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Enrollment
590
Middle
DISTRICT 775 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUYALLUP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530696001024
Edgemont Jr High
2300 110th Ave E, Edgewood, WA 98372 · (253) 841-8727 · Pierce County
GRADES 06–09MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL590 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
259 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 51%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 158 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 152 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 152 | 26% |
| Grade 9 | 128 | 22% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 68% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
51.2%
WA avg 58.4% . -10.5pp since 2014
Math
37.6%
WA avg 51.2% . -7.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 11 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.2% | 37.6% |
| 2023-24 | 52.8% | 34.9% |
| 2022-23 | 49.9% | 36.6% |
| 2021-22 | 49.1% | 32.5% |
| 2018-19 | 63.3% | 44.0% |
| 2017-18 | 64.9% | 50.4% |
| 2016-17 | 57.9% | 44.9% |
| 2015-16 | 58.0% | 47.4% |
| 2014-15 | 61.7% | 45.3% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.8%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Washington's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Edgemont Jr High
Edgemont Jr High's state test result (44.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgemont Jr High this school | 590 | 43.9% | 44.0% |
| Meeker Middle School Tacoma | 567 | 43.6% | 43.2% |
| Drum Intermediate UNIVERSITY PLA | 639 | 43.0% | 60.9% |
| Jefferson Middle School OLYMPIA | 462 | 42.9% | 61.3% |
| North Whidbey Middle School Oak Harbor | 705 | 42.3% | 46.2% |
| Thurgood Marshall Middle School OLYMPIA | 469 | 39.9% | 46.4% |
Matched among Washington middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Edgemont Jr High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #122 of 294 | #16 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #148 of 357 ▲ 7 | #17 of 45 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #146 of 357 ▼ 20 | #19 of 45 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.6pp | #108 of 290 | #21 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 590 | #202 of 377 | #29 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #295 of 340 | #34 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.0% | #71 of 340 | #25 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.9% | #226 of 359 | #28 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.0% | #28 of 130 | #6 of 19 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
590
+83 (+16%) vs 2020
+68% since 1990-91, when it was 351
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
was 22.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 590 | 27.3 | 21.6:1 | 44% (259) |
| 2023-24 | 546 | 26.2 | 20.9:1 | 43% (237) |
| 2022-23 | 521 | 26.2 | 19.9:1 | 38% (200) |
| 2020-21 | 507 | 23 | 22.0:1 | 33% (166) |
| 2017-18 | 496 | 23.7 | 20.9:1 | 35% (174) |
| 2015-16 | 446 | 20 | 22.3:1 | 35% (157) |
| 2010-11 | 425 | 21 | 20.2:1 | 31% (132) |
| 2000-01 | 409 | 20 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 351 | 20 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Edgemont Jr High.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (496 to 590); teachers up 15% (23.7 to 27.3).
About Edgemont Jr High
Among the schools in Edgewood, Washington, is Edgemont Jr High, a mid-sized middle school. The school has 590 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 9.
Puyallup School District has a total of 37 schools and 23,026 students, Edgemont Jr High among them.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Edgemont Jr High is White, with 48% of students. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 10% Asian, and 6% Pacific Islander. The county population is about 64% White. The diversity index for Edgemont Jr High is 71%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 27.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 21.6 students per teacher. The average for middle schools in Washington, 18.9:1, is lower. Edgemont Jr High has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 44%.
Test results at Edgemont Jr High are 6.8 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (44.0% actual, 50.8% predicted).
In Pierce County, the median household earns about $99,564 a year, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Pierce County has 287 public schools with about 138,462 students, including Edgemont Jr High.
Northwood Elementary is the nearest public school to Edgemont Jr High, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles of Edgemont Jr High, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Edgemont Jr High is 4th of 7 on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school grew from 507 students in 2020-21 to 590 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Edgemont Jr High is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Pierce County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,319
Census ACS
Median income
$99,564
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
287
138,462 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Puyallup School District
- Puyallup High SchoolHigh · 1,815 students
- Gov John Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
- Emerald Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,599 students
- Dessie F Evans ElementaryElementary · 919 students
- Ballou Jr HighMiddle · 852 students
- Doris Stahl Junior HighMiddle · 846 students
Other schools in Edgewood
- Northwood ElementaryElementary · 732 students
- Hedden Elementary SchoolElementary · 469 students
- Mt View ElementaryElementary · 279 students
Nearby schools
- Northwood Elementary0.7 mi · 732
- Mt View Elementary0.9 mi · 279
- Hedden Elementary School1.0 mi · 469
- Surprise Lake Middle School1.4 mi · 613
- Discovery Primary School1.5 mi · 506
- E B Walker High School2.2 mi · 120
Frequently asked questions
About Edgemont Jr HighHow large is Edgemont Jr High?
Edgemont Jr High enrolls approximately 590 students in grades 06-09.
What age range does Edgemont Jr High serve?
Edgemont Jr High serves students from grade 06 through grade 09.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Edgemont Jr High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Edgemont Jr High is approximately 21.6:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Edgemont Jr High?
At Edgemont Jr High, the student body is approximately 48% White, 16% Hispanic, 6% Black, 10% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Is Edgemont Jr High public or private?
Edgemont Jr High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Puyallup School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.