Post Middle School

Located at 1220 E. 5th St, in Arlington, Washington, Post Middle School is a mid-sized middle-grades school that hosts 645 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within Arlington School District.

Arlington School District runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 5,588 students. Post Middle School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Post Middle School records that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Snohomish County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Post Middle School has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.2:1. The state averages around 18.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 46% of students at Post Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Post Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Washington public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 49.5%; Post Middle School posts 37.1%, -12.5 points below that line.

In the broader community, census data for Snohomish County shows median household income runs about $111,246, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Snohomish County's 227 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,688 students), Post Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Eagle Creek Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Post Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Post Middle School at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 46.7%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Post Middle School's enrollment has climbed 4% since 2018, when it stood at 622 (now 645). White enrollment moved from 77% to 72% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 22.2:1 today.

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