Middle Schools in Tacoma School District

Summary:

This analysis covers 13 middle schools (typically grades 6-8) within the Tacoma School District in Washington, revealing a district with extreme performance differences between schools.

Mason Middle School is the clear top performer, ranking in the 81st percentile statewide with the highest test scores, while schools like First Creek Middle School and Gray Middle School rank in the bottom 15% of the state. Meeker Middle School and Hunt Middle School are solid mid-tier options. The online school, Tacoma Online Middle School, has an above-average ranking but very low math scores.

Overall, the district's middle schools lag behind state averages, especially in math, and performance is strongly linked to economic need, with higher-poverty schools facing greater academic challenges. Notably, higher per-student spending, as seen at Bryant Montessori Middle School, does not guarantee higher performance, suggesting factors beyond funding are key drivers of success.

District Detail

601 S 8th
Tacoma, WA 98401-1357

(253) 571-1000

SchoolDigger Rank:
157^th of 247 Washington districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 28,847

Primary Schools: 36
Middle Schools: 13
High Schools: 17
Alternative Schools: 1

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				WCAS Science (2025)			SBAC English Language Arts (2025)						SBAC Math (2025)						Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	WCAS Science 5th Grade	WCAS Science 8th Grade	WCAS Science All Grades	SBAC English Language Arts 4th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 5th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 6th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 7th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts 8th Grade	SBAC English Language Arts All Grades	SBAC Math 4th Grade	SBAC Math 5th Grade	SBAC Math 6th Grade	SBAC Math 7th Grade	SBAC Math 8th Grade	SBAC Math All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Baker Middle School	Public	6-8	8001 So J Street	Tacoma	98408	Pierce County	Tacoma School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 571-5000	687	34	19.9	71.5%	116 (16.9%)	87 (12.7%)	226 (32.9%)	93 (13.5%)	8 (1.2%)	39 (5.7%)	114 (16.6%)	19.8	441^st of 534 public middle schools	17.4%		24.6	407^th of 535 public middle schools	23.9%	34		23.8	23.8			36.7	38.1	40.7	38.5			21.1	23.1	20.6	21.6	$19,451	$1,425	$18,026
Gray Middle School	Public	6-8	6229 S Tyler St	Tacoma	98409	Pierce County	Tacoma School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 571-5200	510	28	18.3	73.7%	87 (17.1%)	93 (18.2%)	168 (32.9%)	46 (9.0%)	4 (0.8%)	28 (5.5%)	84 (16.5%)	10.4	495^th of 534 public middle schools	7.3%		8.6	510^th of 535 public middle schools	4.7%	15		23.3	23.3			32.9	19.5	26.0	26.0			20.8	12.8	13.9	15.8	$19,700	$1,425	$18,275
Hilltop Heritage Middle School	Public	6-8	602 N Sprague Ave	Tacoma	98403	Pierce County	Tacoma School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 571-7700	447	22	20.0	62.4%	172 (38.5%)	62 (13.9%)	92 (20.6%)	12 (2.7%)	5 (1.1%)	13 (2.9%)	91 (20.4%)	31.2	368^th of 534 public middle schools	31.1%		30.4	369^th of 535 public middle schools	31.0%	1		46.2	46.2			41.9	34.0	48.5	41.6			28.7	19.8	26.7	25.3	$21,482	$2,018	$19,464
Mason Middle School	Public	6-8	3901 N 28th St	Tacoma	98407	Pierce County	Tacoma School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 571-7000	639	31	20.7	29.6%	426 (66.7%)	18 (2.8%)	79 (12.4%)	20 (3.1%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	91 (14.2%)	77.4	104^th of 534 public middle schools	80.5%		76.5	105^th of 535 public middle schools	80.4%	1		56.7	56.7			69.3	65.5	73.6	69.4			56.1	45.0	44.6	49.0	$18,811	$786	$18,025
Meeker Middle School	Public	6-8	4402 Nassau Ave Ne	Tacoma	98422	Pierce County	Tacoma School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 571-6500	567	28	20.2	43.6%	236 (41.6%)	41 (7.2%)	108 (19.0%)	74 (13.1%)	2 (0.4%)	9 (1.6%)	96 (16.9%)	49.8	244^th of 534 public middle schools	54.3%		52.8	234^th of 535 public middle schools	56.3%	10		48.6	48.6			45.6	57.7	51.7	51.6			32.2	37.6	37.6	35.8	$18,748	$1,065	$17,683
Stewart Middle School	Public	6-8	5010 S Pacific Ave	Tacoma	98408	Pierce County	Tacoma School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 571-2200	650	33	19.6	70.3%	148 (22.8%)	57 (8.8%)	210 (32.3%)	94 (14.5%)	2 (0.3%)	26 (4.0%)	111 (17.1%)	17.6	454^th of 534 public middle schools	15.0%		19.9	446^th of 535 public middle schools	16.6%	8		28.3	28.3			38.9	31.0	33.0	34.4			21.4	17.8	23.2	20.7	$18,714	$1,254	$17,460
Truman Middle School	Public	6-8	5801 N 35th St	Tacoma	98407	Pierce County	Tacoma School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 571-5600	438	21	20.7	49.5%	230 (52.5%)	35 (8.0%)	61 (13.9%)	20 (4.6%)	5 (1.1%)	6 (1.4%)	79 (18.0%)	45.7	271^st of 534 public middle schools	49.3%		43.1	291^st of 535 public middle schools	45.6%	20		42.4	42.4			43.9	55.5	47.8	49.1			33.8	43.5	31.3	36.4	$20,569	$959	$19,611
Wainwright Intermediate School	Public	4-8	130 Alameda Ave	Tacoma	98466	Pierce County	Tacoma School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 571-2100	368	21	17.7	59.5%	128 (34.8%)	53 (14.4%)	64 (17.4%)	22 (6.0%)	2 (0.5%)	12 (3.3%)	87 (23.6%)	31.7	362^nd of 534 public middle schools	32.2%		27.7	384^th of 535 public middle schools	28.2%	22	48.7	39.7	44.5	60.0	51.4	35.6	46.4	51.6	48.3	48.6	35.1	15.6	31.6	26.2	30.7	$21,961	$890	$21,072
Angelo Giaudrone Middle School	Public	6-8	4902 S Alaska St	Tacoma	98408	Pierce County	Tacoma School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 571-5811	449	23	19.6	71.9%	91 (20.3%)	72 (16.0%)	116 (25.8%)	33 (7.3%)	6 (1.3%)	25 (5.6%)	105 (23.4%)	13.3	474^th of 534 public middle schools	11.2%		10	503^rd of 535 public middle schools	6.0%	29		21.1	21.1			35.3	32.0	29.3	32.4			20.4	19.9	12.8	17.9	$22,668	$2,364	$20,304
First Creek Middle School	Public	6-8	1801 E. 56th Street	Tacoma	98404	Pierce County	Tacoma School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 571-2700	584	30	19.5	78.1%	60 (10.3%)	99 (17.0%)	211 (36.1%)	80 (13.7%)	8 (1.4%)	51 (8.7%)	75 (12.8%)	8.2	508^th of 534 public middle schools	4.9%		13.6	474^th of 535 public middle schools	11.4%	34		20.2	20.2			23.9	30.4	25.4	26.6			12.7	17.6	6.1	12.1	$20,159	$1,629	$18,530
Bryant Montessori Middle School	Public, Magnet	6-8	717 S. Grant Ave	Tacoma	98405	Pierce County	Tacoma School District	No	Yes	No	No	(253) 571-2800	135	23	5.9	48.1%	76 (56.3%)	4 (3.0%)	24 (17.8%)	4 (3.0%)	2 (1.5%)	1 (0.7%)	23 (17.0%)	29	382^nd of 534 public middle schools	28.5%		56.7	208^th of 535 public middle schools	61.1%	174		40.9	40.9			38.6	46.8	38.1	41.4			13.6	36.2	22.0	24.2	$50,357	$903	$49,454
Hunt Middle School	Public	6-8	6501 S 10th St.	Tacoma	98465	Pierce County	Tacoma School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 571-2400	519	29	17.8	48.4%	233 (44.9%)	62 (11.9%)	64 (12.3%)	29 (5.6%)	7 (1.3%)	21 (4.0%)	101 (19.5%)	53.1	226^th of 534 public middle schools	57.7%		40.3	308^th of 535 public middle schools	42.4%	82		44.3	44.3			54.7	58.1	51.3	54.9			38.2	40.7	34.0	37.8	$21,309	$1,621	$19,688
Tacoma Online Middle School	Public, Virtual	6-8	6501 N.23rd St.	Tacoma	98406	Pierce County	Tacoma School District	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(253) 571-1545	170	12	13.8	64.7%	64 (37.6%)	22 (12.9%)	37 (21.8%)	7 (4.1%)	1 (0.6%)	6 (3.5%)	33 (19.4%)	60.6	185^th of 534 public middle schools	65.4%		70	134^th of 535 public middle schools	75.0%	51						57.1	70.0	40.0	55.6						18.5	$16,887	$1,227	$15,660

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Clover Park School District	0.88 mi	35	179^th
Clover Park Technical College	1.53 mi	1
Franklin Pierce School District	2.33 mi	14	200^th
Monroe School District	2.58 mi	13	77^th
Quillayute Valley School District	2.58 mi	6	225^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Washington State Department of Health and the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.