Showalter Middle School

As a mid-sized middle-grades school in SEATTLE, Washington, Showalter Middle School works with 651 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Tukwila School District.

Across the 5 schools in Tukwila School District (2,886 students total), Showalter Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Showalter Middle School records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 37%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 25% Asian, 19% Black, 8% White, 6% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Showalter Middle School has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.4:1. The state averages around 18.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, King County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Showalter Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 29.6%, the actual is 23.0%, a residual of -6.6 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (King County) reports that median household income runs about $124,746, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across King County's 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), Showalter Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Foster Senior High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Showalter Middle School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 30.7%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Showalter Middle School's enrollment has expanded 3% since 2018, when it stood at 629 (now 651). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 31% to 37%. Class-load math has widened: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 20.4:1 in 2025.

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