Ellen Ochoa Middle School

Ellen Ochoa Middle School is one of the reasonably sized intermediate schools in PASCO, Washington, one of the schools within Pasco School District, with 831 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 44% above the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 577 students.

Pasco School District runs 28 schools in total, collectively educating 18,913 students. Ellen Ochoa Middle School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Ellen Ochoa Middle School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (93%). Other groups include 3% Asian, 3% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Ellen Ochoa Middle School has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Franklin County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, Ellen Ochoa Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 19.2%, the actual is 14.2%, a residual of -4.9 points.

In the surrounding community, Franklin County reports that the typical household earns roughly $86,714 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Franklin County runs 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,403 students), of which Ellen Ochoa Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Whittier Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Ellen Ochoa Middle School comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 18.1%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ellen Ochoa Middle School has climbed 18%, going from 705 students in 2018 to 831 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 in 2025.

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