Midland Elementary

As a mid-sized primary school in Tacoma, Washington, Midland Elementary works with 399 students from grades K through 5, overseen by Franklin Pierce School District.

Franklin Pierce School District comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 7,187 students; Midland Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Midland Elementary shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 29%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 24% White, 17% multiracial, 14% Black, 10% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Pierce County as a whole is about 13% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Midland Elementary logs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Pierce County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Midland Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.6%; this one delivers 38.9%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Pierce County put median household income runs about $99,564, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Pierce County's 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students), Midland Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Franklin Pierce High School, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Midland Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 34.5%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Midland Elementary's enrollment has decreased 30% since 2018, when it stood at 571 (now 399). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

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