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Enrollment
633
Middle
DISTRICT 428 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVERVIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530456002119
Tolt Middle School
3740 Tolt Ave, Carnation, WA 98014 · (425) 844-4600 · King County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL633 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
141 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 | 225 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 187 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 221 | 35% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Riverview School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
58.7%
WA avg 58.4% . -8.6pp since 2014
Math
49.2%
WA avg 51.2% . -9.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 9 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 | 58.7% | 49.2% |
| 2023-24 | 57.8% | 50.2% |
| 2022-23 | 61.6% | 51.3% |
| 2021-22 | 67.5% | 52.1% |
| 2018-19 | 65.8% | 60.5% |
| 2017-18 | 71.5% | 55.3% |
| 2016-17 | 68.9% | 57.6% |
| 2015-16 | 71.2% | 54.1% |
| 2014-15 | 67.3% | 58.7% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
53.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 65% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Tolt Middle School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tolt Middle School this school | 633 | 22.3% | 53.2% |
| Goodman Middle School Gig Harbor | 519 | 21.0% | 59.0% |
| Harbor Ridge Middle School Gig Harbor | 627 | 18.5% | 59.9% |
| Leona Libby Middle School West Richland | 805 | 20.6% | N/A |
| Sunset Ridge Intermediate School Ridgefield | 616 | 27.3% | N/A |
| Liberty Middle School Camas | 708 | 26.1% | N/A |
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 Tolt Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #73 of 294 | #40 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #80 of 357 ▼ 11 | #40 of 76 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #97 of 357 ▼ 10 | #41 of 76 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.8pp | #16 of 290 | #7 of 75 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 633 | #179 of 377 | #55 of 80 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #132 of 340 | #21 of 76 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.4% | #262 of 340 | #72 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.3% | #316 of 359 | #49 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.1% | #68 of 192 | #16 of 37 |
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
633
-55 (-8%) vs 2020
+101% since 1990-91, when it was 315
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 633 | 33.9 | 18.7:1 | 22% (141) |
| 2023-24 | 607 | 33 | 18.4:1 | 20% (122) |
| 2022-23 | 644 | 34.9 | 18.4:1 | 20% (132) |
| 2020-21 | 688 | 38 | 18.1:1 | 15% (103) |
| 2017-18 | 746 | 37.6 | 19.8:1 | 15% (111) |
| 2015-16 | 693 | 38 | 18.2:1 | 16% (114) |
| 2010-11 | 708 | 32 | 22.1:1 | 18% (126) |
| 2000-01 | 643 | 32 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 315 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tolt Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (746 to 633); teachers down 10% (37.6 to 33.9).
About Tolt Middle School
Tolt Middle School is a medium-sized middle school in Carnation, Washington, under Riverview School District. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 633 students.
The district for Tolt Middle School is Riverview School District, with 7 schools and 2,996 students.
By race and ethnicity, Tolt Middle School is 71% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 16% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 5% multiracial. In King County overall, about 55% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Tolt Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 45%.
Teacher staffing is 33.9 full-time equivalents, or about 18.7 students per teacher. Middle schools in Washington have a similar average ratio of 18.9:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 22%. Across public schools in King County, the average is 38%.
BeatsExpectations places Tolt Middle School in the bottom 10% of Washington schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 12.1 points below it (53.2% actual, 65.3% predicted).
County data help place the school in context: in King County, median household income is about $124,746, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Tolt Middle School is among the 544 public schools in King County.
Carnation Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.6 miles away in a straight line. There are 5 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Tolt Middle School ranks 7th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
The federal government classifies Tolt Middle School's location as Rural: Fringe.
Federal counts put enrollment at 688 in 2020-21 and 633 in 2024-25, an 8% decrease.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Tolt Middle School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
King County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,287,171
Census ACS
Median income
$124,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
544
278,492 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Riverview School District
- Cedarcrest High SchoolHigh · 889 students
- Stillwater ElementaryElementary · 491 students
- Cherry Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 445 students
- Carnation Elementary SchoolElementary · 388 students
- PARADECombined · 86 students
- CLIPHigh · 64 students
Other schools in Carnation
- Stillwater ElementaryElementary · 491 students
- Carnation Elementary SchoolElementary · 388 students
- PARADECombined · 86 students
- CLIPHigh · 64 students
- ChoiceHigh
Nearby schools
- Carnation Elementary School0.6 mi · 388
- PARADE0.7 mi · 86
- CLIP0.7 mi · 64
- Stillwater Elementary4.0 mi · 491
- Cascade Ridge Elementary4.5 mi · 391
- Rachel Carson Elementary5.0 mi · 486
Frequently asked questions
About Tolt Middle SchoolHow large is Tolt Middle School?
Tolt Middle School enrolls approximately 633 students in grades 06-08.
Is Tolt Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Tolt Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Tolt Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Tolt Middle School is approximately 18.7:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tolt Middle School?
At Tolt Middle School, the student body is approximately 71% White, 16% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Tolt Middle School public or private?
Tolt Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Riverview School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.