Walter Strom Middle School

Set in Cle Elum, Washington, Walter Strom Middle School is a very small middle school, part of Cle Elum-Roslyn School District. It teaches 206 students across grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 577 students per school, that is 64% below typical.

Within Cle Elum-Roslyn School District, which oversees 4 schools and 1,026 students, Walter Strom Middle School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Walter Strom Middle School records that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, Walter Strom Middle School has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Walter Strom Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.5%, the actual is 45.4%, a residual of -8.1 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Kittitas County shows the typical household earns roughly $73,804 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Walter Strom Middle School is one of 21 public schools in Kittitas County (combined enrollment of about 5,387 students).

Cle Elum Roslyn Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Walter Strom Middle School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 43.1%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Walter Strom Middle School's enrollment has increased 12% since 2018, when it stood at 184 (now 206). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.