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Morris Ford Middle School

Public 6-8

 1602 104th Street East
       Tacoma, WA  98445-3838

(253) 298-3605

District: Franklin Pierce School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
418th of 539 Washington Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $18,655 Help


Students who attend Morris Ford Middle School usually attend:

High:    Franklin Pierce High School

Feeder schools for Morris Ford Middle School:

Elementary:    Central Avenue Elementary
    Collins Elementary
    Harvard Elementary
    Midland Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  16.6 Help
Number of students:  882

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
34.2%
White:
29.3%
Two or more races:
15.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  64.1% Help


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Compare Details Morris Ford Middle School ranks worse than 77.6% of middle schools in Washington. (See more...)
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Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Morris Ford Middle School is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (34.2%), White (29.3%), two or more races (15%). (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Morris Ford Middle School is 16.6. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Morris Ford Middle School is $18,655.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Morris Ford Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Morris Ford Middle School 418th of 539 Washington public middle schools. (See Morris Ford Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Franklin Pierce School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Franklin Pierce School District 208th of 249 Washington school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Morris Ford Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Morris Ford Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 45.26 241st 421 42.8%
2005 45.71 250th 425 41.2%
2006 47.53 236th 449 47.4%
2007 52.27 218th 463 52.9%
2008 60.04 173rd 466 62.9%
2009 73.57 102nd 476 78.6%
2010 63.58 156th 483 67.7%
2011 63.54 153rd 492 68.9%
2012 70.96 115th 497 76.9%
2013 67.91 148th 498 70.3%
2015 49.13 217th 445 51.2%
2016 45.59 241st 443 45.6%
2017 41.70 253rd 435 41.8%
2018 32.72 298th 437 31.8%
2019 30.90 369th 512 27.9%
2021 29.52 382nd 529 27.8%
2022 23.11 423rd 541 21.8%
2023 23.63 418th 539 22.4%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Morris Ford Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.39 130th 166 21.7%
2019 25.95 195th 246 20.7%
2021 35.64 162nd 250 35.2%
2022 31.78 177th 257 31.1%
2023 28.08 182nd 244 25.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Morris Ford Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.95 61st 135 54.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Morris Ford Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.82 232nd 268 13.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Morris Ford Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.93 165th 349 52.7%
2019 46.83 238th 448 46.9%
2021 44.68 241st 458 47.4%
2022 34.40 323rd 475 32.0%
2023 29.03 343rd 463 25.9%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Morris Ford Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 36.11 43rd 59 27.1%
2021 34.68 21st 27 22.2%
2022 37.27 22nd 33 33.3%
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Rank History for Female students at Morris Ford Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.46 268th 376 28.7%
2019 29.69 333rd 452 26.3%
2021 32.87 315th 469 32.8%
2022 23.78 372nd 479 22.3%
2023 27.85 345th 464 25.6%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Morris Ford Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 20.74 45th 50 10.0%
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Rank History for Male students at Morris Ford Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.96 257th 371 30.7%
2019 31.46 311th 453 31.3%
2021 27.63 343rd 476 27.9%
2022 21.89 389th 480 19.0%
2023 18.12 401st 470 14.7%
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Rank History for Asian students at Morris Ford Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 52.17 71st 152 53.3%
2021 16.11 132nd 149 11.4%
2022 14.33 144th 161 10.6%
2023 17.60 120th 145 17.2%
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Rank History for African American students at Morris Ford Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.19 24th 66 63.6%
2019 57.01 33rd 111 70.3%
2021 37.89 67th 106 36.8%
2022 20.18 97th 104 6.7%
2023 32.54 63rd 96 34.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Morris Ford Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.63 181st 259 30.1%
2019 33.07 234th 344 32.0%
2021 38.89 201st 353 43.1%
2022 24.73 286th 360 20.6%
2023 25.17 256th 336 23.8%
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Rank History for Pacific Islander students at Morris Ford Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 68.53 6th 31 80.6%
2021 44.48 11th 19 42.1%
2022 44.77 13th 20 35.0%
2023 59.77 2nd 6 66.7%
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Rank History for White students at Morris Ford Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.36 228th 325 29.8%
2019 30.40 346th 470 26.4%
2021 36.20 304th 480 36.7%
2022 31.66 341st 488 30.1%
2023 25.74 374th 488 23.4%
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Data source: test scores: Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Data source: Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

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Enrollment information for Morris Ford Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 537 10 15 7 11 n/a n/a 0 580
1989 558 23 20 9 8 n/a n/a 0 618
1990 573 21 14 10 14 n/a n/a 0 632
1991 595 30 19 16 13 n/a n/a 0 673
1992 643 29 16 11 15 n/a n/a 0 714
1993 684 41 24 17 13 n/a n/a 0 779
1994 736 29 18 19 4 n/a n/a 0 806
1995 699 45 16 24 13 n/a n/a 0 797
1996 699 45 16 24 13 n/a n/a 0 797
1997 642 89 43 34 38 n/a n/a 0 846
1998 682 73 49 29 43 n/a n/a 0 876
1999 700 70 65 28 27 n/a n/a 0 890
2000 726 63 70 36 16 n/a n/a 0 911
2001 742 73 64 42 18 n/a n/a 0 939
2002 704 99 77 58 19 n/a n/a 0 957
2003 704 99 77 58 19 n/a n/a 0 957
2004 711 115 111 74 28 n/a n/a 0 1039
2005 490 93 74 47 25 n/a n/a 281 1010
2006 608 125 127 86 33 n/a n/a 24 1003
2007 516 138 112 100 35 n/a n/a 38 939
2008 511 111 95 105 32 n/a n/a 49 903
2009 502 113 91 125 31 n/a n/a 58 920
2010 474 86 116 134 31 n/a n/a 73 914
2011 442 104 76 161 14 39 84 0 920
2012 436 93 69 154 8 49 114 0 923
2013 412 78 69 185 3 40 115 0 902
2014 396 80 70 228 4 27 99 0 904
2015 388 85 73 252 6 27 91 0 922
2016 387 70 74 252 3 25 114 0 925
2017 379 71 72 248 6 35 114 0 925
2018 344 74 82 272 7 30 116 0 925
2019 323 88 85 314 8 43 139 0 1000
2020 322 79 81 358 8 40 152 0 1040
2021 280 85 70 342 8 42 152 0 979
2022 285 88 73 318 9 42 151 0 966
2023 258 73 67 302 8 41 132 1 882

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Morris Ford Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 580 32.0 18.1 0
1989 618 34.0 18.1 n/a
1990 632 34.7 18.2 0
1991 673 35.8 18.7 n/a
1992 714 38.6 18.4 n/a
1993 779 40.8 19.1 n/a
1994 806 41.9 19.2 n/a
1995 797 37.5 21.3 n/a
1996 797 37.5 21.3 n/a
1997 846 40.6 20.8 n/a
1998 876 43.3 20.2 n/a
1999 890 45.5 19.6 n/a
2000 911 45.5 20.0 n/a
2001 939 47.1 19.9 n/a
2002 957 48.0 19.9 40.3
2003 957 48.0 19.9 40.3
2004 1039 49.0 21.2 46.9
2005 1010 49.4 20.4 62.6
2006 1003 51.5 19.5 45.4
2007 939 49.6 18.9 47.6
2008 903 49.0 18.4 50.4
2009 920 49.0 18.8 46.9
2010 914 46.7 19.5 58.4
2011 920 44.4 20.7 53.6
2012 923 48.5 19.0 64.6
2013 902 49.9 18.0 67
2014 904 n/a n/a 68.3
2015 922 50.0 18.4 73.6
2016 925 48.0 19.2 80.3
2017 925 48.9 18.9 75.2
2018 925 49.0 18.8 69
2019 1000 53.0 18.8 76.8
2020 1040 57.0 18.2 75
2021 979 53.0 18.4 65.7
2022 966 53.7 17.9 62.5
2023 882 53.0 16.6 64.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Morris Ford Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 580 32.0 18.1 0
1989 618 34.0 18.1 n/a
1990 632 34.7 18.2 0
1991 673 35.8 18.7 n/a
1992 714 38.6 18.4 n/a
1993 779 40.8 19.1 n/a
1994 806 41.9 19.2 n/a
1995 797 37.5 21.3 n/a
1996 797 37.5 21.3 n/a
1997 846 40.6 20.8 n/a
1998 876 43.3 20.2 n/a
1999 890 45.5 19.6 n/a
2000 911 45.5 20.0 n/a
2001 939 47.1 19.9 n/a
2002 957 48.0 19.9 40.3
2003 957 48.0 19.9 40.3
2004 1039 49.0 21.2 46.9
2005 1010 49.4 20.4 62.6
2006 1003 51.5 19.5 45.4
2007 939 49.6 18.9 47.6
2008 903 49.0 18.4 50.4
2009 920 49.0 18.8 46.9
2010 914 46.7 19.5 58.4
2011 920 44.4 20.7 53.6
2012 923 48.5 19.0 64.6
2013 902 49.9 18.0 67
2014 904 n/a n/a 68.3
2015 922 50.0 18.4 73.6
2016 925 48.0 19.2 80.3
2017 925 48.9 18.9 75.2
2018 925 49.0 18.8 69
2019 1000 53.0 18.8 76.8
2020 1040 57.0 18.2 75
2021 979 53.0 18.4 65.7
2022 966 53.7 17.9 62.5
2023 882 53.0 16.6 64.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

6th Grade Immunization Rates

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YearCompletely ImmunizedReligious ExemptionMedical ExemptionConditionalPersonal ExemptionPolioDiphtheriaHepatitis BVaricellaMMRPertussis
201882.5%0.6%0.0%0.0%0.9%96.1%88.4%93.2%94.7%95.6%88.4%
201987.6%0.0%0.3%0.3%1.1%90.7%91.0%90.7%90.1%91.0%91.3%

Data source: Washington State Department of Health

Immunization Rates (Entire school)

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YearCompletely ImmunizedReligious ExemptionMedical ExemptionPersonal ExemptionPolioDiphtheriaHepatitis BVaricellaMMRPertussis
201987.6%0.3%0.2%1.1%99.2%98.8%99.5%98.7%99.0%98.9%

Data source: Washington State Department of Health
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Morris Ford Middle School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,265 (8.6%) $13,404 (91.4%) $14,668
2020 $544 (6.0%) $8,525 (94.0%) $9,069
2021 $1,049 (6.3%) $15,484 (93.7%) $16,533
2022 $1,753 (9.4%) $16,902 (90.6%) $18,655

Data source: Washington Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Morris Ford Middle School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Ranks 369th of 512 Middle schoolsRanks 418th of 539 Middle schools
 5.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 % proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (Morris Ford Middle School)46.433.8
 12.6%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Franklin Pierce School District)42.731.1
 11.6%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Washington)57.847.9
 9.9%
6th Grade Math (Morris Ford Middle School)26.818.4
 8.4%
   6th Grade Math (Franklin Pierce School District)25.615.1
 10.5%
   6th Grade Math (Washington)47.738.1
 9.6%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Morris Ford Middle School)53.140.2
 13%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Franklin Pierce School District)46.832.9
 13.9%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Washington)6252.1
 9.9%
7th Grade Math (Morris Ford Middle School)31.625.4
 6.3%
   7th Grade Math (Franklin Pierce School District)27.916.9
 11%
   7th Grade Math (Washington)49.938.6
 11.2%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Morris Ford Middle School)56.638.9
 17.7%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Franklin Pierce School District)48.133.8
 14.3%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Washington)59.651.3
 8.3%
8th Grade Math (Morris Ford Middle School)35.822.3
 13.5%
   8th Grade Math (Franklin Pierce School District)28.317.8
 10.5%
   8th Grade Math (Washington)47.234.4
 12.8%
8th Grade Science (Morris Ford Middle School)54.536.1
 18.4%
   8th Grade Science (Franklin Pierce School District)46.627.6
 19%
   8th Grade Science (Washington)53.143.9
 9.3%
All Grades English Language Arts (Morris Ford Middle School)51.937.5
 14.3%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Franklin Pierce School District)50.838.2
 12.5%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Washington)6152.9
 8.1%
All Grades Math (Morris Ford Middle School)31.321.9
 9.3%
   All Grades Math (Franklin Pierce School District)34.324.7
 9.6%
   All Grades Math (Washington)50.141
 9%
All Grades Science (Morris Ford Middle School)54.536.1
 18.4%
   All Grades Science (Franklin Pierce School District)40.534.8
 5.8%
   All Grades Science (Washington)52.748.8
 4%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Total Students1000882
 11.8%
African American8873
 17%
American Indian88
Asian8567
 21.2%
Hispanic314302
 3.8%
Pacific Islander4341
 4.7%
White323258
 20.1%
Two or More Races139132
 5%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients76.8%64.1%
 12.7%

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Students at Morris Ford Middle School are 34% Hispanic, 29% White, 15% Two or more races, 8% African American, 8% Asian, 5% Pacific Islander.

Students who attend Morris Ford Middle School usually go on to attend Franklin Pierce High School

In the 2022-23 school year, 882 students attended Morris Ford Middle School.

Morris Ford Middle School ranks in the bottom 22.4% of Washington middle schools.


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