Mcloughlin Middle School

Located at 2803 N ROAD 88, in PASCO, Washington, Mcloughlin Middle School is a substantial middle-grades school that instructs 1,171 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by Pasco School District. That puts it 103% larger than the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 577 students.

Pasco School District runs 28 schools in total, collectively educating 18,913 students. Mcloughlin Middle School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Mcloughlin Middle School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 60% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 33% White, 3% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.9:1 average. Roughly 59% of students at Mcloughlin Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Franklin County (around 70%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Mcloughlin Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.9%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Franklin County put median household earnings sit near $86,714, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Franklin County runs 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,403 students), of which Mcloughlin Middle School is one.

Internet Pasco Academy of Learning is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mcloughlin Middle School. On composite proficiency, Mcloughlin Middle School comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 40.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mcloughlin Middle School has shrank 9%, going from 1,280 students in 2018 to 1,171 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 48% to 60% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 21.6:1 today.

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