Evergreen Middle School

Evergreen Middle School operates as a medium-sized middle school in KENT, Washington, run under Federal Way School District. Current enrollment sits at 810 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 40% above the state mean of about 577.

Within Federal Way School District, which oversees 43 schools and 22,250 students, Evergreen Middle School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Evergreen Middle School records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 18% Asian, 17% Black, 12% multiracial, 12% White. The wider county runs roughly 11% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 80% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above King County's rate of about 38%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Evergreen Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.9%, the actual is 18.1%, a residual of -8.7 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for King County put the typical household earns roughly $124,746 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across King County's 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), Evergreen Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Star Lake Elementary School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Evergreen Middle School comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 30.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Evergreen Middle School's enrollment has ticked up 17% since 2018, when it stood at 690 (now 810). The Asian share of enrollment grew from 12% to 18% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 in 2025.

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