Tolt Middle School

Located at 3740 Tolt Ave, in Carnation, Washington, Tolt Middle School is a reasonably sized middle-grades school that instructs 633 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by Riverview School District.

Riverview School District runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,996 students. Tolt Middle School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Tolt Middle School shows that 71% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 16% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Tolt Middle School has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.7:1. The state averages about 18.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 22% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, King County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Tolt Middle School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 65.3%; this one comes in at 53.2%, -12.1 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for King County indicate the typical household earns roughly $124,746 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across King County's 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), Tolt Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Carnation Elementary School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Tolt Middle School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 76.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Tolt Middle School has contracted 15%, going from 746 students in 2018 to 633 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 76% to 71% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 today.

On allk12, the feed for Tolt Middle School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.