Glacier View Junior High

Glacier View Junior High, a reasonably sized 6-8 campus in Puyallup, Washington, part of Puyallup School District, educates 843 students, covering grades 7 through 9. Enrollment runs roughly 46% bigger than the state mean of about 577.

Glacier View Junior High is one of 37 schools operated by Puyallup School District, a district that instructs 23,026 students overall.

On demographics, Glacier View Junior High shows that the largest single group is White at 47%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 18% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 10% Black, 8% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.9:1, putting Glacier View Junior High higher than the state norm the norm. Around 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Glacier View Junior High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.9%; this one delivers 42.2%.

In the surrounding community, Pierce County reports that median household income runs about $99,564, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Pierce County's 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students), Glacier View Junior High is one campus in the mix.

Emerald Ridge High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Glacier View Junior High ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 46.0%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Glacier View Junior High's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 840 (now 843). White enrollment moved from 58% to 47% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 23.8:1 in 2018 to 21.8:1 today.

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