Timberline Middle School

Timberline Middle School, a medium-sized 6-8 campus in Redmond, Washington, run under Lake Washington School District, serves 788 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 37% above the state mean of about 577.

Timberline Middle School is one of 55 schools operated by Lake Washington School District, a district that instructs 30,986 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Timberline Middle School records that 53% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 29% White, 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, King County as a whole is about 21% Asian, so the school skews visibly more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.7:1. The state averages around 18.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 7% of students at Timberline Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against King County (around 38%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Timberline Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 75.4%, the actual is 80.6%, a residual of +5.2 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for King County indicate median household earnings sit near $124,746, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, King County runs 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), of which Timberline Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Rosa Parks Elementary, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Timberline Middle School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 81.6%.

The school occupies a residential site.

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