Enrollment
291
Middle
DISTRICT 321 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TENINO SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530882001523
Tenino Middle School
301 Old HWY 99 N, Tenino, WA 98589 · (360) 264-3600 · Thurston County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL291 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of Washington public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
153 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 | 81 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 97 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 113 | 39% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Tenino Middle School→Tenino High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Tenino School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
40.4%
WA avg 58.4% . -11.5pp since 2014
Math
27.2%
WA avg 51.2% . -2.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 12 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.4% | 27.2% |
| 2023-24 | 35.5% | 25.9% |
| 2022-23 | 39.9% | 26.2% |
| 2021-22 | 43.9% | 24.6% |
| 2018-19 | 58.7% | 41.0% |
| 2017-18 | 53.7% | 36.9% |
| 2016-17 | 46.6% | 36.6% |
| 2015-16 | 37.6% | 27.3% |
| 2014-15 | 51.9% | 29.9% |
% 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
36.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.9%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Tenino Middle School
Tenino Middle School's state test result (36.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tenino Middle School this school | 291 | 52.6% | 36.2% |
| Lincoln Middle School Clarkston | 346 | 56.9% | N/A |
| Blue Heron Middle School Port Townsend | 222 | 53.6% | 42.4% |
| Medical Lake Middle School Medical Lake | 381 | 48.0% | 48.4% |
| Castle Rock Middle School CASTLE ROCK | 316 | 55.7% | N/A |
| Rainier Middle School Rainier | 241 | 46.9% | 43.1% |
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 Tenino Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Thurston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #181 of 294 | #14 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.2% | #237 of 357 ▼ 1 | #15 of 16 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #243 of 357 ▲ 26 | #15 of 16 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.4pp | #84 of 290 | #2 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 291 | #314 of 377 | #15 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #33 of 340 | #1 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.2% | #268 of 340 | #15 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.6% | #170 of 359 | #3 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.3% | #189 of 192 | #10 of 10 |
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
291
-18 (-6%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 362
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 22.1:1
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 | 291 | 17.8 | 16.3:1 | 53% (153) |
| 2023-24 | 311 | 17.8 | 17.4:1 | 53% (166) |
| 2022-23 | 334 | 17.8 | 18.7:1 | 56% (187) |
| 2020-21 | 309 | 14 | 22.1:1 | 51% (157) |
| 2017-18 | 292 | 15.2 | 19.3:1 | 49% (143) |
| 2015-16 | 283 | 14 | 20.2:1 | 50% (141) |
| 2010-11 | 303 | 14 | 21.6:1 | 36% (110) |
| 2000-01 | 374 | 17 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 362 | 17 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tenino Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (292 to 291); teachers up 17% (15.2 to 17.8).
About Tenino Middle School
Tenino Middle School is one of the public schools in Tenino, Washington. It is a low-enrollment middle-grades school. Enrolled students number 291 students, in grades 6 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in Washington average about 577 students each.
Tenino Middle School is one school in Tenino School District, a system of 4 schools with 1,283 students.
By race and ethnicity, Tenino Middle School is 73% White. After that, the student body is 13% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 2% Native American. For comparison, Thurston County is about 72% White. Tenino Middle School has a diversity index of 44%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Tenino Middle School's 17.8 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 16.3:1. That ratio is under the 18.9:1 average for middle schools in Washington. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 53%. Among public schools in Thurston County, the average eligibility rate is 43%.
Tenino Middle School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 29% of Washington public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In Washington, Tenino Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 36.2% actual against a predicted 44.9%.
Federal survey data for Thurston County show that median household income is about $96,563, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Tenino Middle School is among the 86 public schools in Thurston County.
The nearest other public school, Tenino Elementary School, is less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 3. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Tenino Middle School ranks 8th of 8 on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Tenino Middle School the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 6%, from 309 to 291. The ratio was 22.1:1 in 2020-21 and 16.3:1 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Tenino Middle School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Thurston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
299,067
Census ACS
Median income
$96,563
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
44,412 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tenino School District
- Tenino High SchoolHigh · 383 students
- Parkside ElementaryElementary · 316 students
- Tenino Elementary SchoolElementary · 293 students
Other schools in Tenino
- Tenino High SchoolHigh · 383 students
- Parkside ElementaryElementary · 316 students
- Tenino Elementary SchoolElementary · 293 students
Nearby schools
- Tenino Elementary School0.1 mi · 293
- Parkside Elementary0.3 mi · 316
- Tenino High School0.4 mi · 383
- East Olympia Elementary6.9 mi · 579
- Rainier Elementary School7.5 mi · 493
- Rainier Senior High School7.7 mi · 283
Frequently asked questions
About Tenino Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Tenino Middle School?
Tenino Middle School enrolls approximately 291 students in grades 06-08.
Is Tenino Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Tenino Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Tenino Middle School have?
Tenino Middle School employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tenino Middle School?
At Tenino Middle School, the student body is approximately 73% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Tenino Middle School in?
Tenino Middle School is part of Tenino School District.
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