Drum Intermediate

Drum Intermediate is a 6-8 campus of medium-sized scale in UNIVERSITY PLA, Washington, one of the schools within University Place School District, hosting 639 students in grades 5 through 7.

Within University Place School District, which oversees 8 schools and 5,635 students, Drum Intermediate is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Drum Intermediate shows that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 18% multiracial, 17% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 8% Black. By comparison, Pierce County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Drum Intermediate shows 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.4:1. The state averages about 18.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 43% of students at Drum Intermediate qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Drum Intermediate performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.3%, the actual is 60.9%, a residual of +9.6 points.

Around the school, 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 the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Pierce County runs 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students), of which Drum Intermediate is one.

Narrows View Intermediate is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Drum Intermediate ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 62.7%.

Drum Intermediate operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Drum Intermediate's enrollment has ticked up 8% since 2018, when it stood at 589 (now 639).

On allk12, members of the Drum Intermediate community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.