Summary:
ZIP code 98272 has one listed middle school, Park Place Middle School in Monroe, serving grades 6–8 with 755 students in the Monroe School District.
Park Place Middle School has a mixed academic profile. In 2025–2026, proficiency was 45.58% in English Language Arts, 37.94% in math, and 41.36% in science. These results were below district and Washington averages in all three subjects, with the largest gap in science. Math was the school’s weakest subject overall, but seventh-grade math was a notable bright spot: 44.19% of students were proficient, nearly matching the district and exceeding the state result of 41.31%. Seventh grade was also the strongest grade in English Language Arts, with 50.37% proficiency. By comparison, sixth- and eighth-grade math results were lower, at 33.98% and 34.98%, showing that performance varies considerably by grade.
Recent results show both progress and challenges. Science proficiency increased by 3.52 percentage points from the previous year, while math was nearly unchanged and English Language Arts declined by 3.73 points. The school’s reported ranking improved from the 41st percentile in 2023–2024 to about the 49th percentile in 2025–2026, although its rating returned from three stars to two. About 46.75% of students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, the student-teacher ratio was 19.5 to 1, and per-student spending was reported at $18,355. For families considering this area, the most important takeaways are the school’s relatively strong seventh-grade performance, improving science results, and need for stronger overall achievement—especially in science and sixth- and eighth-grade math.
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