 16.0:1 | 70% (500) |
| 2017-18 | 684 | 41.8 | 16.4:1 | 77% (525) |
| 2015-16 | 721 | 40 | 18.0:1 | 75% (539) |
| 2010-11 | 587 | 34 | 17.3:1 | 81% (474) |
| 2000-01 | 572 | 38 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 701 | 32 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Aki Kurose Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (684 to 817); teachers up 8% (41.8 to 45.3).
About Aki Kurose Middle School
Aki Kurose Middle School is a mid-sized middle school in Seattle, Washington, (ZIP code 98118). The school runs grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 817 students. By comparison, middle schools in Washington enroll about 577 students on average.
Seattle School District No. 1 includes 107 schools. Together they enroll 50,773 students.
The biggest share of students at Aki Kurose Middle School, 29%, is Black. The next largest groups are 24% Asian, 19% White, 18% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. In King County overall, about 7% of residents are Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 78%.
Teacher count: 45.3 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 18.0:1. The average for middle schools in Washington, 18.9:1, is higher. Roughly 57% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in King County is 38%.
On the allk12 Grade, Aki Kurose Middle School lands at B, ahead of 60% of Washington public middle schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Aki Kurose Middle School, the prediction is 42.1% and the result is 38.9%.
King County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $124,746 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Aki Kurose Middle School shares King County with 543 other public schools.
Aki Kurose Middle School is about 0.3 miles from Rainier Valley Leadership Academy, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Aki Kurose Middle School ranks 4th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 38.9% against a local average of 38.0%.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 719 to 817, a 14% rise. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 16.0:1 in 2020-21 to 18.0:1 in 2024-25.
Aki Kurose Middle School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
King County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,287,171
Census ACS
Median income
$124,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
544
278,492 students
Quick facts
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- West Seattle High SchoolHigh · 1,479 students
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Other schools in Seattle
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Ballard High SchoolHigh · 1,697 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,542 students
- Garfield High SchoolHigh · 1,507 students
- West Seattle High SchoolHigh · 1,479 students
- Ingraham High SchoolHigh · 1,391 students
Nearby schools
- Rainier Valley Leadership Academy0.3 mi · 121
- Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School0.4 mi · 289
- Orca K-8 School0.6 mi · 278
- Graham Hill Elementary School0.7 mi · 266
- Impact | Salish Sea Elementary0.7 mi · 385
- Dearborn Park International School0.8 mi · 340
Frequently asked questions
About Aki Kurose Middle SchoolHow large is Aki Kurose Middle School?
Aki Kurose Middle School enrolls approximately 817 students in grades 06-08.
Is Aki Kurose Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Aki Kurose Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Aki Kurose Middle School?
Approximately 18.0:1 students per teacher at Aki Kurose Middle School.
How diverse is Aki Kurose Middle School?
Aki Kurose Middle School reports a student body of 19% White, 18% Hispanic, 29% Black, 24% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Aki Kurose Middle School public or private?
Aki Kurose Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Seattle School District No. 1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.