Vera Risdon Middle School

Vera Risdon Middle School operates as a reasonably sized intermediate school in Newcastle, Washington, run under Renton School District. Current enrollment sits at 751 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 577 students per school, that is 30% bigger than typical.

Vera Risdon Middle School is one of 29 schools operated by Renton School District, a district that serves 14,873 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Vera Risdon Middle School records that the most-represented group is Asian (28%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 27% Hispanic, 25% White, 12% multiracial, 7% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Vera Risdon Middle School logs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.9:1 average. Around 39% 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), Vera Risdon Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.9%, the actual is 49.9%, a residual of -4.0 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for King County put the typical household earns roughly $124,746 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Vera Risdon Middle School is one of 544 public schools in King County (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students).

Hazelwood Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Vera Risdon Middle School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Vera Risdon Middle School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 69.5%.

Vera Risdon Middle School operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Vera Risdon Middle School's enrollment has decreased 8% since 2018, when it stood at 818 (now 751). White enrollment moved from 35% to 25% across the same window.

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