Lochburn Middle School

Located at 5431 Steilacoom Blvd SW, in Lakewood, Washington, Lochburn Middle School is a mid-sized junior high that instructs 497 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by Clover Park School District.

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

In terms of who attends, Lochburn Middle School logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 17% Black, 13% multiracial, 12% White, 11% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 13% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. The state averages around 18.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 83% of students at Lochburn Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Pierce County's rate of about 50%.

After controlling for student poverty, Lochburn Middle School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 24.7%; this one comes in at 11.3%, -13.4 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, Pierce County reports that the typical household earns roughly $99,564 per year, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Pierce County's 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students), Lochburn Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Four Heroes Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lochburn Middle School. On composite proficiency, Lochburn Middle School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 31.4%.

Lochburn Middle School operates from a metropolitan location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 19%: 612 students in 2018 compared to 497 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 17% to 12%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Lochburn Middle School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.