Enrollment
309
Middle
DISTRICT 618 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FEDERAL WAY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530282002719
Federal Way Public Academy
34620 9TH AV S, FEDERAL WAY, WA 98003 · (253) 945-3270 · King County
GRADES 06–10MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL309 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% of Washington public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public middle schools
Student : Teacher
23.3:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.3:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
134 students
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 | 64 | 21% |
| Grade 7 | 64 | 21% |
| Grade 8 | 64 | 21% |
| Grade 9 | 60 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 57 | 18% |
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 79% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Federal Way Public Academy→Federal Way Running Start Home School
Based on grade levels within Federal Way School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
81.8%
WA avg 58.4% . +3.7pp since 2014
Math
67.7%
WA avg 51.2% . -5.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.8% | 67.7% |
| 2023-24 | 81.3% | 61.3% |
| 2022-23 | 84.0% | 64.1% |
| 2021-22 | 79.8% | 58.5% |
| 2018-19 | 81.2% | 66.7% |
| 2017-18 | 80.4% | 64.1% |
| 2016-17 | 80.6% | 71.2% |
| 2015-16 | 80.5% | 76.2% |
| 2014-15 | 78.2% | 72.9% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
72.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 51% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in Washington's top 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 Federal Way Public Academy
Federal Way Public Academy's state test result (72.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Way Public Academy this school | 309 | 43.4% | 72.8% |
| Meeker Middle School Tacoma | 567 | 43.6% | 43.2% |
| Jefferson Middle School OLYMPIA | 462 | 42.9% | 61.3% |
| Hunt Middle School Tacoma | 519 | 48.4% | 40.9% |
| Drum Intermediate UNIVERSITY PLA | 639 | 43.0% | 60.9% |
| Narrows View Intermediate UNIVERSITY PLA | 692 | 42.1% | 72.2% |
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 Federal Way Public Academy ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.8% | #18 of 294 | #15 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.7% | #22 of 357 ▲ 10 | #18 of 76 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.8% | #8 of 357 ▼ 2 | #6 of 76 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.6pp | #67 of 290 | #18 of 75 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 309 | #311 of 377 | #76 of 80 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.3:1 | #335 of 340 | #75 of 76 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.8% | #50 of 340 | #29 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.4% | #231 of 359 | #33 of 77 |
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
309
+7 (+2%) vs 2020
+73% since 2000-01, when it was 179
Student : Teacher
23.3:1
was 23.2:1
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 | 309 | 13.3 | 23.3:1 | 43% (134) |
| 2023-24 | 303 | 13.6 | 22.3:1 | 45% (135) |
| 2022-23 | 298 | 13.6 | 21.9:1 | 46% (136) |
| 2020-21 | 302 | 13 | 23.2:1 | 36% (110) |
| 2017-18 | 309 | 13 | 23.8:1 | 29% (89) |
| 2015-16 | 303 | 13 | 23.3:1 | 31% (93) |
| 2010-11 | 304 | 13 | 23.4:1 | 20% (60) |
| 2000-01 | 179 | 5 | 35.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Federal Way Public Academy.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (309 to 309); teachers up 2% (13 to 13.3).
About Federal Way Public Academy
Federal Way Public Academy is a low-enrollment middle-grades school in FEDERAL WAY, Washington, (ZIP code 98003). The school's 309 students are in grades 6 through 10. Enrollment is 46% lower than the average for middle schools in Washington, which is about 577.
District-wide, Federal Way School District has 43 schools and 22,250 students.
White students form the largest group at Federal Way Public Academy, 42% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 19% Asian, 14% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, and 11% Black. Among people living in King County, the White share is about 55%. Federal Way Public Academy has a diversity index of 74%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The count of teachers at Federal Way Public Academy is 13.3 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 23.3:1. Among middle schools in Washington, the typical ratio is 18.9:1. The school counts 134 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 43%.
allk12 grades Federal Way Public Academy an A+. The grade compares the school only with Washington public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Federal Way Public Academy beats its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 21.6 points (72.8% versus 51.1%), a top-10% result in Washington on BeatsExpectations.
According to the American Community Survey, in King County, median household income is about $124,746, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal Way Public Academy is one of 544 public schools in King County, which together enroll about 278,492 students.
Panther Lake Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 26.5% on proficiency, and Federal Way Public Academy is above that at 72.8%.
For locale, NCES codes Federal Way Public Academy as Suburb: Large.
The school's size has been steady, with 302 students in 2020-21 and 309 in 2024-25.
Discussion on this page can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
King County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,287,171
Census ACS
Median income
$124,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
544
278,492 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Federal Way School District
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,810 students
- Federal Way High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Todd Beamer High SchoolHigh · 1,412 students
- Decatur High SchoolHigh · 1,352 students
- Evergreen Middle SchoolMiddle · 810 students
- Kilo Middle SchoolMiddle · 669 students
Other schools in FEDERAL WAY
- Federal Way High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Todd Beamer High SchoolHigh · 1,412 students
- Decatur High SchoolHigh · 1,352 students
- Sacajawea Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Illahee Middle SchoolMiddle · 655 students
- Lakota Middle SchoolMiddle · 645 students
Nearby schools
- Panther Lake Elementary School0.6 mi · 427
- Enterprise Elementary School0.9 mi · 450
- Federal Way Public School ECEAP0.9 mi · 348
- Gateway to College0.9 mi · 23
- Support School0.9 mi · 55
- Federal Way Running Start Home School0.9 mi · 17
Frequently asked questions
About Federal Way Public AcademyHow large is Federal Way Public Academy?
Federal Way Public Academy enrolls approximately 309 students in grades 06-10.
Is Federal Way Public Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Federal Way Public Academy is a middle school covering grades 06-10.
How many teachers does Federal Way Public Academy have?
Federal Way Public Academy employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Federal Way Public Academy?
Student demographics at Federal Way Public Academy are roughly 42% White, 13% Hispanic, 11% Black, 19% Asian, 14% Two or more.
What district is Federal Way Public Academy in?
Federal Way Public Academy is part of Federal Way School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.