Summit Trail Middle School

Summit Trail Middle School, a big middle-grades school in Ravensdale, Washington, one of the schools within Tahoma School District, instructs 1,097 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 90% larger than the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 577 students.

Tahoma School District runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 9,234 students. Summit Trail Middle School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Summit Trail Middle School shows that White students make up the majority at 63%. Beyond that, the school shows 16% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, King County as a whole is about 55% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.9:1 average. Around 15% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, King County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Summit Trail Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.2%, the actual is 66.7%, a residual of -3.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for King County put median household income runs about $124,746, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across King County's 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), Summit Trail Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Rock Creek Elementary, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Summit Trail Middle School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 63.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Summit Trail Middle School has edged up 11%, going from 991 students in 2018 to 1,097 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 77% to 63% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 23.5:1 in 2018 to 21.3:1 today.

On allk12, the feed for Summit Trail Middle School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.