Olympic Middle School

Located at 839 21st ST SE, in AUBURN, Washington, Olympic Middle School is a large junior high that instructs 956 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by Auburn School District. That puts it 66% larger than the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 577 students.

Auburn School District comprises 26 schools with combined enrollment of 18,174 students; Olympic Middle School is among them.

Demographically, Olympic Middle School logs that 45% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 20% White, 10% Asian, 10% multiracial, 6% Pacific Islander. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Olympic Middle School records 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.1:1. The state averages around 18.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 68% of students at Olympic Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above King County's rate of about 38%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Olympic Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.6%, the actual is 24.1%, a residual of -10.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for King County indicate the typical household earns roughly $124,746 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, King County runs 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), of which Olympic Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Pioneer Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Olympic Middle School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Olympic Middle School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 35.0%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Olympic Middle School has edged up 14%, going from 838 students in 2018 to 956 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 28% to 20% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.