Enrollment
368
Middle
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TACOMA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530870001508
Wainwright Intermediate School
130 Alameda Ave, Tacoma, WA 98466 · (253) 571-2100 · Pierce County
GRADES 04–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL368 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of Washington public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
17.8:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
219 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 4 | 71 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 20% |
| Grade 6 | 94 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 66 | 18% |
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 78% · 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 Tacoma School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
47.1%
WA avg 58.4% . -6.1pp since 2016
Math
29.8%
WA avg 51.2% . -17.3pp since 2016
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 6 points since 2016, while math scores are down about 17 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.1% | 29.8% |
| 2023-24 | 39.9% | 24.4% |
| 2022-23 | 43.1% | 22.7% |
| 2021-22 | 43.8% | 21.5% |
| 2018-19 | 54.6% | 35.7% |
| 2017-18 | 60.3% | 40.1% |
| 2016-17 | 53.2% | 47.2% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
35.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Washington's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Wainwright Intermediate School
Wainwright Intermediate School's state test result (35.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wainwright Intermediate School this school | 368 | 59.5% | 35.8% |
| Hilltop Heritage Middle School Tacoma | 447 | 62.4% | 28.2% |
| Hunt Middle School Tacoma | 519 | 48.4% | 40.9% |
| Cedarcrest Middle School Spanaway | 765 | 62.6% | 28.2% |
| Angelo Giaudrone Middle School Tacoma | 449 | 71.9% | 21.1% |
| Surprise Lake Middle School Milton | 613 | 55.5% | 33.6% |
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 Wainwright Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #183 of 294 | #30 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #216 of 357 ▲ 35 | #28 of 45 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #176 of 357 ▲ 57 | #24 of 45 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.8pp | #66 of 290 | #16 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 368 | #296 of 377 | #44 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #89 of 340 | #4 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.7% | #27 of 340 | #11 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.5% | #118 of 359 | #15 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.6% | #152 of 192 | #17 of 23 |
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
368
-88 (-19%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 373
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 18.2:1
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 | 368 | 20.7 | 17.8:1 | 60% (219) |
| 2023-24 | 360 | 21.5 | 16.7:1 | 67% (241) |
| 2022-23 | 373 | 22.9 | 16.3:1 | 57% (211) |
| 2020-21 | 456 | 25 | 18.2:1 | 56% (256) |
| 2017-18 | 390 | 19.3 | 20.2:1 | 48% (187) |
| 2010-11 | 243 | 16 | 15.2:1 | 51% (124) |
| 2000-01 | 391 | 17 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 373 | 21 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wainwright Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (390 to 368); teachers up 7% (19.3 to 20.7).
About Wainwright Intermediate School
The public middle-grades school Wainwright Intermediate School is located in Tacoma, Washington. The school serves 368 students in grades 4 through 8 in 2024-25. For comparison, middle schools in Washington average about 577 students.
Wainwright Intermediate School is one school in a 66-school district, Tacoma School District, which enrolls 28,900 students.
Enrollment at Wainwright Intermediate School is mixed, with White students the largest group at 35%. After that, the student body is 24% multiracial, 17% Hispanic, 14% Black, and 6% Asian. Census figures show Pierce County is about 64% White. Wainwright Intermediate School has a diversity index of 77%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at Wainwright Intermediate School total 20.7 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 17.8:1. The 18.9:1 average for middle schools in Washington is higher than this school's figure. The school counts 219 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 60%. The gap from the 50% average for public schools in Pierce County is 10 points.
Wainwright Intermediate School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 48% of Washington public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 40.3% at Wainwright Intermediate School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 35.8%.
Census Bureau estimates for Pierce County show that median household income is about $99,564, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Wainwright Intermediate School is one of 287 public schools in Pierce County, which together enroll about 138,462 students.
The closest public school, The School at Pearl Youth Residence, is about 0.8 miles from Wainwright Intermediate School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Wainwright Intermediate School is 5th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
The number of students dropped from 456 to 368 over 4 years.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Pierce County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,319
Census ACS
Median income
$99,564
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
287
138,462 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tacoma School District
- Stadium High SchoolHigh · 1,700 students
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,556 students
- Mount Tahoma High SchoolHigh · 1,410 students
- Dr. Dolores Silas High SchoolHigh · 1,160 students
- Baker Middle SchoolMiddle · 687 students
- Tacoma School of the ArtsHigh · 658 students
Other schools in Tacoma
- Stadium High SchoolHigh · 1,700 students
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,556 students
- Mount Tahoma High SchoolHigh · 1,410 students
- Dr. Dolores Silas High SchoolHigh · 1,160 students
- Washington High SchoolHigh · 989 students
- Franklin Pierce High SchoolHigh · 977 students
Nearby schools
- The School at Pearl Youth Residence0.8 mi · 21
- Hunt Middle School0.8 mi · 519
- Whittier Elementary School0.9 mi · 305
- Delong Elementary School0.9 mi · 349
- Foss High School1.1 mi · 599
- Remann Hall Juvenile Detention Center1.1 mi · 21
Frequently asked questions
About Wainwright Intermediate SchoolHow large is Wainwright Intermediate School?
Wainwright Intermediate School enrolls approximately 368 students in grades 04-08.
Is Wainwright Intermediate School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wainwright Intermediate School is a middle school covering grades 04-08.
How many teachers does Wainwright Intermediate School have?
Wainwright Intermediate School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Wainwright Intermediate School?
Student demographics at Wainwright Intermediate School are roughly 35% White, 17% Hispanic, 14% Black, 6% Asian, 24% Two or more.
What district is Wainwright Intermediate School in?
Wainwright Intermediate School is part of Tacoma School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.