Tumwater Middle School

Tumwater Middle School is an intermediate school of medium-sized scale in Tumwater, Washington, one of the schools within Tumwater School District, enrolling 665 students in grades 6 through 8.

Tumwater Middle School is one of 14 schools operated by Tumwater School District, a district that educates 6,350 students overall.

Demographically, Tumwater Middle School reports that White students make up the majority at 62%; the rest breaks down as 18% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 4% Asian, 3% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.6:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Tumwater Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.3%, the actual is 50.0%, a residual of -6.3 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Thurston County put the typical household earns roughly $96,563 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Tumwater Middle School is one of 86 public schools in Thurston County (combined enrollment of about 44,412 students).

The closest other public school is ESD 113 Consortium Reengagement Program, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Tumwater Middle School at 2nd of 4; the average score across the group is 52.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Tumwater Middle School has declined 6%, going from 711 students in 2018 to 665 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 70% to 62% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 in 2025.

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