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Enrollment
815
Middle
DISTRICT 775 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUYALLUP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530696001865
Ferrucci Jr High
3213 Wildwood Pk Dr, Puyallup, WA 98374 · (253) 841-8756 · Pierce County
GRADES 07–09MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL815 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 59% of Washington public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
21.4:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
410 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 51%
Community
1
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 7 | 268 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 267 | 33% |
| Grade 9 | 280 | 34% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
53.9%
WA avg 58.4% . +5.8pp since 2014
Math
36.8%
WA avg 51.2% . -3.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.9% | 36.8% |
| 2023-24 | 53.8% | 35.8% |
| 2022-23 | 54.6% | 34.8% |
| 2021-22 | 55.7% | 34.7% |
| 2018-19 | 61.7% | 48.5% |
| 2017-18 | 58.2% | 44.8% |
| 2016-17 | 59.0% | 44.6% |
| 2015-16 | 49.1% | 40.4% |
| 2014-15 | 48.0% | 40.4% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Washington's top nor bottom 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 Ferrucci Jr High
Ferrucci Jr High's state test result (44.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ferrucci Jr High this school | 815 | 50.3% | 44.6% |
| Cedarcrest School Marysville | 704 | 49.9% | 39.0% |
| Salish Middle School Lacey | 745 | 48.3% | 35.4% |
| Nisqually Middle School Lacey | 789 | 51.3% | 29.9% |
| Oak Harbor Intermediate School Oak Harbor | 767 | 44.7% | 51.1% |
| Fairview Middle School BREMERTON | 620 | 50.5% | 37.3% |
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 Ferrucci Jr High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #121 of 294 | #15 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #155 of 357 ▼ 6 | #19 of 45 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #127 of 357 ▼ 7 | #16 of 45 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.1pp | #199 of 290 | #35 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 815 | #66 of 377 | #9 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #286 of 340 | #33 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.2% | #94 of 340 | #27 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.3% | #181 of 359 | #19 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.5% | #43 of 130 | #9 of 19 |
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
815
+52 (+7%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 731
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
was 21.2:1
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 | 815 | 38 | 21.4:1 | 50% (410) |
| 2023-24 | 828 | 40.6 | 20.4:1 | 52% (430) |
| 2022-23 | 819 | 39.4 | 20.8:1 | 52% (425) |
| 2020-21 | 763 | 36 | 21.2:1 | 45% (341) |
| 2017-18 | 718 | 38.9 | 18.5:1 | 40% (284) |
| 2015-16 | 696 | 34 | 20.5:1 | 41% (288) |
| 2010-11 | 749 | 36 | 20.8:1 | 34% (257) |
| 2000-01 | 722 | 37 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 731 | 35 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ferrucci Jr High.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (718 to 815); teachers down 2% (38.9 to 38).
About Ferrucci Jr High
Ferrucci Jr High is a middle-grades school located in Puyallup, Washington, in Pierce County. Its grade span covers grades 7 through 9, with 815 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 577 students for middle schools in Washington.
Ferrucci Jr High is among 37 schools run by Puyallup School District, which serves 23,026 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Ferrucci Jr High is White, with 49% of students. The next largest groups are 22% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 7% Asian, and 5% Black. The school's White share is 15 points below the 64% share among Pierce County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 68%.
Its staff includes 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 21.4 students per teacher. Across middle schools in Washington, the average ratio is 18.9:1. Ferrucci Jr High has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 50%. That is in line with the 50% average for public schools in Pierce County.
Among Washington public middle schools, Ferrucci Jr High outscored 59%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 46.5% for a school in Washington with Ferrucci Jr High's free or reduced-price lunch share. Ferrucci Jr High posts 44.6%.
In the wider Pierce County area, the median household earns about $99,564 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Ferrucci Jr High shares Pierce County with 286 other public schools.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, Wildwood Elementary, is the closest to Ferrucci Jr High. Ferrucci Jr High has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Ferrucci Jr High ranks 5th on proficiency.
Ferrucci Jr High is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 7%, from 763 to 815.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Pierce County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,319
Census ACS
Median income
$99,564
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
287
138,462 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Puyallup School District
- Puyallup High SchoolHigh · 1,815 students
- Gov John Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
- Emerald Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,599 students
- Dessie F Evans ElementaryElementary · 919 students
- Ballou Jr HighMiddle · 852 students
- Doris Stahl Junior HighMiddle · 846 students
Other schools in Puyallup
- Puyallup High SchoolHigh · 1,815 students
- Gov John Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
- Emerald Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,599 students
- Dessie F Evans ElementaryElementary · 919 students
- Ballou Jr HighMiddle · 852 students
- Doris Stahl Junior HighMiddle · 846 students
Nearby schools
- Wildwood Elementary0.4 mi · 364
- Sunrise Elementary0.5 mi · 724
- Ridgecrest Elementary1.5 mi · 456
- Shaw Road Elementary1.6 mi · 615
- Spinning Elementary2.0 mi · 299
- Puyallup Parent Partnership Program2.0 mi · 96
Frequently asked questions
About Ferrucci Jr HighWhat is the total enrollment at Ferrucci Jr High?
Ferrucci Jr High enrolls approximately 815 students in grades 07-09.
What grades does Ferrucci Jr High serve?
Ferrucci Jr High serves grades 07-09.
How many teachers does Ferrucci Jr High have?
Ferrucci Jr High employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ferrucci Jr High?
At Ferrucci Jr High, the student body is approximately 49% White, 22% Hispanic, 5% Black, 7% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Ferrucci Jr High in?
Ferrucci Jr High is part of Puyallup School District.
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