Carla Peperzak Middle School

Carla Peperzak Middle School is a junior high of mid-sized scale in Spokane, Washington, operated by Spokane School District, enrolling 754 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 577 students per school, that is 31% above typical.

Spokane School District comprises 62 schools with combined enrollment of 28,853 students; Carla Peperzak Middle School is among them.

On demographics, Carla Peperzak Middle School lists that White students make up the majority at 74%. Beyond that, the school lists 10% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.7:1. The state averages around 18.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Carla Peperzak Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.3%; this one delivers 54.5%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Spokane County indicate median household income runs about $78,582, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Carla Peperzak Middle School is one of 187 public schools in Spokane County (combined enrollment of about 76,588 students).

Mullan Road Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Carla Peperzak Middle School. On composite proficiency, Carla Peperzak Middle School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 55.5%.

Carla Peperzak Middle School operates from a residential location.

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