Lakota Middle School

Lakota Middle School is one of the mid-tier middle schools in FEDERAL WAY, Washington, one of the schools within Federal Way School District, with 645 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Within Federal Way School District, which oversees 43 schools and 22,250 students, Lakota Middle School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Lakota Middle School logs that 34% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 21% White, 17% Black, 15% multiracial, 7% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

On the resource side, Lakota Middle School lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.9:1, putting Lakota Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, King County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Lakota Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.7%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for King County indicate median household earnings sit near $124,746, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across King County's 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), Lakota Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Adelaide Elementary School, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lakota Middle School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 24.2%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lakota Middle School has fell 18%, going from 782 students in 2018 to 645 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 33% to 21% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 19.8:1 in 2025.

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