Midway Elementary

Set in Des Moines, Washington, Midway Elementary is a mid-sized primary school, one of the schools within Highline School District. It educates 548 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Midway Elementary sits 44% above that benchmark.

Highline School District comprises 36 schools with combined enrollment of 18,072 students; Midway Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Midway Elementary lists that 43% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 18% Black, 18% Asian, 10% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, King County as a whole is about 11% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Midway Elementary logs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.8:1. The state averages about 17.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against King County (around 38%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Midway Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 27.8%; actual is 13.9%, a gap of -13.9 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for King County put median household earnings sit near $124,746, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Midway Elementary is one of 544 public schools in King County (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students).

Nearest neighbor: Pacific Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Midway Elementary ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 23.4%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Midway Elementary has decreased 21%, going from 693 students in 2018 to 548 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment edged up from 8% to 18% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Midway Elementary typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.