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Enrollment
917
Middle
DISTRICT 937 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUBURN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530030001443
Mt Baker Middle School
620 37TH ST SE, AUBURN, WA 98002 · (253) 804-4555 · King County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL917 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% of Washington public middle schools
- C+Test 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.
- C-Three-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
18.5:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
503 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 | 295 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 302 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 320 | 35% |
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 77% · 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
43.9%
WA avg 58.4% . -20.8pp since 2014
Math
29.6%
WA avg 51.2% . -28.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 21 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 28 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.9% | 29.6% |
| 2023-24 | 42.3% | 28.4% |
| 2022-23 | 48.9% | 31.3% |
| 2021-22 | 45.4% | 28.9% |
| 2018-19 | 62.0% | 54.0% |
| 2017-18 | 56.3% | 54.2% |
| 2016-17 | 58.3% | 52.2% |
| 2015-16 | 61.6% | 50.5% |
| 2014-15 | 64.7% | 57.6% |
% 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
35.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Mt Baker Middle School
Mt Baker Middle School's state test result (35.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt Baker Middle School this school | 917 | 54.9% | 35.9% |
| Alderwood Middle School LYNNWOOD | 679 | 54.8% | 39.0% |
| Chinook Middle School Lacey | 746 | 55.5% | 38.8% |
| Explorer Middle School Everett | 777 | 64.9% | 32.3% |
| Eisenhower Middle School Everett | 914 | 55.4% | 51.4% |
| Surprise Lake Middle School Milton | 613 | 55.5% | 33.6% |
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 Mt Baker Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #182 of 294 | #53 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #217 of 357 no change | #56 of 76 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #208 of 357 ▲ 6 | #53 of 76 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.4pp | #80 of 290 | #20 of 75 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 917 | #26 of 377 | #15 of 80 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #124 of 340 | #19 of 76 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.4% | #37 of 340 | #22 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.9% | #154 of 359 | #27 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.3% | #112 of 192 | #23 of 37 |
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
917
-123 (-12%) vs 2020
+20% since 2000-01, when it was 762
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 917 | 49.5 | 18.5:1 | 55% (503) |
| 2023-24 | 921 | 53.4 | 17.2:1 | 55% (503) |
| 2022-23 | 977 | 54.6 | 17.9:1 | 58% (563) |
| 2020-21 | 1,040 | 55 | 18.9:1 | 51% (535) |
| 2017-18 | 1,011 | 49.5 | 20.4:1 | 50% (502) |
| 2015-16 | 949 | 47 | 20.2:1 | 50% (478) |
| 2010-11 | 877 | 43 | 20.4:1 | 31% (270) |
| 2000-01 | 762 | 40 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mt Baker Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (1,011 to 917); teachers unchanged (49.5 to 49.5).
About Mt Baker Middle School
Mt Baker Middle School is classified as a middle-grades school. It is located in AUBURN, Washington. A federal count lists 917 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Washington is about 577, so this school runs 59% bigger than that.
The district, Auburn School District, has 18,174 students enrolled across 26 schools.
Hispanic students are the largest group at Mt Baker Middle School, with 36% of enrollment. Other reported shares: 28% White, 14% Asian, 10% multiracial, and 8% Black. King County's residents are about 11% Hispanic, 25 points below the school's share. Mt Baker Middle School has a diversity index of 75%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Dividing enrollment by its 49.5 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 18.5:1. Middle schools in Washington have a similar average ratio of 18.9:1. Mt Baker Middle School reports 55% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 38% for public schools in King County.
Measured against Washington public middle schools, Mt Baker Middle School receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Mt Baker Middle School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 35.9%, compared with a predicted 43.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Washington schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the county around the school, King County, median household income is about $124,746, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. A total of 544 public schools operate in King County, serving about 278,492 students.
Of nearby public schools, Gildo Rey Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Mt Baker Middle School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 1,040 to 917.
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King County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,287,171
Census ACS
Median income
$124,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
544
278,492 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Auburn School District
- Auburn Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,918 students
- Auburn Riverside High SchoolHigh · 1,852 students
- Auburn Mountainview High SchoolHigh · 1,560 students
- Cascade Middle SchoolMiddle · 966 students
- Olympic Middle SchoolMiddle · 956 students
- Rainier Middle SchoolMiddle · 907 students
Other schools in AUBURN
- Auburn Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,918 students
- Auburn Riverside High SchoolHigh · 1,852 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,810 students
- Auburn Mountainview High SchoolHigh · 1,560 students
- Cascade Middle SchoolMiddle · 966 students
- Olympic Middle SchoolMiddle · 956 students
Nearby schools
- Gildo Rey Elementary School0.3 mi · 416
- Auburn Riverside High School0.5 mi · 1,852
- Ilalko Elementary School0.8 mi · 468
- Pioneer Elementary School1.0 mi · 621
- Olympic Middle School1.1 mi · 956
- Alpac Elementary School1.4 mi · 534
Frequently asked questions
About Mt Baker Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Mt Baker Middle School?
Mt Baker Middle School enrolls approximately 917 students in grades 06-08.
Is Mt Baker Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mt Baker Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Mt Baker Middle School have?
Mt Baker Middle School employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Mt Baker Middle School?
Student demographics at Mt Baker Middle School are roughly 28% White, 36% Hispanic, 8% Black, 14% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Mt Baker Middle School?
Mt Baker Middle School is overseen by Auburn School District in King County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.