Middle College High School

Middle College High School is one of the very small four-year high schools in SEATTLE, Washington, one of the schools within Seattle School District No. 1, with 93 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 573 students per school, that is 84% below typical.

Seattle School District No. 1 runs 107 schools in total, collectively educating 50,773 students. Middle College High School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Middle College High School reports that 39% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 25% Black, 11% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 55% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Middle College High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 47% of students at Middle College High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, King County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Middle College High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.5%, the actual is 52.6%, a residual of +4.2 points.

Around the school, census data for King County shows the typical household earns roughly $124,746 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across King County's 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), Middle College High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Alan T. Sugiyama High School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Middle College High School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 34.5%.

Middle College High School operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Middle College High School has expanded 45%, going from 64 students in 2018 to 93 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 50% to 39%. Class-load math has rose: from 7.8:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

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