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Which teacher or staff member at Totem Middle School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
522
Middle
DISTRICT 525 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARYSVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530486000735
Totem Middle School
1605 7th St, Marysville, WA 98270 · (360) 965-0500 · Snohomish County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL522 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% of Washington public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-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
17.4:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
356 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 170 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 187 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 165 | 32% |
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
21.3%
WA avg 58.4% . -12.6pp since 2014
Math
12.4%
WA avg 51.2% . -9.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 13 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 | 21.3% | 12.4% |
| 2023-24 | 22.8% | 12.4% |
| 2022-23 | 22.7% | 11.6% |
| 2021-22 | 24.1% | 11.6% |
| 2018-19 | 35.0% | 20.7% |
| 2017-18 | 31.0% | 24.0% |
| 2016-17 | 34.6% | 24.3% |
| 2015-16 | 37.1% | 23.8% |
| 2014-15 | 33.9% | 21.9% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
17.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 34% 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 Totem Middle School
Totem Middle School's state test result (17.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Totem Middle School this school | 522 | 68.2% | 17.3% |
| Discovery Middle School VANCOUVER | 525 | 67.0% | N/A |
| Olympic Middle School Shelton | 601 | 70.0% | 23.9% |
| Gaiser Middle School VANCOUVER | 750 | 67.6% | N/A |
| Oakland Bay Junior High School Shelton | 544 | 65.6% | 21.3% |
| Miller Junior High Aberdeen | 656 | 69.8% | 23.6% |
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 Totem Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.3% | #284 of 294 | #32 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.4% | #338 of 357 ▼ 2 | #32 of 32 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #345 of 357 ▼ 3 | #32 of 32 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.0pp | #68 of 290 | #7 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 522 | #239 of 377 | #27 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #62 of 340 | #1 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.0% | #46 of 340 | #3 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.2% | #70 of 359 | #1 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.5% | #138 of 192 | #11 of 13 |
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
522
-37 (-7%) vs 2020
-56% since 1990-91, when it was 1,184
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 20.0:1
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 | 522 | 30 | 17.4:1 | 68% (356) |
| 2023-24 | 584 | 31.7 | 18.4:1 | 70% (406) |
| 2022-23 | 555 | 33.8 | 16.4:1 | 71% (396) |
| 2020-21 | 559 | 28 | 20.0:1 | 58% (325) |
| 2017-18 | 558 | 25.8 | 21.7:1 | 55% (307) |
| 2015-16 | 555 | 30 | 18.5:1 | 48% (267) |
| 2010-11 | 707 | 37 | 19.1:1 | 48% (337) |
| 2000-01 | 999 | 46 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,184 | 61 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Totem Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (558 to 522); teachers up 17% (25.8 to 30).
About Totem Middle School
As a mid-sized middle school, Totem Middle School serves students in Marysville, Washington. In all, 522 students attend the school in grades 6 through 8.
Totem Middle School is part of Marysville School District, where 23 schools serve 9,760 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Totem Middle School is White, with 34% of students. Enrollment also includes 32% Hispanic, 16% Native American, 10% multiracial, and 5% Asian. The school's White share is 30 points below the 64% share among Snohomish County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 74%.
Totem Middle School lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 17.4 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Washington is 18.9:1. About 68% of students at Totem Middle School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 41% average among public schools in Snohomish County.
Totem Middle School earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 1% of Washington public middle schools.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Totem Middle School is among the bottom 10% of schools in Washington. Predicted: 34.5%. Actual: 17.3%.
In the surrounding county, Snohomish County, median household income comes to about $111,246, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county's public schools total 227, with about 118,688 students.
Marysville NWESD 189 Youth Engagement, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Totem Middle School ranks 6th in a group of 6 nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Mid-size: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 559 (2020-21) to 522 (2024-25). In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 20.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 17.4:1.
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Snohomish County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
844,430
Census ACS
Median income
$111,246
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
227
118,688 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Marysville School District
- Marysville Getchell High SchoolHigh · 1,381 students
- Marysville Pilchuck High SchoolHigh · 1,182 students
- Cedarcrest SchoolMiddle · 704 students
- Marysville Middle SchoolMiddle · 656 students
- Quil Ceda Tulalip ElementaryElementary · 498 students
- Kellogg Marsh Elementary SchoolElementary · 468 students
Other schools in Marysville
- Marysville Getchell High SchoolHigh · 1,381 students
- Marysville Pilchuck High SchoolHigh · 1,182 students
- Cedarcrest SchoolMiddle · 704 students
- Lakewood Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Marysville Middle SchoolMiddle · 656 students
- Kellogg Marsh Elementary SchoolElementary · 468 students
Nearby schools
- Marysville NWESD 189 Youth Engagement0.0 mi · 205
- Liberty Elementary0.4 mi · 398
- Marysville Middle School0.6 mi · 656
- Marysville SD Special0.9 mi · 197
- Allen Creek Elementary School1.2 mi · 437
- Legacy High School1.2 mi · 143
Frequently asked questions
About Totem Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Totem Middle School?
Totem Middle School enrolls approximately 522 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Totem Middle School serve?
Totem Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Totem Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Totem Middle School is approximately 17.4:1 (30 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Totem Middle School?
Totem Middle School reports a student body of 34% White, 32% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Totem Middle School?
Totem Middle School is overseen by Marysville School District in Snohomish County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.