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Enrollment
763
Middle
DISTRICT 791 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUMNER-BONNEY LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530861001808
Lakeridge Middle School
5909 Myers RD E, Bonney Lake, WA 98391 · (253) 891-5100 · Pierce County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL763 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of Washington public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
20.4:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.1:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
288 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 269 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 266 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 228 | 30% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
75.1%
WA avg 58.4% . +13.3pp since 2014
Math
53.8%
WA avg 51.2% . -3.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 13 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.1% | 53.8% |
| 2023-24 | 68.8% | 46.9% |
| 2022-23 | 67.2% | 45.2% |
| 2021-22 | 63.8% | 42.0% |
| 2018-19 | 73.3% | 62.3% |
| 2017-18 | 74.3% | 64.4% |
| 2016-17 | 66.2% | 61.2% |
| 2015-16 | 62.5% | 56.0% |
| 2014-15 | 61.7% | 57.1% |
% 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
59.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.9%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Lakeridge Middle School
Lakeridge Middle School's state test result (59.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeridge Middle School this school | 763 | 37.7% | 59.9% |
| Lincoln Middle School Pullman | 643 | 37.6% | 60.6% |
| Thomas Jefferson Middle School VANCOUVER | 786 | 35.2% | N/A |
| George Bush Middle School Tumwater | 762 | 39.0% | 49.4% |
| Tumwater Middle School Tumwater | 665 | 35.6% | 50.0% |
| Orting Middle School Orting | 643 | 40.0% | 34.7% |
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 Lakeridge Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.9% | #54 of 294 | #6 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #61 of 357 ▲ 23 | #7 of 45 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.1% | #24 of 357 ▲ 17 | #2 of 45 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.5pp | #10 of 290 | #2 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 763 | #89 of 377 | #13 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.4:1 | #243 of 340 | #21 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.2% | #202 of 340 | #36 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.7% | #258 of 359 | #37 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +20.9% | #24 of 130 | #5 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
763
-33 (-4%) vs 2020
+30% since 1990-91, when it was 588
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
was 19.9:1
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 | 763 | 37.3 | 20.4:1 | 38% (288) |
| 2023-24 | 736 | 37 | 19.9:1 | 38% (277) |
| 2022-23 | 723 | 37 | 19.5:1 | 34% (243) |
| 2020-21 | 796 | 40 | 19.9:1 | 31% (244) |
| 2017-18 | 631 | 32.8 | 19.2:1 | 24% (154) |
| 2015-16 | 599 | 30 | 20.0:1 | 30% (178) |
| 2010-11 | 588 | 27 | 21.8:1 | 29% (170) |
| 2000-01 | 633 | 31 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 588 | 30 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakeridge Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 21% (631 to 763); teachers up 14% (32.8 to 37.3).
About Lakeridge Middle School
Lakeridge Middle School is a public middle school run by Sumner-Bonney Lake School District in Bonney Lake, Washington. In all, 763 students attend the school in grades 6 through 8. The school is 32% above the average for middle schools in Washington.
The 15 schools of Sumner-Bonney Lake School District, including Lakeridge Middle School, enroll 10,743 students.
The share of White students at Lakeridge Middle School is 65%, a majority. Other students are 14% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 3% Black. Census estimates put Pierce County at about 64% White, close to the school's figure. A diversity index of 54% means there is a 54% chance two randomly chosen students at Lakeridge Middle School are from different groups.
Lakeridge Middle School reported 37.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 20.4:1. The school's 20.4:1 compares with an average of 18.9:1 for middle schools in Washington. Roughly 38% of students at Lakeridge Middle School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 50% average for public schools in Pierce County.
On the allk12 Grade, Lakeridge Middle School lands at A, ahead of 94% of Washington public middle schools.
Lakeridge Middle School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 59.9% is 5.0 points above the 54.9% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
For Pierce County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $99,564 a year, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Public schools in Pierce County number 287, with about 138,462 students.
Among nearby public schools, Emerald Hills Elementary is closest at about 1.0 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Lakeridge Middle School is 5th among 8 schools close by.
Locale data from NCES put Lakeridge Middle School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 4% decline, from 796 to 763.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. 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 Sumner-Bonney Lake School District
- Sumner High SchoolHigh · 1,857 students
- Bonney Lake High SchoolHigh · 1,643 students
- Mountain View Middle SchoolMiddle · 937 students
- Sumner Middle SchoolMiddle · 674 students
- Donald Eismann ElementaryElementary · 648 students
- Maple Lawn ElementaryElementary · 628 students
Other schools in Bonney Lake
- Bonney Lake High SchoolHigh · 1,643 students
- Mountain View Middle SchoolMiddle · 937 students
- Donald Eismann ElementaryElementary · 648 students
- Tehaleh Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 627 students
- Emerald Hills ElementaryElementary · 551 students
- Victor Falls ElementaryElementary · 513 students
Other Lakeridge Middle schools
One other US public school is named Lakeridge Middle. Lakeridge Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Lakeridge Middle SchoolLake Oswego, OR · 888 students
Nearby schools
- Emerald Hills Elementary1.0 mi · 551
- Crestwood Elementary1.3 mi · 393
- Bonney Lake Elementary1.4 mi · 435
- Daffodil Valley Elementary1.8 mi · 524
- Sumner High School2.0 mi · 1,857
- Maple Lawn Elementary2.1 mi · 628
Frequently asked questions
About Lakeridge Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lakeridge Middle School?
Lakeridge Middle School enrolls approximately 763 students in grades 06-08.
Is Lakeridge Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lakeridge Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Lakeridge Middle School have?
Lakeridge Middle School employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lakeridge Middle School?
At Lakeridge Middle School, the student body is approximately 65% White, 14% Hispanic, 3% Black, 5% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Lakeridge Middle School public or private?
Lakeridge Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sumner-Bonney Lake School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.