Discovery Middle School

Discovery Middle School is a mid-sized middle-grades school that serves part of VANCOUVER, Washington. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 525 students.

Vancouver School District includes 43 schools. Together they enroll 21,783 students.

The largest group at Discovery Middle School is White students, at 42%. Smaller groups are 36% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 4% Pacific Islander, and 3% Asian. For comparison, the population of Clark County is roughly 75% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Discovery Middle School scores 67%.

The school's 25.9 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.2:1. The average for middle schools in Washington is 18.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. At Discovery Middle School, 67% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Across public schools in Clark County, the average is 43%.

American Community Survey estimates for Clark County show that the median household earns about $97,536 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Across Clark County, 151 public schools serve about 74,406 students.

Lincoln Elementary School sits about 0.6 miles from Discovery Middle School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

NCES describes the area around Discovery Middle School as City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

The school's enrollment decreased 17% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 20.2:1, from 16.7:1.

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