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Enrollment
643
Middle
DISTRICT 702 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORTING SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530645002066
Orting Middle School
111 Whitehawk Blvd NW, Orting, WA 98360 · (360) 893-3565 · Pierce County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL643 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 21% 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.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
21.3:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.8:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
257 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 211 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 214 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 218 | 34% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Orting Middle School→Orting High School
Based on grade levels within Orting School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
43.0%
WA avg 58.4% . -10.5pp since 2014
Math
26.9%
WA avg 51.2% . -13.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 11 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 13 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 26.9% |
| 2023-24 | 40.8% | 23.9% |
| 2022-23 | 40.8% | 27.2% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 20.1% |
| 2018-19 | 55.1% | 36.2% |
| 2017-18 | 58.4% | 41.1% |
| 2016-17 | 61.7% | 43.0% |
| 2015-16 | 57.0% | 42.9% |
| 2014-15 | 53.6% | 39.9% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
34.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 53% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Orting Middle School
Orting Middle School's state test result (34.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orting Middle School this school | 643 | 40.0% | 34.7% |
| Lincoln Middle School Pullman | 643 | 37.6% | 60.6% |
| George Bush Middle School Tumwater | 762 | 39.0% | 49.4% |
| Fairhaven Middle School Bellingham | 588 | 40.8% | 59.3% |
| Cedar Heights Middle School PORT ORCHARD | 689 | 42.8% | 51.0% |
| Haller Middle School Arlington | 576 | 37.0% | 38.1% |
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 Orting Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #193 of 294 | #31 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #240 of 357 ▲ 15 | #32 of 45 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #213 of 357 ▲ 12 | #29 of 45 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.4pp | #113 of 290 | #23 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 643 | #171 of 377 | #22 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.3:1 | #280 of 340 | #32 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.2% | #201 of 340 | #35 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.0% | #247 of 359 | #36 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.2% | #63 of 130 | #12 of 19 |
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
643
+65 (+11%) vs 2020
+105% since 1990-91, when it was 314
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 643 | 30.2 | 21.3:1 | 40% (257) |
| 2023-24 | 624 | 32.3 | 19.3:1 | 37% (229) |
| 2022-23 | 637 | 33.9 | 18.8:1 | 37% (233) |
| 2020-21 | 578 | 32 | 18.1:1 | 31% (179) |
| 2017-18 | 594 | 27.6 | 21.5:1 | 30% (178) |
| 2015-16 | 540 | 26 | 20.8:1 | 37% (199) |
| 2010-11 | 530 | 23 | 23.0:1 | 35% (184) |
| 2000-01 | 436 | 21 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 314 | 16 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Orting Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (594 to 643); teachers up 9% (27.6 to 30.2).
About Orting Middle School
Located in Orting, Washington, Orting Middle School is a mid-sized middle school. Total enrollment is 643 students, and the grades served are 6 through 8.
Orting Middle School falls under Orting School District, which has 4 schools enrolling 2,809 students.
Of every 100 students at Orting Middle School, about 64 are White. The school is also 18% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 3% Black. Among Pierce County residents, the White share is about 64%. The diversity index for Orting Middle School is 54%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 30.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, Orting Middle School has a ratio of 21.3:1. Compared with the 18.9:1 average for middle schools in Washington, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 40%. Compared with the 50% average for public schools in Pierce County, the school's rate is lower.
Orting Middle School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 21% of Washington public middle schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Orting Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Washington schools: 34.7% actual against 53.4% predicted.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Pierce County show that median household income comes to about $99,564, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county's public schools total 287, with about 138,462 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Ptarmigan Ridge Elementary School, is about 0.1 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Orting Middle School ranks 9th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, Orting Middle School is Suburb: Large.
The school's student count increased 11% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The number of students per teacher increased from 18.1 to 21.3 over 4 years.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Pierce County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,319
Census ACS
Median income
$99,564
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
287
138,462 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Orting School District
- Orting High SchoolHigh · 876 students
- Ptarmigan Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 723 students
- Orting Elementary SchoolElementary · 567 students
- Orting Special EducationElementary
- Orting Elementary Online AcademyCombined
- Orting Secondary Online AcademyCombined
Other schools in Orting
- Orting High SchoolHigh · 876 students
- Ptarmigan Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 723 students
- Orting Elementary SchoolElementary · 567 students
- Orting Special EducationElementary
- Orting Elementary Online AcademyCombined
- Orting Secondary Online AcademyCombined
Nearby schools
- Ptarmigan Ridge Elementary School0.1 mi · 723
- Orting High School0.4 mi · 876
- Orting Elementary School0.5 mi · 567
- Tehaleh Heights Elementary School2.0 mi · 627
- G W Edgerton Elementary2.0 mi · 753
- Glacier View Junior High2.2 mi · 843
Frequently asked questions
About Orting Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Orting Middle School?
Orting Middle School enrolls approximately 643 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Orting Middle School serve?
Orting Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Orting Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Orting Middle School is approximately 21.3:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Orting Middle School?
At Orting Middle School, the student body is approximately 64% White, 18% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Orting Middle School public or private?
Orting Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Orting School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.