Deer Park Middle School

Deer Park Middle School is an average-sized junior high in Deer Park, Washington, run under Deer Park School District. The school hosts 503 students in grades 6 through 8.

Deer Park School District comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 2,783 students; Deer Park Middle School is among them.

Demographically, Deer Park Middle School logs that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Native American. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Deer Park Middle School records 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.9:1 average. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Deer Park Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.9%; this one delivers 47.0%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Spokane County) shows that median household earnings sit near $78,582, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Deer Park Middle School is one of 187 public schools in Spokane County (combined enrollment of about 76,588 students).

Arcadia Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Deer Park Middle School. On composite proficiency, Deer Park Middle School comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 51.2%.

Deer Park Middle School operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. Deer Park Middle School's enrollment has ticked up 11% since 2018, when it stood at 452 (now 503). White enrollment moved from 91% to 85% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.