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Enrollment
803
Middle
DISTRICT 656 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HIGHLINE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530354003674
Glacier Middle School
2450 South 142nd Street, SeaTac, WA 98168 · (206) 631-5300 · King County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL803 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.7:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.0:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
606 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 6 | 264 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 257 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 282 | 35% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
14.7%
WA avg 58.4% . -8.8pp since 2021
Math
10.0%
WA avg 51.2% . -2.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 14.7% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 19.1% | 10.6% |
| 2022-23 | 21.9% | 14.2% |
| 2021-22 | 23.5% | 12.9% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
14.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.6%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 30% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Glacier Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.6% | #289 of 294 | #75 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #350 of 357 | #75 of 76 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.7% | #355 of 357 | #76 of 76 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.9pp | #12 of 290 | #4 of 75 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 803 | #73 of 377 | #31 of 80 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.7:1 | #326 of 340 | #71 of 76 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.3% | #147 of 340 | #60 of 76 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 803 | 35.3 | 22.7:1 | 75% (606) |
| 2023-24 | 785 | 47.8 | 16.4:1 | 78% (609) |
| 2022-23 | 855 | 40.5 | 21.1:1 | 81% (695) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Glacier Middle School.
About Glacier Middle School
Glacier Middle School is a medium-sized middle school that serves part of SeaTac, Washington. A federal count lists 803 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Washington is about 577, so this school runs 39% larger than that.
Glacier Middle School is one school in Highline School District, a system of 36 schools with 18,072 students.
A majority of students at Glacier Middle School, 59%, are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 16% Asian, 8% Black, 6% White, and 6% multiracial. Among all residents of King County, the Hispanic share is about 11%. The chance that two students picked at random at Glacier Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 60%.
Dividing enrollment by its 35.3 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 22.7:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Washington is 18.9:1, lower than at this school. Glacier Middle School reports 75% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in King County is 38%.
Schools in Washington with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 29.6%. Glacier Middle School posts 14.6%, 15.0 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Census Bureau estimates for King County show that median household income is about $124,746, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Glacier Middle School is one of 544 public schools in King County, which together enroll about 278,492 students.
The next-closest public school is Cascade View Elementary, about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Glacier Middle School ranks 9th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 14.6% against a local average of 25.7%.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
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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 Highline School District
- Mount Rainier High SchoolHigh · 1,846 students
- Highline High SchoolHigh · 1,423 students
- Evergreen High SchoolHigh · 1,080 students
- Cascade Middle SchoolMiddle · 671 students
- Tyee High SchoolHigh · 644 students
- Chinook Middle SchoolMiddle · 620 students
Other schools in SeaTac
- River Ridge ElementaryElementary · 697 students
- Tyee High SchoolHigh · 644 students
- Chinook Middle SchoolMiddle · 620 students
- Bow Lake ElementaryElementary · 524 students
- McMicken Heights ElementaryElementary · 484 students
- Madrona ElementaryElementary · 317 students
Nearby schools
- Cascade View Elementary0.4 mi · 481
- Impact Public Schools0.7 mi · 505
- Foster Senior High School0.9 mi · 910
- Hilltop Elementary1.0 mi · 519
- Showalter Middle School1.2 mi · 651
- Cedarhurst Elementary1.3 mi · 399
Frequently asked questions
About Glacier Middle SchoolHow large is Glacier Middle School?
Glacier Middle School enrolls approximately 803 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Glacier Middle School serve?
Glacier Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Glacier Middle School have?
Glacier Middle School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Glacier Middle School?
At Glacier Middle School, the student body is approximately 6% White, 59% Hispanic, 8% Black, 16% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Glacier Middle School public or private?
Glacier Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Highline School District.
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