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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Stevens Middle School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
956
Middle
DISTRICT 1,063 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASCO SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530657000973
Stevens Middle School
1120 N 22ND AVENUE, PASCO, WA 99301 · (509) 543-6798 · Franklin County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL956 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.9:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
877 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 | 291 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 310 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 355 | 37% |
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
22.9%
WA avg 58.4% . -1.5pp since 2014
Math
12.5%
WA avg 51.2% . -9.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.9% | 12.5% |
| 2023-24 | 20.6% | 11.6% |
| 2022-23 | 20.6% | 14.6% |
| 2021-22 | 16.1% | 9.7% |
| 2018-19 | 29.7% | 19.6% |
| 2017-18 | 28.4% | 19.4% |
| 2016-17 | 27.7% | 18.0% |
| 2015-16 | 29.3% | 29.0% |
| 2014-15 | 24.4% | 21.4% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
16.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.6%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Washington's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Stevens Middle School
Stevens Middle School's state test result (16.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stevens Middle School this school | 956 | 91.7% | 16.7% |
| Ellen Ochoa Middle School PASCO | 831 | 91.0% | 14.2% |
| Lewis & Clark Middle School Yakima | 815 | 90.2% | 22.5% |
| Toppenish Middle School TOPPENISH | 757 | 89.7% | 19.4% |
| Washington Middle School Yakima | 748 | 96.0% | 17.9% |
| Grandview Middle School Grandview | 815 | 84.8% | 31.6% |
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 Stevens Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.7% | #285 of 294 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.5% | #337 of 357 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.9% | #338 of 357 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.8pp | #84 of 290 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 956 | #22 of 377 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #138 of 340 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.8% | #338 of 340 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.7% | #5 of 359 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +34.1% | #12 of 130 |
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
956
-150 (-14%) vs 2020
+49% since 1990-91, when it was 640
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 956 | 51 | 18.8:1 | 92% (877) |
| 2023-24 | 938 | 53 | 17.7:1 | 94% (886) |
| 2022-23 | 988 | 57 | 17.3:1 | 97% (955) |
| 2020-21 | 1,106 | 58 | 19.1:1 | 95% (1,052) |
| 2017-18 | 713 | 42.6 | 16.7:1 | 93% (666) |
| 2015-16 | 652 | 40 | 16.3:1 | 90% (587) |
| 2010-11 | 923 | 51 | 18.1:1 | 88% (811) |
| 2000-01 | 801 | 37 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 640 | 29 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stevens Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 34% (713 to 956); teachers up 20% (42.6 to 51).
About Stevens Middle School
Among the schools in PASCO, Washington, is Stevens Middle School, a large middle-grades school. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 956 students. An average school in this group (middle schools in Washington) has about 577 students.
Pasco School District enrolls 18,913 students in 28 schools, including Stevens Middle School.
Stevens Middle School's enrollment is 94% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 4% White. Franklin County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is an 11% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 51 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 18.8:1. For comparison, middle schools in Washington average 18.9:1. Roughly 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Franklin County is 70%.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Stevens Middle School is 1.9 points below its prediction. Actual: 16.7%. Predicted: 18.6%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Franklin County, the median household income is $86,714, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Stevens Middle School is one of 43 public schools in the county.
Rowena Chess Elementary is located about 0.2 miles from Stevens Middle School. The five-mile area around Stevens Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 15.6%, lower than Stevens Middle School's 16.7%.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 14% enrollment decrease, from 1,106 in 2020-21 to 956 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
98,902
Census ACS
Median income
$86,714
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
21,403 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pasco School District
- Chiawana Senior High SchoolHigh · 3,127 students
- Pasco Senior High SchoolHigh · 2,590 students
- Ray Reynolds Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,294 students
- Mcloughlin Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,171 students
- Ellen Ochoa Middle SchoolMiddle · 831 students
- Three Rivers ElementaryElementary · 657 students
Other schools in PASCO
- Chiawana Senior High SchoolHigh · 3,127 students
- Pasco Senior High SchoolHigh · 2,590 students
- Ray Reynolds Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,294 students
- Mcloughlin Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,171 students
- Ellen Ochoa Middle SchoolMiddle · 831 students
- Three Rivers ElementaryElementary · 657 students
Other Stevens Middle schools
One other US public school is named Stevens Middle. Stevens Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Stevens Middle SchoolPORT ANGELES, WA · 461 students
Nearby schools
- Rowena Chess Elementary0.2 mi · 436
- Emerson Elementary0.5 mi · 447
- Robert Frost Elementary0.6 mi · 459
- Pasco Senior High School0.8 mi · 2,590
- Captain Gray STEM Elementary0.8 mi · 408
- Pasco Early Learning Center1.0 mi · 318
Frequently asked questions
About Stevens Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Stevens Middle School?
Stevens Middle School enrolls approximately 956 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Stevens Middle School serve?
Stevens Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Stevens Middle School have?
Stevens Middle School employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Stevens Middle School?
Student demographics at Stevens Middle School are roughly 4% White, 94% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Stevens Middle School public or private?
Stevens Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pasco School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.