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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Olympic Middle School this year?
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Enrollment
956
Middle
DISTRICT 937 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUBURN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530030000038
Olympic Middle School
839 21st ST SE, AUBURN, WA 98002 · (253) 931-4966 · King County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL956 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
650 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 | 327 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 316 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 313 | 33% |
Student demographics
73%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
35.6%
WA avg 58.4% . +3.1pp since 2014
Math
17.6%
WA avg 51.2% . -7.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.6% | 17.6% |
| 2023-24 | 29.1% | 15.7% |
| 2022-23 | 34.5% | 17.0% |
| 2021-22 | 34.9% | 14.0% |
| 2018-19 | 43.3% | 29.7% |
| 2017-18 | 34.1% | 30.6% |
| 2016-17 | 34.9% | 25.9% |
| 2015-16 | 38.4% | 25.5% |
| 2014-15 | 32.5% | 25.0% |
% 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
24.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.6%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Olympic Middle School
Olympic Middle School's state test result (24.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Middle School this school | 956 | 68.0% | 24.1% |
| Explorer Middle School Everett | 777 | 64.9% | 32.3% |
| Evergreen Middle School Everett | 890 | 67.4% | 37.1% |
| Morris Ford Middle School Tacoma | 831 | 64.6% | 30.3% |
| Spanaway Middle School Tacoma | 766 | 67.8% | 41.5% |
| Stewart Middle School Tacoma | 650 | 70.3% | 26.7% |
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 Olympic Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #251 of 294 | #66 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.6% | #308 of 357 ▲ 10 | #67 of 76 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.6% | #275 of 357 ▲ 36 | #62 of 76 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.1pp | #144 of 290 | #43 of 75 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 956 | #21 of 377 | #14 of 80 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #51 of 340 | #5 of 76 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.8% | #60 of 340 | #32 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.0% | #72 of 359 | #15 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.1% | #41 of 130 | #14 of 33 |
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
956
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 1,062
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 18.8:1
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 | 956 | 55.8 | 17.1:1 | 68% (650) |
| 2023-24 | 969 | 53.1 | 18.3:1 | 69% (670) |
| 2022-23 | 900 | 50.8 | 17.7:1 | 78% (699) |
| 2020-21 | 961 | 51 | 18.8:1 | 71% (681) |
| 2017-18 | 838 | 46.9 | 17.9:1 | 70% (583) |
| 2015-16 | 743 | 40 | 18.6:1 | 74% (547) |
| 2010-11 | 730 | 37 | 19.7:1 | 46% (333) |
| 2000-01 | 708 | 39 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,062 | 49 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Olympic Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (838 to 956); teachers up 19% (46.9 to 55.8).
About Olympic Middle School
Among the schools in AUBURN, Washington, is Olympic Middle School, a large middle school. It had 956 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 577 students for middle schools in Washington.
The Auburn School District system has 26 schools and 18,174 students.
Hispanic students account for 45% of enrollment at Olympic Middle School, more than any other group. Other groups include 20% White, 10% Asian, 10% multiracial, and 6% Pacific Islander. By comparison, King County residents are about 11% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Olympic Middle School scores 73%.
On staff are 55.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.1:1. Middle schools in Washington average 18.9:1, 1.8 more students per teacher than here. Olympic Middle School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 68%. On average, public schools in King County report 38%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Olympic Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Washington schools: 24.1% actual against 34.6% predicted.
In King County, the median household earns about $124,746 a year, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Across King County, 544 public schools serve about 278,492 students.
Olympic Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Pioneer Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Olympic Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Olympic Middle School is behind the 35.0% nearby average, ranking 7th of 7.
Federal data place Olympic Middle School in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 961 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 956. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (17.1:1) than in 2020-21 (18.8:1).
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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
- Mt Baker Middle SchoolMiddle · 917 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
- Mt Baker Middle SchoolMiddle · 917 students
Other Olympic Middle schools
One other US public school is named Olympic Middle. Olympic Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Olympic Middle SchoolShelton, WA · 601 students
Nearby schools
- Pioneer Elementary School0.2 mi · 621
- Terminal Park Elementary School0.6 mi · 610
- Gildo Rey Elementary School0.9 mi · 416
- Mt Baker Middle School1.1 mi · 917
- Washington Elementary School1.3 mi · 501
- Auburn Senior High School1.3 mi · 1,918
Frequently asked questions
About Olympic Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Olympic Middle School?
Olympic Middle School enrolls approximately 956 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Olympic Middle School serve?
Olympic Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Olympic Middle School have?
Olympic Middle School employs 56 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Olympic Middle School?
At Olympic Middle School, the student body is approximately 20% White, 45% Hispanic, 6% Black, 10% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Olympic Middle School public or private?
Olympic Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Auburn School District.
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