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David T. Denny International Middle School
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About David T. Denny International Middle School
Located at 2601 SW Kenyon St, in SEATTLE, Washington, David T. Denny International Middle School is a reasonably sized intermediate school that instructs 722 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within Seattle School District No. 1. Enrollment runs roughly 25% bigger than the state mean of about 577.
David T. Denny International Middle School is one of 107 schools operated by Seattle School District No. 1, a district that teaches 50,773 students overall.
On demographics, David T. Denny International Middle School shows that 28% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 25% White, 21% Black, 12% Asian, 11% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, David T. Denny International Middle School reports 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.9:1, putting David T. Denny International Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 58% of students at David T. Denny International Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against King County (around 38%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, David T. Denny International Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.1%, the actual is 34.4%, a residual of -6.6 points.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (King County) reports that median household earnings sit near $124,746, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, King County runs 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), of which David T. Denny International Middle School is one.
Chief Sealth International High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts David T. Denny International Middle School at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 41.9%.
The school occupies a high-density site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 13%: 834 students in 2018 compared to 722 in 2025.
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