Park Place Middle School

Park Place Middle School is an intermediate school of middle-of-the-pack scale in Monroe, Washington, operated by Monroe School District, caters to 755 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 31% bigger than the state mean of about 577.

Monroe School District runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 5,874 students. Park Place Middle School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Park Place Middle School lists that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 34% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.6:1. The state averages about 18.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Park Place Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.8%, the actual is 39.0%, a residual of -9.8 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Snohomish County) shows that median household earnings sit near $111,246, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Snohomish County's 227 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,688 students), Park Place Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Frank Wagner Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Park Place Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Park Place Middle School at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 44.0%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 754 students in 2018 compared to 755 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 63% to 52% over that span.

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