Narrows View Intermediate

Narrows View Intermediate is one of the average-sized 6-8 campuss in UNIVERSITY PLA, Washington, one of the schools within University Place School District, with 692 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 7.

Narrows View Intermediate is one of 8 schools operated by University Place School District, a district that caters to 5,635 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Narrows View Intermediate records that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 17% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 11% Black, 10% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Narrows View Intermediate has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.8:1. The state averages about 18.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Pierce County's rate of about 50%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Narrows View Intermediate sits in the top 10% of Washington schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 52.0%; actual is 72.2%, +20.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Pierce County put the typical household earns roughly $99,564 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Pierce County runs 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students), of which Narrows View Intermediate is one.

Nearest neighbor: Drum Intermediate, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Narrows View Intermediate. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Narrows View Intermediate ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 61.3%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Narrows View Intermediate has showed little movement, going from 686 students in 2018 to 692 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 49% to 44% over that span.

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