Elma Middle School

Elma Middle School is one of the cozy middle-grades schools in Elma, Washington, operated by Elma School District, with 324 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 44% leaner than the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 577 students.

Elma School District runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 1,677 students. Elma Middle School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Elma Middle School records that 65% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 25% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.9:1 average. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Elma Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.1%; this one delivers 37.7%.

Across the wider county, Grays Harbor County reports that median household earnings sit near $64,414, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Grays Harbor County runs 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,564 students), of which Elma Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Eagle Virtual Sky Academy, roughly 0.1 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Elma Middle School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 48.3%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Elma Middle School has held roughly steady, going from 320 students in 2018 to 324 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 19.7:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 in 2025.

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