Hudtloff Middle School

Set in Lakewood, Washington, Hudtloff Middle School is a medium-sized junior high, part of Clover Park School District. It serves 555 students across grades 6 through 8.

Across the 32 schools in Clover Park School District (12,345 students total), Hudtloff Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Hudtloff Middle School lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 20% White, 17% Black, 13% multiracial, 5% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Pierce County as a whole is about 13% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. The state averages around 18.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 76% of students at Hudtloff Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Pierce County (around 50%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hudtloff Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Washington public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 29.2%; Hudtloff Middle School posts 18.2%, -11.0 points below that line.

Around the school, census data for Pierce County shows the typical household earns roughly $99,564 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Pierce County's 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students), Hudtloff Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Custer Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hudtloff Middle School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 28.9%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Hudtloff Middle School's enrollment has ticked down 26% since 2018, when it stood at 752 (now 555). Black enrollment moved from 11% to 17% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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