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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Glacier View Junior High administration to hear?
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Enrollment
843
Middle
DISTRICT 775 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUYALLUP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530696003260
Glacier View Junior High
12807 184th St E, Puyallup, WA 98374 · (253) 435-6827 · Pierce County
GRADES 07–09MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL843 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.8:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
381 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 | 277 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 283 | 34% |
| Grade 9 | 283 | 34% |
Student demographics
71%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
48.9%
WA avg 58.4% . -11.9pp since 2014
Math
35.4%
WA avg 51.2% . -10.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 12 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 10 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.9% | 35.4% |
| 2023-24 | 52.7% | 34.8% |
| 2022-23 | 51.5% | 28.9% |
| 2021-22 | 55.5% | 30.5% |
| 2018-19 | 58.1% | 43.1% |
| 2017-18 | 61.4% | 49.1% |
| 2016-17 | 60.0% | 50.5% |
| 2015-16 | 55.0% | 46.7% |
| 2014-15 | 60.9% | 45.6% |
% 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
42.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.9%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Glacier View Junior High
Glacier View Junior High's state test result (42.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glacier View Junior High this school | 843 | 45.2% | 42.2% |
| Doris Stahl Junior High Puyallup | 846 | 45.9% | 45.1% |
| Ballou Jr High Puyallup | 852 | 49.4% | 43.6% |
| Narrows View Intermediate UNIVERSITY PLA | 692 | 42.1% | 72.2% |
| Drum Intermediate UNIVERSITY PLA | 639 | 43.0% | 60.9% |
| Cedar Heights Middle School Covington | 876 | 50.6% | 35.0% |
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 Glacier View Junior High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.2% | #138 of 294 | #21 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #164 of 357 ▼ 8 | #20 of 45 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #163 of 357 ▼ 34 | #22 of 45 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.9pp | #72 of 290 | #7 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 843 | #52 of 377 | #7 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.8:1 | #300 of 340 | #36 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.4% | #70 of 340 | #24 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.2% | #222 of 359 | #27 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.4% | #127 of 130 | #19 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
843
+10 (+1%) vs 2020
-1% since 2010-11, when it was 853
Student : Teacher
21.8:1
was 21.9:1
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 | 843 | 38.6 | 21.8:1 | 45% (381) |
| 2023-24 | 846 | 40.3 | 21.0:1 | 40% (339) |
| 2022-23 | 832 | 38.7 | 21.5:1 | 41% (337) |
| 2020-21 | 833 | 38 | 21.9:1 | 29% (245) |
| 2017-18 | 840 | 35.4 | 23.8:1 | 31% (260) |
| 2015-16 | 803 | 36 | 22.3:1 | 29% (231) |
| 2010-11 | 853 | 35 | 24.4:1 | 21% (180) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Glacier View Junior High.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (840 to 843); teachers up 9% (35.4 to 38.6).
About Glacier View Junior High
Glacier View Junior High is a mid-sized middle-grades school found in Puyallup, Washington. Enrollment totals 843 students across grades 7 through 9. On average, middle schools in Washington enroll around 577, and this school is 46% bigger than that mark.
Puyallup School District enrolls 23,026 students, and its 37 schools include Glacier View Junior High.
The largest group at Glacier View Junior High is White students, at 47%. The school is also 18% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 10% Black, and 8% Asian. That is lower than the 64% White share among all Pierce County residents. The diversity index for Glacier View Junior High is 71%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Glacier View Junior High comes to 38.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 21.8:1. Middle schools in Washington average 18.9:1, 2.9 fewer students per teacher than here. Glacier View Junior High counts 45% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Glacier View Junior High is -7.6 points: 42.2% actual, 49.9% predicted.
For Pierce County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $99,564, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county has 287 public schools and about 138,462 students.
About 0.2 miles separate Glacier View Junior High from the closest public school, Emerald Ridge High School. The five-mile area around Glacier View Junior High holds at least 8 other public schools. Glacier View Junior High ranks 6th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 42.2% against a local average of 46.0%.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment went from 833 in 2020-21 to 843 in 2024-25, a change of 10 students.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback 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
- Emerald Ridge High School0.2 mi · 1,599
- Expedition Elementary1.0 mi · 530
- G W Edgerton Elementary1.2 mi · 753
- Pope Elementary2.1 mi · 710
- Doris Stahl Junior High2.2 mi · 846
- Orting Middle School2.2 mi · 643
Frequently asked questions
About Glacier View Junior HighHow large is Glacier View Junior High?
Glacier View Junior High enrolls approximately 843 students in grades 07-09.
Is Glacier View Junior High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Glacier View Junior High is a middle school covering grades 07-09.
How many students per teacher at Glacier View Junior High?
Approximately 21.8:1 students per teacher at Glacier View Junior High.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Glacier View Junior High?
At Glacier View Junior High, the student body is approximately 47% White, 18% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees Glacier View Junior High?
Glacier View Junior High is overseen by Puyallup School District in Pierce County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.