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Enrollment
516
Middle
DISTRICT 527 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENINSULA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530669001862
Kopachuck Middle School
10414 56th St NW, Gig Harbor, WA 98335 · (253) 530-4100 · Pierce County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL516 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% of Washington public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public middle schools
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
88 students
DISTRICT 26% · 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 | 161 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 184 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 171 | 33% |
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
72.2%
WA avg 58.4% . +9.4pp since 2014
Math
63.7%
WA avg 51.2% . +13.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.2% | 63.7% |
| 2023-24 | 71.6% | 61.0% |
| 2022-23 | 72.2% | 59.5% |
| 2021-22 | 64.5% | 56.7% |
| 2018-19 | 74.5% | 65.9% |
| 2017-18 | 78.3% | 66.0% |
| 2016-17 | 75.1% | 65.6% |
| 2015-16 | 73.1% | 56.7% |
| 2014-15 | 62.8% | 50.4% |
% 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
66.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.8%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Kopachuck Middle School
Kopachuck Middle School's state test result (66.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kopachuck Middle School this school | 516 | 17.1% | 66.4% |
| Harbor Ridge Middle School Gig Harbor | 627 | 18.5% | 59.9% |
| Twin Falls Middle School North Bend | 556 | 16.7% | 64.5% |
| Sonoji Sakai Intermediate Bainbridge Island | 456 | 13.6% | 83.6% |
| Woodward Middle School Bainbridge Island | 479 | 12.3% | 76.8% |
| Goodman Middle School Gig Harbor | 519 | 21.0% | 59.0% |
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 Kopachuck Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.4% | #32 of 294 | #2 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.7% | #32 of 357 ▲ 1 | #2 of 45 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.2% | #35 of 357 ▼ 1 | #4 of 45 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.3pp | #46 of 290 | #9 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 516 | #243 of 377 | #36 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.9:1 | #304 of 340 | #38 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.4% | #295 of 340 | #43 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.1% | #334 of 359 | #45 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.2% | #191 of 192 | #23 of 23 |
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
516
+44 (+9%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 605
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 516 | 23.6 | 21.9:1 | 17% (88) |
| 2023-24 | 479 | 23.5 | 20.4:1 | 17% (82) |
| 2022-23 | 462 | 22.8 | 20.3:1 | 18% (81) |
| 2020-21 | 472 | 25 | 18.9:1 | 14% (68) |
| 2017-18 | 517 | 25.3 | 20.4:1 | 16% (82) |
| 2015-16 | 538 | 23 | 23.4:1 | 16% (88) |
| 2010-11 | 671 | 32 | 21.0:1 | 10% (68) |
| 2000-01 | 609 | 28 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 605 | 27 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kopachuck Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (517 to 516); teachers down 7% (25.3 to 23.6).
About Kopachuck Middle School
Kopachuck Middle School runs as a mid-sized middle school in Gig Harbor, Washington. The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 516 students in 2024-25.
Peninsula School District counts 9,015 students in its 17 schools, and Kopachuck Middle School is one of them.
Of every 100 students at Kopachuck Middle School, about 77 are White. The school is also 13% multiracial and 8% Hispanic. The White share of the county population is lower, at 64%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Kopachuck Middle School scores 38%.
Kopachuck Middle School reported 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 21.9:1. Middle schools in Washington have an average ratio of 18.9:1. Roughly 17% of students at Kopachuck Middle School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Pierce County average 50%.
Among Washington public middle schools, Kopachuck Middle School outscored 85%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Kopachuck Middle School is -2.4 points: 66.4% actual, 68.8% predicted.
The school's county is Pierce County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $99,564, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Pierce County's 287 public schools enroll about 138,462 students and include Kopachuck Middle School.
Kopachuck Middle School's nearest public school is Voyager Elementary (about 0.3 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Kopachuck Middle School is 6th among 8 schools close by.
Kopachuck Middle School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 44 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The school's ratio increased from 18.9:1 to 21.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures 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 Peninsula School District
- Gig Harbor HighHigh · 1,375 students
- Peninsula High SchoolHigh · 1,345 students
- Harbor Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 627 students
- Goodman Middle SchoolMiddle · 519 students
- Swift Water ElementaryElementary · 519 students
- Purdy Elementary SchoolElementary · 483 students
Other schools in Gig Harbor
- Gig Harbor HighHigh · 1,375 students
- Peninsula High SchoolHigh · 1,345 students
- Harbor Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 627 students
- Goodman Middle SchoolMiddle · 519 students
- Swift Water ElementaryElementary · 519 students
- Purdy Elementary SchoolElementary · 483 students
Nearby schools
- Voyager Elementary0.3 mi · 443
- Artondale Elementary School2.8 mi · 413
- Key Peninsula Middle School3.8 mi · 444
- Gig Harbor High3.8 mi · 1,375
- Discovery Elementary School3.9 mi · 380
- Henderson Bay Alt High School4.0 mi · 139
Frequently asked questions
About Kopachuck Middle SchoolHow many students attend Kopachuck Middle School?
Kopachuck Middle School enrolls approximately 516 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Kopachuck Middle School serve?
Kopachuck Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kopachuck Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kopachuck Middle School is approximately 21.9:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kopachuck Middle School?
At Kopachuck Middle School, the student body is approximately 77% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Kopachuck Middle School?
Kopachuck Middle School is overseen by Peninsula School District in Pierce County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.