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Enrollment
674
Middle
DISTRICT 791 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUMNER-BONNEY LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530861001447
Sumner Middle School
1508 Willow, Sumner, WA 98390 · (253) 891-5000 · Pierce County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL674 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.1:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
294 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 215 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 224 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 235 | 35% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
69.3%
WA avg 58.4% . +4.1pp since 2014
Math
58.6%
WA avg 51.2% . +3.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.3% | 58.6% |
| 2023-24 | 66.4% | 54.0% |
| 2022-23 | 64.2% | 49.6% |
| 2021-22 | 62.3% | 49.6% |
| 2018-19 | 70.3% | 64.2% |
| 2017-18 | 69.5% | 64.0% |
| 2016-17 | 69.6% | 67.9% |
| 2015-16 | 70.3% | 66.8% |
| 2014-15 | 65.2% | 55.0% |
% 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
59.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.9%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Sumner Middle School
Sumner Middle School's state test result (59.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sumner Middle School this school | 674 | 43.6% | 59.2% |
| Whatcom Middle School Bellingham | 637 | 42.4% | 50.9% |
| Frontier Middle School Vancouver | 767 | 43.5% | N/A |
| Cedar Heights Middle School PORT ORCHARD | 689 | 42.8% | 51.0% |
| Lynden Middle School LYNDEN | 705 | 47.5% | 41.0% |
| Aylen Jr High Puyallup | 720 | 43.9% | 42.9% |
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 Sumner Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #56 of 294 | #7 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #47 of 357 ▲ 14 | #5 of 45 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.3% | #43 of 357 ▲ 7 | #7 of 45 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.0pp | #40 of 290 | #7 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 674 | #146 of 377 | #19 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #163 of 340 | #12 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.0% | #140 of 340 | #32 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.6% | #228 of 359 | #30 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.5% | #88 of 192 | #11 of 23 |
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
674
-34 (-5%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 707
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 19.7:1
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 | 674 | 35.3 | 19.1:1 | 44% (294) |
| 2023-24 | 697 | 35 | 19.9:1 | 42% (296) |
| 2022-23 | 677 | 33 | 20.5:1 | 45% (305) |
| 2020-21 | 708 | 36 | 19.7:1 | 38% (269) |
| 2017-18 | 770 | 38 | 20.3:1 | 41% (317) |
| 2015-16 | 702 | 32 | 21.9:1 | 42% (292) |
| 2010-11 | 667 | 34 | 19.6:1 | 36% (242) |
| 2000-01 | 653 | 33 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 707 | 33 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sumner Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (770 to 674); teachers down 7% (38 to 35.3).
About Sumner Middle School
Sumner Middle School is a middle school in Sumner, Washington, and it is part of Sumner-Bonney Lake School District. The student body numbers 674 students, from grades 6 through 8.
The district for Sumner Middle School is Sumner-Bonney Lake School District, with 15 schools and 10,743 students.
Sumner Middle School's enrollment is 55% White. The remaining shares are 25% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Pierce County's population at about 64%. Sumner Middle School has a diversity index of 62%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reported 35.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 19.1:1. Middle schools in Washington have a similar average ratio of 18.9:1. Eligible students account for 44% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program.
A school with Sumner Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Washington is predicted to score 50.9%. Sumner Middle School scores 59.2%, 8.3 points above that line.
According to the American Community Survey, in Pierce County, median household income is about $99,564, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 287 public schools operate in Pierce County, serving about 138,462 students.
Nearest public school: Maple Lawn Elementary, about 0.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Sumner Middle School ranks 4th of 7 on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Sumner Middle School as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 708 in 2020-21 and 674 in 2024-25, a decrease of 34 students.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Pierce County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,319
Census ACS
Median income
$99,564
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
287
138,462 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sumner-Bonney Lake School District
- Sumner High SchoolHigh · 1,857 students
- Bonney Lake High SchoolHigh · 1,643 students
- Mountain View Middle SchoolMiddle · 937 students
- Lakeridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 763 students
- Donald Eismann ElementaryElementary · 648 students
- Maple Lawn ElementaryElementary · 628 students
Other schools in Sumner
- Sumner High SchoolHigh · 1,857 students
- Maple Lawn ElementaryElementary · 628 students
- Daffodil Valley ElementaryElementary · 524 students
- Liberty Ridge ElementaryElementary · 515 students
- Sumner Special ServicesElementary · 35 students
Nearby schools
- Maple Lawn Elementary0.1 mi · 628
- Sumner High School0.6 mi · 1,857
- Sumner Special Services0.7 mi · 35
- Daffodil Valley Elementary1.0 mi · 524
- Shaw Road Elementary1.4 mi · 615
- Spinning Elementary2.0 mi · 299
Frequently asked questions
About Sumner Middle SchoolHow large is Sumner Middle School?
Sumner Middle School enrolls approximately 674 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Sumner Middle School serve?
Sumner Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Sumner Middle School have?
Sumner Middle School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Sumner Middle School?
Student demographics at Sumner Middle School are roughly 55% White, 25% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Sumner Middle School in?
Sumner Middle School is part of Sumner-Bonney Lake School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.