Mill Creek Middle School

Mill Creek Middle School, a large junior high in Kent, Washington, operated by Kent School District, hosts 866 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 50% above the state mean of about 577.

Kent School District comprises 44 schools with combined enrollment of 25,358 students; Mill Creek Middle School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mill Creek Middle School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 18% Asian, 17% Black, 10% White, 9% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 11% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Mill Creek Middle School has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 73% of students at Mill Creek Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against King County (around 38%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mill Creek Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Washington public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 31.2%; Mill Creek Middle School posts 12.1%, -19.2 points below that line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for King County put median household earnings sit near $124,746, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mill Creek Middle School is one of 544 public schools in King County (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students).

Kent Virtual Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mill Creek Middle School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mill Creek Middle School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 27.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Mill Creek Middle School's enrollment has ticked up 7% since 2018, when it stood at 811 (now 866).

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