Hunt Middle School

Located at 6501 S 10th St., in Tacoma, Washington, Hunt Middle School is a medium-sized 6-8 campus that instructs 519 students (grades 6 through 8), run under Tacoma School District.

Hunt Middle School is one of 66 schools operated by Tacoma School District, a district that instructs 28,900 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hunt Middle School records that the largest single group is White at 45%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 19% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 12% Black, 6% Asian. By comparison, Pierce County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Hunt Middle School logs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.9:1. The state averages around 18.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hunt Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.8%; this one delivers 40.9%.

Zooming out to the county, Pierce County reports that median household income runs about $99,564, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Pierce County runs 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students), of which Hunt Middle School is one.

The School at Pearl Youth Residence is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hunt Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 43.4%.

Hunt Middle School operates from an inner-city location.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.