Edgemont Jr High

Set in Edgewood, Washington, Edgemont Jr High is a middle-of-the-pack middle school, operated by Puyallup School District. It educates 590 students across grades 6 through 9.

Within Puyallup School District, which oversees 37 schools and 23,026 students, Edgemont Jr High is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Edgemont Jr High shows that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 16% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 10% Asian, 6% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Pierce County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Edgemont Jr High reports 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.9:1 average. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Edgemont Jr High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.8%; this one delivers 44.0%.

Around the school, Pierce County reports that median household earnings sit near $99,564, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Pierce County's 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students), Edgemont Jr High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Northwood Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Edgemont Jr High comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 39.3%.

Edgemont Jr High operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Edgemont Jr High's enrollment has rose 19% since 2018, when it stood at 496 (now 590). White enrollment moved from 63% to 48% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Edgemont Jr High community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.