Enrollment
135
Middle
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TACOMA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530870003757
Bryant Montessori Middle School
717 S. Grant Ave, Tacoma, WA 98405 · (253) 571-2800 · Pierce County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL135 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of Washington public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
6.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
65 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 | 45 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 46 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 44 | 33% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 78% · 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
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Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
39.9%
WA avg 58.4% . -2.6pp since 2021
Math
23.2%
WA avg 51.2% . -11.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.9% | 23.2% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 28.7% |
| 2022-23 | 49.6% | 34.5% |
| 2021-22 | 42.5% | 34.2% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
37.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.9%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Bryant Montessori Middle School
Bryant Montessori Middle School's state test result (37.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryant Montessori Middle School this school | 135 | 48.1% | 37.1% |
| Wayne M Henkle Middle School WHITE SALMON | 167 | 47.3% | 42.2% |
| Dayton Middle School Dayton | 93 | 49.5% | N/A |
| La Conner Middle LA CONNER | 123 | 56.1% | 29.1% |
| Friday Harbor Middle School FRIDAY HARBOR | 157 | 41.4% | 50.1% |
| Orcas Island Middle School EASTSOUND | 110 | 39.1% | 45.4% |
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 Bryant Montessori Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.1% | #172 of 294 | #27 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.2% | #267 of 357 ▼ 53 | #34 of 45 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #249 of 357 ▼ 99 | #34 of 45 ▼ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.8pp | #9 of 290 | #1 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 135 | #355 of 377 | #45 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.1% | #206 of 359 | #24 of 45 |
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
135
-15 (-10%) vs 2020
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 | 135 | 22.5 | 6.0:1 | 48% (65) |
| 2023-24 | 132 | 22.4 | 5.9:1 | 58% (76) |
| 2022-23 | 105 | 22.8 | 4.6:1 | 47% (49) |
| 2020-21 | 150 | N/A | N/A | 39% (58) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bryant Montessori Middle School.
About Bryant Montessori Middle School
Located in Tacoma, Washington, Bryant Montessori Middle School is a small middle school. It serves 135 students in grades 6 through 8. For comparison, middle schools in Washington average about 577 students.
Bryant Montessori Middle School belongs to Tacoma School District, a district of 66 schools and 28,900 students.
Bryant Montessori Middle School is 56% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 18% Hispanic, 17% multiracial, 3% Black, and 3% Asian. Pick two students at random and there is a 61% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 6.0:1 at Bryant Montessori Middle School, with 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 12.9 below the 18.9:1 average for middle schools in Washington. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 48%. That tracks the 50% average for public schools in Pierce County.
Bryant Montessori Middle School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 26% of Washington public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After accounting for student poverty, Bryant Montessori Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Washington schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests of 37.1% is 10.8 points below the 47.9% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
In the county around the school, Pierce County, the median household income is $99,564, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Pierce County is home to 287 public schools and about 138,462 public school students.
The school nearest to Bryant Montessori Middle School is Bryant Montessori School, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Bryant Montessori Middle School ranks 4th of 6 on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
2024-25 enrollment was 135, a 10% decrease from 150 in 2020-21.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Pierce County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,319
Census ACS
Median income
$99,564
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
287
138,462 students
Quick facts
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- Mount Tahoma High SchoolHigh · 1,410 students
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- Washington High SchoolHigh · 989 students
- Franklin Pierce High SchoolHigh · 977 students
Nearby schools
- Bryant Montessori School0.0 mi · 313
- Hilltop Heritage Middle School0.2 mi · 447
- Grant Elementary School0.5 mi · 378
- Bates Technical High School0.7 mi · 343
- Stanley Elementary School0.7 mi · 325
- Special Services0.7 mi · 9
Frequently asked questions
About Bryant Montessori Middle SchoolHow large is Bryant Montessori Middle School?
Bryant Montessori Middle School enrolls approximately 135 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Bryant Montessori Middle School serve?
Bryant Montessori Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Bryant Montessori Middle School?
Approximately 6.0:1 students per teacher at Bryant Montessori Middle School.
How diverse is Bryant Montessori Middle School?
Bryant Montessori Middle School reports a student body of 56% White, 18% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Who oversees Bryant Montessori Middle School?
Bryant Montessori Middle School is overseen by Tacoma School District in Pierce County.
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