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Albert Einstein Middle School
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardWhat this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 12 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 9 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Albert Einstein Middle School
As a heavily attended 6-8 campus in Shoreline, Washington, Albert Einstein Middle School caters to 1,032 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by Shoreline School District. That puts it 79% above the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 577 students.
Within Shoreline School District, which oversees 18 schools and 9,717 students, Albert Einstein Middle School is one campus in the system.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Albert Einstein Middle School logs that the most-represented group is White (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 11% Asian, 9% Black. The wider county runs roughly 55% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.9:1, putting Albert Einstein Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Albert Einstein Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.4%.
Zooming out to the county, census data for King County shows the typical household earns roughly $124,746 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across King County's 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), Albert Einstein Middle School is one campus in the mix.
Melvin G Syre Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Albert Einstein Middle School. On composite proficiency, Albert Einstein Middle School comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 65.2%.
Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.
Five-year trend. Albert Einstein Middle School's enrollment has expanded 40% since 2018, when it stood at 736 (now 1,032). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 54% to 46%.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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