Curtis Junior High

Curtis Junior High is an expansive high school in UNIVERSITY PLACE, Washington, run under University Place School District. The school works with 904 students in grades 8 through 9. That puts it 58% bigger than the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 573 students.

University Place School District comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 5,635 students; Curtis Junior High is among them.

On demographics, Curtis Junior High shows that the most-represented group is White (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 17% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 11% Black, 11% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Curtis Junior High higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Pierce County (around 50%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Curtis Junior High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.8%, the actual is 57.1%, a residual of +3.3 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Pierce County put the typical household earns roughly $99,564 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Pierce County runs 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students), of which Curtis Junior High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Curtis Senior High, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Curtis Junior High at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 63.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Curtis Junior High's enrollment has declined 6% since 2018, when it stood at 966 (now 904). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 50% to 44%.

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