Mt Baker Middle School

Mt Baker Middle School operates as a big 6-8 campus in AUBURN, Washington, overseen by Auburn School District. Current enrollment sits at 917 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 59% larger than the state mean of about 577.

Mt Baker Middle School is one of 26 schools operated by Auburn School District, a district that hosts 18,174 students overall.

Demographically, Mt Baker Middle School reports that 36% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 28% White, 14% Asian, 10% multiracial, 8% Black. By comparison, King County as a whole is about 11% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Mt Baker Middle School has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 55% of students at Mt Baker Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above King County's rate of about 38%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mt Baker Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.4%, the actual is 35.9%, a residual of -7.5 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for King County indicate median household earnings sit near $124,746, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, King County runs 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), of which Mt Baker Middle School is one.

Gildo Rey Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mt Baker Middle School at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 40.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mt Baker Middle School has decreased 9%, going from 1,011 students in 2018 to 917 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 35% to 28% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 18.5:1 in 2025.

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