Enrollment
355
Middle
DISTRICT 294 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VASHON ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530930001589
McMurray Middle School
9329 SW CEMETERY RD, VASHON, WA 98070 · (206) 463-9168 · King County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL355 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% of Washington public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
19.6:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.2:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
82 students
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 | 113 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 125 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 117 | 33% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Vashon Island School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
65.3%
WA avg 58.4% . +1.6pp since 2014
Math
61.3%
WA avg 51.2% . +2.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.3% | 61.3% |
| 2023-24 | 66.5% | 60.1% |
| 2022-23 | 64.5% | 61.1% |
| 2021-22 | 61.5% | 51.8% |
| 2018-19 | 73.3% | 60.5% |
| 2017-18 | 76.2% | 62.3% |
| 2016-17 | 69.5% | 57.8% |
| 2015-16 | 66.0% | 62.9% |
| 2014-15 | 63.7% | 58.7% |
% 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
63.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.7%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 McMurray Middle School
McMurray Middle School's state test result (63.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McMurray Middle School this school | 355 | 23.1% | 63.7% |
| Goodman Middle School Gig Harbor | 519 | 21.0% | 59.0% |
| Hockinson Middle School BRUSH PRAIRIE | 480 | 30.4% | N/A |
| Kopachuck Middle School Gig Harbor | 516 | 17.1% | 66.4% |
| Kulshan Middle School Bellingham | 575 | 28.7% | 60.1% |
| Sonoji Sakai Intermediate Bainbridge Island | 456 | 13.6% | 83.6% |
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 McMurray Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.7% | #38 of 294 | #29 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #38 of 357 no change | #28 of 76 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.3% | #64 of 357 ▼ 15 | #34 of 76 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.7pp | #53 of 290 | #16 of 75 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 355 | #299 of 377 | #75 of 80 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #190 of 340 | #35 of 76 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.8% | #282 of 340 | #75 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.1% | #315 of 359 | #48 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.0% | #125 of 192 | #25 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
355
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
+37% since 1990-91, when it was 260
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 355 | 18.2 | 19.6:1 | 23% (82) |
| 2023-24 | 352 | 18.9 | 18.6:1 | 25% (87) |
| 2022-23 | 354 | 18.9 | 18.7:1 | 30% (107) |
| 2020-21 | 352 | 19 | 18.5:1 | 23% (81) |
| 2017-18 | 386 | 18.7 | 20.6:1 | 18% (70) |
| 2015-16 | 362 | 20 | 18.1:1 | 20% (71) |
| 2010-11 | 393 | 20 | 19.6:1 | 18% (72) |
| 2000-01 | 389 | 21 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 260 | 14 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McMurray Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (386 to 355); teachers down 3% (18.7 to 18.2).
About McMurray Middle School
McMurray Middle School is a small middle school that serves part of VASHON, Washington. A federal count lists 355 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Washington) has about 577 students.
McMurray Middle School sits within Vashon Island School District, which has 5 schools and 1,468 students.
At 74%, White students outnumber all other groups at McMurray Middle School combined. The remaining students are 12% Hispanic and 11% multiracial. Among people living in King County, the White share is about 55%. McMurray Middle School has a diversity index of 43%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Dividing enrollment by its 18.2 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 19.6:1. Middle schools in Washington have a similar average ratio of 18.9:1. McMurray Middle School reports 23% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in King County average 38%.
The allk12 Grade for McMurray Middle School is A. Compared with Washington public middle schools, the school scored higher than 85% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, McMurray Middle School is within a point of its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Washington schools.
Across King County, median household income is about $124,746, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. McMurray Middle School is among the 544 public schools in King County.
The shortest distance from McMurray Middle School to another public school is about 0.1 miles, to Chautauqua Elementary. A five-mile radius around the school includes 4 other public schools. By average proficiency, McMurray Middle School is 3rd among 7 schools close by.
Federal data place McMurray Middle School in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 355, close to the 352 recorded in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 18.5:1 to 19.6:1.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Vashon Island School District
- Vashon Island High SchoolHigh · 511 students
- Chautauqua ElementaryElementary · 480 students
- Family LinkCombined · 72 students
- Student LinkHigh · 50 students
Other schools in VASHON
- Vashon Island High SchoolHigh · 511 students
- Chautauqua ElementaryElementary · 480 students
- Family LinkCombined · 72 students
- Student LinkHigh · 50 students
Other McMurray Middle schools
One other US public school is named McMurray Middle. McMurray Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- McMurray MiddleNashville, TN · 545 students
Nearby schools
- Chautauqua Elementary0.1 mi · 480
- Family Link0.3 mi · 72
- Vashon Island High School0.3 mi · 511
- Student Link0.3 mi · 50
- Gregory Heights Elementary5.0 mi · 488
- Marvista Elementary5.3 mi · 532
Frequently asked questions
About McMurray Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at McMurray Middle School?
McMurray Middle School enrolls approximately 355 students in grades 06-08.
Is McMurray Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
McMurray Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does McMurray Middle School have?
McMurray Middle School employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.6:1.
How diverse is McMurray Middle School?
McMurray Middle School reports a student body of 74% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is McMurray Middle School public or private?
McMurray Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Vashon Island School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.