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Enrollment
474
Middle
DISTRICT 754 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1·NCES 530771001212
McClure Middle School
1915 1 AV W, SEATTLE, WA 98119 · (206) 252-1900 · King County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL474 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.3:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
103 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 170 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 151 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 153 | 32% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
74.8%
WA avg 58.4% . +8.2pp since 2014
Math
59.8%
WA avg 51.2% . +5.4pp 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 60 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.8% | 59.8% |
| 2023-24 | 73.8% | 53.4% |
| 2022-23 | 69.4% | 51.9% |
| 2021-22 | 69.6% | 46.3% |
| 2018-19 | 78.8% | 69.8% |
| 2017-18 | 78.9% | 74.7% |
| 2016-17 | 75.8% | 59.2% |
| 2015-16 | 70.2% | 59.3% |
| 2014-15 | 66.6% | 54.3% |
% 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
64.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.6%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 McClure Middle School
McClure Middle School's state test result (64.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McClure Middle School this school | 474 | 21.7% | 64.9% |
| North Tapps Middle School Lake Tapps | 523 | 22.0% | 65.4% |
| Washington Middle School OLYMPIA | 702 | 21.7% | 60.2% |
| Finn Hill Middle School Kirkland | 664 | 23.3% | 51.0% |
| Whitman Middle School SEATTLE | 633 | 17.1% | 70.6% |
| 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 McClure Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #34 of 294 | #26 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #40 of 357 ▲ 23 | #29 of 76 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.8% | #26 of 357 ▲ 2 | #20 of 76 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.4pp | #23 of 290 | #7 of 75 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 474 | #261 of 377 | #73 of 80 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.3:1 | #317 of 340 | #69 of 76 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.1% | #161 of 340 | #63 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.7% | #319 of 359 | #51 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.2% | #90 of 192 | #18 of 37 |
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
474
-10 (-2%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 760
Student : Teacher
22.3:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 474 | 21.3 | 22.3:1 | 22% (103) |
| 2023-24 | 459 | 22.5 | 20.4:1 | 21% (97) |
| 2022-23 | 429 | 21.6 | 19.9:1 | 19% (81) |
| 2020-21 | 484 | 29 | 16.7:1 | 17% (82) |
| 2017-18 | 540 | 28.8 | 18.7:1 | 13% (71) |
| 2015-16 | 550 | 30 | 18.3:1 | 16% (90) |
| 2010-11 | 517 | 26 | 19.9:1 | 38% (197) |
| 2000-01 | 644 | 30 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 760 | 32 | 23.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McClure Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (540 to 474); teachers down 26% (28.8 to 21.3).
About McClure Middle School
McClure Middle School is classified as a middle school. It is located in SEATTLE, Washington. The school enrolls 474 students in grades 6 through 8.
Seattle School District No. 1 counts 50,773 students in its 107 schools, and McClure Middle School is one of them.
More than half of enrollment at McClure Middle School is White: 61%. Enrollment also includes 12% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 7% Asian, and 7% Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 58%.
A staff of 21.3 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 22.3:1. The average for middle schools in Washington, 18.9:1, is lower. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 22%. Across public schools in King County, the average is 38%.
Compared with Washington schools that have similar shares of low-income students, McClure Middle School's results are within a point of predicted: 64.9% against 65.6%.
In the wider King County area, the median household earns about $124,746 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Across King County, 544 public schools serve about 278,492 students.
John Hay Elementary School is the nearest public school to McClure Middle School, about 0.4 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 69.2%, higher than McClure Middle School's 64.9%.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2020-21, McClure Middle School enrolled 484; in 2024-25, 474. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 22.3:1.
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King County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,287,171
Census ACS
Median income
$124,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
544
278,492 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Seattle School District No. 1
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Other McClure Middle schools
One other US public school is named McClure Middle. McClure Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- McClure Middle SchoolKennesaw, GA · 1,030 students
Nearby schools
- John Hay Elementary School0.4 mi · 257
- Frantz Coe Elementary School0.4 mi · 467
- Queen Anne Elementary0.5 mi · 159
- Cascade Parent Partnership Program0.7 mi · 375
- The Center School1.1 mi · 165
- B F Day Elementary School1.3 mi · 394
Frequently asked questions
About McClure Middle SchoolHow large is McClure Middle School?
McClure Middle School enrolls approximately 474 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does McClure Middle School serve?
McClure Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does McClure Middle School have?
McClure Middle School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.3:1.
What is the student diversity at McClure Middle School?
Student demographics at McClure Middle School are roughly 61% White, 10% Hispanic, 7% Black, 7% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is McClure Middle School in?
McClure Middle School is part of Seattle School District No. 1.
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