Reeves Middle School

As an intimate middle-grades school in OLYMPIA, Washington, Reeves Middle School teaches 394 students from grades 6 through 8, part of Olympia School District. Enrollment runs roughly 32% below the state mean of about 577.

Olympia School District runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 9,386 students. Reeves Middle School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Reeves Middle School reports that White students make up the majority at 63%. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 4% Asian, 2% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Reeves Middle School has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.1:1. The state averages around 18.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Reeves Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.2%; this one delivers 50.2%.

Around the school, census data for Thurston County shows median household income runs about $96,563, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Thurston County runs 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 44,412 students), of which Reeves Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Touchstone, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Reeves Middle School. On composite proficiency, Reeves Middle School comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 50.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Reeves Middle School has shrank 10%, going from 439 students in 2018 to 394 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 72% to 63%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.