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Enrollment
567
Middle
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TACOMA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530870001487
Meeker Middle School
4402 Nassau Ave Ne, Tacoma, WA 98422 · (253) 571-6500 · Pierce County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL567 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of Washington public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
20.2:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
247 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 186 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 198 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 183 | 32% |
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 78% · 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
50.0%
WA avg 58.4% . -10.1pp since 2014
Math
34.5%
WA avg 51.2% . -10.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 10 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 34.5% |
| 2023-24 | 56.1% | 33.1% |
| 2022-23 | 54.7% | 31.8% |
| 2021-22 | 53.5% | 30.0% |
| 2018-19 | 61.5% | 42.1% |
| 2017-18 | 58.8% | 43.6% |
| 2016-17 | 59.3% | 48.0% |
| 2015-16 | 60.5% | 49.6% |
| 2014-15 | 60.1% | 45.4% |
% 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
43.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Meeker Middle School
Meeker Middle School's state test result (43.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeker Middle School this school | 567 | 43.6% | 43.2% |
| Drum Intermediate UNIVERSITY PLA | 639 | 43.0% | 60.9% |
| Edgemont Jr High Edgewood | 590 | 43.9% | 44.0% |
| Jefferson Middle School OLYMPIA | 462 | 42.9% | 61.3% |
| Narrows View Intermediate UNIVERSITY PLA | 692 | 42.1% | 72.2% |
| Mattson Middle School Covington | 719 | 46.0% | 38.9% |
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 Meeker Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #129 of 294 | #19 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #175 of 357 ▼ 3 | #22 of 45 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #155 of 357 ▼ 54 | #21 of 45 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #191 of 290 | #31 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 567 | #214 of 377 | #31 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.2:1 | #226 of 340 | #20 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.8% | #49 of 340 | #17 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.6% | #229 of 359 | #31 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.9% | #59 of 192 | #9 of 23 |
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
567
-94 (-14%) vs 2020
+57% since 1990-91, when it was 360
Student : Teacher
20.2:1
was 21.3:1
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 | 567 | 28.1 | 20.2:1 | 44% (247) |
| 2023-24 | 584 | 29.3 | 19.9:1 | 48% (280) |
| 2022-23 | 586 | 29.1 | 20.2:1 | 39% (229) |
| 2020-21 | 661 | 31 | 21.3:1 | 37% (247) |
| 2017-18 | 674 | 31.6 | 21.3:1 | 28% (190) |
| 2015-16 | 680 | 32 | 21.3:1 | 31% (209) |
| 2010-11 | 720 | 37 | 19.5:1 | 25% (180) |
| 2000-01 | 738 | 34 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 360 | 19 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Meeker Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (674 to 567); teachers down 11% (31.6 to 28.1).
About Meeker Middle School
Meeker Middle School is a medium-sized middle school in Tacoma, Washington. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 567 students.
Tacoma School District enrolls 28,900 students, and its 66 schools include Meeker Middle School.
The most common group at Meeker Middle School is White students, at 42%. Other groups make up 19% Hispanic, 17% multiracial, 13% Asian, and 7% Black. Pierce County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school's share is lower. Pick two students at random and there is a 74% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Meeker Middle School counts 28.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 20.2 students for each one. On average, middle schools in Washington have 18.9:1, compared with 20.2:1 here. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
The allk12 Grade for Meeker Middle School is C+. Compared with Washington public middle schools, the school scored higher than 42% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In Washington, Meeker Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 43.2% actual against a predicted 51.0%.
Census estimates describe Pierce County this way: the median household income is $99,564, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Besides Meeker Middle School, Pierce County has 286 other public schools.
Crescent Heights Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles of Meeker Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Meeker Middle School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Mid-size, or inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment at Meeker Middle School dropped 14% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 661 to 567 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 21.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 20.2:1.
Discussions about Meeker Middle School may include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Pierce County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,319
Census ACS
Median income
$99,564
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
287
138,462 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tacoma School District
- Stadium High SchoolHigh · 1,700 students
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,556 students
- Mount Tahoma High SchoolHigh · 1,410 students
- Dr. Dolores Silas High SchoolHigh · 1,160 students
- Baker Middle SchoolMiddle · 687 students
- Tacoma School of the ArtsHigh · 658 students
Other schools in Tacoma
- Stadium High SchoolHigh · 1,700 students
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,556 students
- Mount Tahoma High SchoolHigh · 1,410 students
- Dr. Dolores Silas High SchoolHigh · 1,160 students
- Washington High SchoolHigh · 989 students
- Franklin Pierce High SchoolHigh · 977 students
Other Meeker Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Meeker Middle. Meeker Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Meeker Middle SchoolRenton, WA · 779 students
- Meeker Middle SchoolMeeker, OK · 202 students
Nearby schools
- Crescent Heights Elementary School0.1 mi · 451
- Green Gables Elementary School1.0 mi · 281
- Browns Point Elementary School1.1 mi · 445
- Brigadoon Elementary School1.2 mi · 366
- Twin Lakes Elementary School1.5 mi · 371
- N.E. Tacoma Elementary School1.6 mi · 418
Frequently asked questions
About Meeker Middle SchoolHow large is Meeker Middle School?
Meeker Middle School enrolls approximately 567 students in grades 06-08.
Is Meeker Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Meeker Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Meeker Middle School have?
Meeker Middle School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.2:1.
How diverse is Meeker Middle School?
Meeker Middle School reports a student body of 42% White, 19% Hispanic, 7% Black, 13% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Who oversees Meeker Middle School?
Meeker Middle School is overseen by Tacoma School District in Pierce County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.